Pathology poses a serious threat to the body and requires an early detection. As a rule, people with over this disease are older than forty. Although therapeutic methods have undergone significant changes in recent years, they still increase the likelihood of overcoming intestinal cancer detected in time the first symptoms. Later, an appointment with a doctor is usually due to the fact that patients simply do not attach importance to the symptoms that are considered a habitual disorder of the intestine.
The first symptoms of bowel cancer in women
To make the diagnosis, only proceeding from external displays, it is impossible. The large number of symptoms makes it difficult to identify an ailment. Therefore, it is true to determine the pathology, excluding other diseases, can only specialist with the help of modern tools.
The most characteristic manifestations of oncology are disorders caused by damage to the stomach and intestines.
First of all:
- sharp pains in the peritoneum;
- increased belching;
- diarrhea, followed by constipation, is characteristic of the cancer of all parts of the intestine;
- increased body temperature;
- nausea and vomiting;
- increased gassing.
As a rule, painful sensations in the first stages of the patient do not bother. This is due to the small size of the tumor. Until the intestine is involved in the inflammatory process, the patient does not experience discomfort. However, the pain occurs when the work of the organs adjacent to the tumor is disrupted.
If the neoplasm concentrates in the rectum, namely in its upper parts, it spreads to the bladder. A distinctive feature of the first signs of intestinal cancer in women is that when the disease occurs, the intestine joins the vagina, which causes gases and feces to emerge from the latter.
When the tumor grows into the uterus, no special manifestations are observed.
In addition to the above features, the course of oncology in men and women is no different.
Common early signs of intestinal cancer at an early stage
In addition to signs of disruption of the gastrointestinal system, patients experience a decrease in vitality and deterioration in general condition. The conclusion about the patient's oncology, the doctor does with at least three symptoms:
- weakness;
- pallor of the skin;
- loss of appetite;
- decreased body weight;
- pain in the peritoneum;
- absence of effect from successfully used drugs.
The first signs of intoxication in bowel cancer
At the first stages there is a gradual loss of integrity of the intestinal mucosa, as a result of which its contents begin to penetrate into the blood, poisoning the body. This phenomenon is accompanied by the following list of disorders:
- elevated temperature, headache, weakness, inherent in the process of intoxication;
- aches in the joints;
- anemia and a drop in hemoglobin associated with loss of blood through mucosal wounds;
- a violation of the heart rhythm.
Cancer is very easy to confuse with intoxication, occurring with inflammation of the respiratory tract or diseases of the joints and heart.
Subsequent symptoms after the first signs of bowel cancer
In addition to the previously listed manifestations, pathology can occur with other rarely occurring symptoms. These include:
- presence of blood impurities in the stool;
- the formation of ascites (filling of the abdominal cavity with fluid released from the mucous membrane);
- narrowing of the lumen of the intestine due to the spread of tumor formation;
- pain in the lumbar region and anus;
- difficulty urinating due to an increase in the size of the tumor.