1,000 people are diagnosed with colorectal cancer every day!

Believe me, if it is not painful and unbearable, you will not do enteroscopy.

Many people are full of bad impressions about colonoscopy, not only worried about the cost, but also the sense of shame when taking off the pants, and the discomfort of the colonoscopy into the body, which has increased their own rejection.

Because, even if health is important, people with regular medical examinations may evade colonoscopy.

But you don't know, how important is it to check your colonoscopy for your health?

A well-known medical journal "The Lancet" published a study that showed that colonoscopy is the most effective screening for colon cancer, and a colonoscopy screening can reduce the risk of bowel cancer by 1/3 and save countless lives.

According to data published by the National Cancer Center: On average, 1,000 people are diagnosed with colorectal cancer (including colon and rectal cancer) every day.

Why is colorectal cancer a late stage?

The colorectal cancer we talk about actually refers to colorectal cancer, and the large intestine includes the ascending colon, transverse colon, colon, and sigmoid colon.

Intestinal cancer occurs in the colon and rectum. The incidence of colorectal cancer, which is more common, ranks third in cancer and the second highest in mortality .

Why is the morbidity and mortality so high?

Because more than 85% of colorectal cancer patients are diagnosed in advanced stages.

In the middle and late stages, the prognosis is quite poor. The survival rate of patients with advanced colorectal cancer within five years is even less than 10%!

In contrast, if screening by enteroscopy to avoid such an accident, how significant is the rescue?

Under normal circumstances, it takes a few years or even a decade to develop from a healthy intestine to canceration, and most of the colorectal cancer is developed from intestinal polyps, especially adenomatous polyps The cancer rate is higher.

During colonoscopy, polyposis can be found at an early stage to prevent polyps from becoming cancerous. Even if cancer has already occurred, colonoscopy can detect problems in time.

When the doctor sees the suspicious site through the lateral screen, he will also take the biopsy tissue for testing.

After being diagnosed with cancer, timely radical surgery, combined with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, the patient's survival rate within 5 years can reach about 90%.

In other words, the earlier the patient is found to have a greater chance of survival, the more likely it is to minimize the risk of tragedy.

Therefore, it is recommended that everyone value colonoscopy screening, especially these people:

1

Family history

Intestinal cancer has a certain tendency of family aggregation, which is related to the genetic genes in the body, the common living environment and eating habits.

In addition, if you have a family history of genetic adenoma, you also have symptoms of adenoma, and the chance of canceration is even close to 100%, and the age of onset is young.

Therefore, for people with a family history of bowel cancer, regular medical examinations should be performed.

2

People over 45 years old

The incidence of colorectal cancer is also related to age. With the continuous growth of age, intestinal function declines, there will be multiple problems such as constipation, dysfunction, and decreased immunity. .

Therefore, science believes that ordinary people with no family history should also start regular colonoscopy after the age of 45.

3

People with symptoms

If various discomforts of the digestive tract have occurred, such as abnormal stools, blood in the stool, and disordered stool habits , it may be a sign of the arrival of polyps or cancer.

4

After the operation such as bowel cancer or intestinal polyps is completed, the patient also needs to undergo regular colonoscopy to see if there is any recurrence.

Most of these operations are recommended for patients to review once every six months or a year, and then decide the next review time based on the results of the review.

Although Japan, as well as the United States and other developed countries like Europe, have high incidence of colon cancer, the mortality rate has been declining in the past 25 years, which has benefited from the increased awareness of screening in other countries.

We must also be responsible and do regular preventive screening.