Cancer is a very dangerous disease. As a rule, signs are practically absent in the first stage of the development of this disease. Because of this, most patients begin treatment when serious complications arise. No exception, and colon cancer - the first symptoms of this ailment do not cause concern to the patient, since they are similar to signs of common frustration and dysbiosis .
Symptoms of colon cancer of Stage 1
The first signs of colon cancer in women and men are:
- changes intestinal motility;
- weight loss;
- weakness and fatigue;
- anemia ;
- change in taste preferences (for example, the appearance of a strong aversion to certain products).
In some cases, patients also have blood inclusions in the feces.
The first symptoms of colon cancer 2 stages
The cancer of the colon develops slowly, the signs grow gradually and the first symptoms can go unnoticed. But at the second stage, the manifestations of the disease become more and more obvious, because the tumor sprouts deep into the walls of the intestine.
The first signs of colon cancer in Stage 2 include:
- Bleeding - most often the intensity of bleeding is insignificant. Unlike hemorrhoids and other diseases, blood is released only at the very end of the defecation act.
- Attacks of pain in the abdomen - they are quite long and can be cramped, aching or blunt.
- Disorder of intestinal functions - patients may experience sharp false urges to defecate, in some people, as the malignant tumor grows, the lumen of the gut narrows, as a result of which they suffer from constipation and strong gas formation.
- Mucous or purulent discharge - this phenomenon is due to the disintegration of the tumor or the occurrence of concomitant inflammatory diseases.
- Changes in the shape of feces - most often they become ribbon-like.
Sometimes with such a disease a person undergoes low blood pressure. Because of this, the patient pales skin and is tormented by periodic attacks of cold sweat.
Vomiting and feeling of incomplete bowel evacuation after defecation are another common first symptoms of colon cancer of the 2nd degree in women and men. In this case, vomiting never brings investment and can be accompanied by an increase in body temperature. If you do not start treatment at this stage, the patients will have a prolonged absence of defecation, and their stomach will become hard and painful.