They say that nine out of ten people have hemorrhoids, and having hemorrhoids is all too normal. If it is not very strong, I think many patients will not think of hemorrhoids as a disease. But do you know? The presence of hemorrhoids can easily cause misdiagnosis of other diseases. Early symptoms of rectal cancer are very similar to hemorrhoids. The biggest similarity between the symptoms of rectal cancer and hemorrhoids is the blood in stool. Many patients miss the condition because they ignore this painless blood in stool and fail to confirm the diagnosis in time. Many patients who think they are suffering from hemorrhoids like to buy some topical ointment from drugstore for self-governance in the early stage. Until the symptoms aggravate to seek medical treatment, many to the hospital to do a proctoscopy, has been the late stage of rectal cancer. 5 self-test hemorrhoids small way: (1) itching: secretions around the anus, the anus and around the inexplicable itching. (2) foreign body: outside the anus can feel the “small bumps”, sometimes will shrink into the anus. (3) Constipation: dry and hard stools, difficult to discharge. (4) Blood in stool: blood on the handkerchief after stool, bright red blood, or even in the form of jets or drops. (5) Pain: feeling pain in anal swelling when having bowel movement. 4 small ways of self-testing rectal cancer: (1) Blood in stool: dark red blood in stool, mucus stool, or fishy smelling pus and blood stool. (2) Rectal irritation symptoms: increased frequency of bowel movement, frequent bowel movements, urgency and heaviness. (3) Symptoms of intestinal obstruction: at the beginning, the stool is distorted and thin, and when the lumen is severely narrowed, it can lead to difficulty in defecation. (4) Accompanying symptoms: anemia, emaciation, fatigue, malaise, etc. in the late stage. Can hemorrhoids turn into rectal cancer? Hemorrhoids will not turn into rectal cancer. Hemorrhoids are generally not cancerous from the point of view of their pathogenesis. This is because hemorrhoids are a kind of benign tumor formed by the varicose veins in the rectal and anal areas. Cancer is a malignant tumor formed due to immature cell differentiation and excessive proliferation, both of which are fundamentally different pathologically. Clinically, it is found that many patients have rectal cancer under the cover of hemorrhoids, which keeps growing until obvious obstruction occurs, and then they will be diagnosed, but at this time, they have missed the best treatment time of rectal cancer. When many people have blood in stool, they think that they are suffering from “hemorrhoids”, plus modern people stay up late and have fire, smoking and alcoholism and other bad habits, it is easier for them to explain themselves, even if they have blood in stool more often, and go to the hospital for consultation, under the misguidance of the patients, some doctors will be preconceived, and carry out “hemorrhoids” on the patients. The actual “hemorrhoids” treatment. Therefore, hemorrhoid patients and their families must improve the awareness of cancer prevention and health care, hemorrhoids recurring episodes, repeated treatment failed to cure the situation must beware, do not let the symptoms of similar hemorrhoids masked rectal cancer. Eat like this to prevent bowel cancer! Now many people like high-fat, high-protein, low dietary fiber Western-style diet, but such food contains a lot of saturated fatty acids, which can easily lead to disorders in the composition of colorectal flora, prompting the generation and development of carcinogens, which in recent years, a variety of gastrointestinal tract malignant tumors surge of the main reason. Therefore, it is recommended to eat enough fruits and vegetables every day. The World Health Organization recommends that you should eat 2 portions of fruit and 5 portions of vegetables every day, which can greatly reduce the chances of bowel cancer. Eat more dietary fiber-containing foods and light foods. Konjac, soy products, algae, etc., all help reduce colon cancer risk. Diet should also be light, less spicy and stimulating foods, spinach, bitter melon, black fungus, etc. are good preventive foods. Eat less saturated fat and cholesterol-rich foods. For example, animal offal, fatty meat, animal fat, fish roe, squid and so on. Do not eat fried food, avoid drinking a lot of alcohol, long-term smoking.