KOMPAS.com – Symptoms bowel cancer need to know to determine the severity and can receive the best treatment.
In addition, by knowing various bowel cancer symptomsthe sufferer can immediately get medical treatment as early as possible before the disease gets worse.
The reason is, if cancer cells have spread and damage other organs, the chances of healing colon cancer patients are getting smaller.
Colon cancer is divided into five stages to indicate the severity of the disease.
Reported from Cancer Center via KOMPAS.com, Early-stage colon cancer usually describes a disease condition that has not progressed massively.
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Reported from Healthline via KOMPAS.com, Stage 0 colon cancer indicates the earliest stage of colon cancer. At this stage, the cancer has not grown beyond the innermost lining of the intestine or mucosa.
Once colon cancer progresses to stage 1, malignant tumors have grown in the innermost layer of the intestine or mucosa, to the next layer of the intestine or submucosa.
Even so, colon cancer has not spread to nearby lymph nodes at an early stage or 0.
As reported KOMPAS.com on Sunday (15/5/2022), here are some early-stage colon cancer symptoms to watch out for:
– Frequent constipation
– Frequent diarrhea
– The color of the stool (BAB) or stool changes
– The shape of the stool changes to small
– There is blood in the stool
– Bleeding from the anus
– Stomach bloated or bloated
– Constant stomachache
– I feel like I need to defecate frequently, but no poop comes out
– Weight loss for no apparent reason
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Some of the symptoms of early-stage colon cancer are sometimes similar to other diseases, such as colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, hemorrhoids, and other digestive disorders.
If you experience symptoms of early-stage colon cancer, you should immediately consult a doctor. If diagnosed with early stage colon cancer, immediately provide appropriate medical treatment, because the chance of colon cancer cure at this stage is still above 72 percent.
(Author: Mahardini Nur Afifah)
Source: KOMPAS.com
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