Recent bright red blood in the stool may not necessarily be due to bowel cancer. In addition to bowel cancer, it may also be due to hemorrhoids, anal fissures, rectal polyps and other causes.
Bowel cancer is a lesion in the large intestine, and the stool discharged may be mixed with dark red blood and mucus. Anal fissures are mostly caused by long-term constipation, and a small amount of bleeding will occur in the stool, and sometimes blood will be found on the paper or attached to the surface of the stool. In addition to blood in the stool, patients with anal fissures also experience severe anal pain. In addition, ulcerative colitis, hemorrhoids, rectal polyps, lower gastrointestinal bleeding and other diseases may also occur with blood in stool, so blood in stool is not necessarily intestinal cancer.
Patients are advised to go to the anorectal department in time, keep the anus clean in general, and it is recommended to clean the anus once a day, develop the habit of regular defecation, and try to control the defecation time within 3 minutes, and avoid excessive force and long time squatting to read newspapers. In addition, patients should avoid sitting and standing for a long time, and participate in more physical activities, such as tai chi, yoga, ball games, fitness, etc., to enhance the body’s ability to resist disease and reduce the occurrence of disease.