How early detection of colorectal cancer »

In order to early detection of colorectal cancer, colorectal cancer rather than the common symptoms of senile mistaken for a gastro-intestinal disorder, or mistakenly believe that enteritis caused by dysentery, and so on. The elderly, it is important to note the following symptoms:
(1) of unknown causes or the sustainability of the attack abdominal pain, abdominal distention and abdominal discomfort.

(2) the elderly often have a habit of constipation, fecal three to five days time, the recent significant increase constipation, chronic diarrhea or show, in particular, alternating constipation and diarrhea, more vigilance from the elderly.

(3) defecation poor, small bowel change, the feeling of not ranked, with mucus in the feces and Nong Xue.

(4) hit the lower abdomen stuck mass. When elderly patients with newly diagnosed abdominal mass to reach about 60 percent.

(5) of unknown causes of weight loss, fatigue, anorexia, chronic anemia, and so on.

In short, the elderly if one or more of the above symptoms, should be timely to the hospital for further checks to rule out the possibility of suffering from colorectal cancer. After rectal examination, fiber colonoscopy, barium enema X-ray imaging, pathological examination of tissue cells, about 90% to 100% of the patients can be diagnosed. If done early diagnosis and early treatment can greatly improve the elderly patients with colorectal cancer five years, the survival rate of 10.