We know that the incidence of colorectal cancer is increasing year by year, currently, it ranks third in the incidence of cancer and fifth in the mortality rate in China, especially people over forty years old are easy to be assassinated.
But in addition to maintaining some good habits in life to prevent colorectal cancer, we should not neglect an “unexpected” factor, which is to be alert to colorectal polyps.
Why is that? This is because nearly 80% of colorectal cancer comes from benign lesions, and colorectal polyps are the most cancerous benign lesions.
Many people are confused, this colon polyp seems to be very common, is not just a lump of flesh on the large intestine, there is a need to “see the cat is a tiger”?
A Mr. Chen was found to have polyps in his intestines during a medical checkup. When the nature of the polyp was determined for pathological biopsy, he was shocked. In his opinion, the “pathological” examination is certainly not a good thing. His heart was relieved when the doctor said it should be benign. The doctor suggested removing it, but he hesitated again, since it was benign and there was no discomfort, why go through an extra knife?
You could say that if you choose to undergo this knife, your chances of getting colon cancer will be much smaller!
There are benign and malignant colon polyps of different sizes, from small ones like sesame seeds or green beans to large ones like walnuts. If the intestinal polyp is malignant, the harm need not be said; even benign adenoma, there is a considerable chance of malignant change, as the polyp increases, the number increases, the chance of cancer also increases rapidly, leaving the equivalent of a “time bomb”; step back, if the inflammatory polyps, malignant change may be smaller, but as the polyp increases, it may also bring The clinical symptoms such as blood in the stool, diarrhea, intestinal loop and so on.
Therefore, generally speaking, doctors will recommend the removal of polyps, but now against polyps basically do not need to open surgery.
A colonoscope is used to reach into the large intestine to see if there is cancer in the intestine, and also to remove the polyps by hand. The patient will be “alive and well” in just two days. Moreover, the cost is much less than that of open surgery.
However, endoscopic removal of polyps, although less invasive, still needs to follow the process of transition from fasting and liquid diet to normal diet to promote wound healing. The current availability of painless endoscopy has led to more people undergoing endoscopic removal of polyps.
One of the most annoying things about polyps is that they “multiply”. If you have had one polyp, you are still more likely to have future polyps than others.
Therefore, don’t think that everything is fine once the polyps are cut out. It is better to have the first review three months after surgery, and if no abnormality is found, then you can have another review in 3 to 5 years or follow the doctor’s follow-up request. If there is a new polyp, it needs to be removed again.
What factors are likely to produce intestinal polyps: 1, chronic diarrhea, many patients are prone to intestinal allergies, such as diarrhea after drinking alcohol, eating chili or greasy food or seafood, so that the intestinal mucosa will develop chronic inflammation, which can easily lead to intestinal polyp growth.
2, long-term constipation, constipated patients are often a few days to defecate once, feces stored in the intestine for a long time will produce a variety of toxins, resulting in chronic inflammation of the intestinal mucosa, easy to grow polyps.
3, genetic, for example, familial polyposis is a genetic disease.
4, inflammatory diseases, such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease and other diseases prone to polyps.