CANCER OF HEAVY INTESTINE

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	CANCER OF HEAVY INTESTINE
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CANCER OF HEAVY INTESTINE

Cancer of heavy intestine

Uncontrolled growth of cells you vitiate in the colon (internal thickness).

Heavy intestine, including the blind person, cross-sectional colon, descendent colon, sigmoide and straight colon (50% of the colorrectales cancers begin aqui ').

It affects mainly to adults of more than 40 years.

Complications

The death can be extended to other parts of the body and be caused.

Prognosis

It has cures in the 80 to 90% of the cases, if the tumor is extirpated in first stage. In comparison with other types of cancer, this one has many possibilities of treatment.

Diagnosis and treatment

Diagnosis

Observation of the symptoms.

File and physical examination by a doctor.

Analysis of blood.

Sigmoidoscopia or colonoscopia, with taking of samples for its analysis by the microscope. In the case of polyps, these extirpate whole numbers for their study.

X-rayses of the colon (enema of barium) and of kidney (pielograma intravenous).

Other tests of imaginería: Abdominal, pulmonary and cerebral T.A.C., R.M.N., and ecografía.

Treatment

Surgery to extirpate the tumor. Sometimes it is necessary to turn aside the intestine by means of a surgical incision in the abdomen (colostomía).

Treatment with radiations before and after the intervention.

After a colostomía, they will give the instructions him necessary to cure the opening. Consult with its doctor.

Medication

His doctor can prescribe to him:

Tranquilizers.

Medicines to fit the movements of the intestine.

Anticancerous medicines, although are not very effective.

Activity

Avoid the sports and the activities that can damage estoma (surgical opening of the intestine).

Return to its normal activities, including the sexual relations, as rapidly as possible after the operation. A colostomía would not have to be óbice for the sexual relations. Diet

Low in fats, discharge in fiber.

Go to the doctor if...

It has symptoms of cancer of the heavy intestine, specially rectal hemorrhages or a significant change of its intestinal movements, for more than 7 days.

It has anemia (fatigue, pallor and palpitaciones).

Prevention

Follow a high low fiber diet and in fats.

After the 50 years, it sométase to annual physical examinations and it requests analysis of rectum and colon, and tests of blood in lees.

If it has anyone of the factors of risk mentioned here, acquires in the pharmacy an equipment for detection of blood in lees. Do verifications every two months. The equipment for detection can be obtained in any pharmacy.

Causes

Strangers.

The cells that cover the alimentary canal reproduce continuously, like those of the skin.

According to the most recent investigations, so that the colon cancer takes place, the epithelial cells that covers it by their interior must undergo a minimum of TWO successive genetic alterations, which is probable.

In most of the cases the body it detects them and it eliminates, but it is enough whereupon, in the end, one escapes and it is possible to be reproduced, so that the cancer begins.

Signs and symptoms

The most characteristic symptoms are:

Usually there are no symptoms in the precocious phase.

Lees with blood, blacks, tarred.

Abdominal pain and cramps.

Sensation of shyness.

Changes of the intestinal movements.

Loss of weight.

Pain in the rectum.

Anemia.

Loss of the control of the intestinal functions (sometimes).

Factors of risk

Adults of more than 60 years.

Ulcerosa Colitis and other chronic affections of tracto gastrointestinal.

Low fiber diets and fat discharges.

Rectal polyps.

Familiar file of rectal polyps or colorrectal cancer.

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