Xiao Zhang recently felt that there were some abnormalities in her bowel movements every morning, because every time she defecates, the front is formed, but the back is not formed, and it is a bit thin. At the beginning, Xiao Zhang thought he had caught a cold recently and had some diarrhea, but he had the same symptoms for several days in a row. Xiao Zhang was a little worried whether he had some disease. So she started searching online, but the answer she came up with was suspected of intestinal cancer!
This scared her. In order to find out the cause, Xiao Zhang hurried to the hospital for examination. However, after colonoscopy examination, the doctor told Xiao Zhang that this was not intestinal cancer, but that there was some inflammation . But Xiao Zhang was always worried about the online diagnosis and repeatedly asked the doctor, isn’t he really not intestinal cancer? Seeing that Xiao Zhang was very anxious, the doctor patiently explained. And tell Xiao Zhang not to easily believe the diagnosis on the Internet.
In fact, the failure to form a stool in the later stage is related to many factors, not necessarily because of intestinal cancer . However, such risks cannot be ruled out. Let’s listen to the doctor’s professional explanation in detail!
1. What is the normal stool form like?
After the human body eats, the food will be gradually digested under the action of gastric acid and intestinal flora . After the nutrients are absorbed, the remaining food residues are in the intestines and are excreted from the body with intestinal movement. This is the process of feces formation. If you want to determine whether your daily bowel movement is a normal form, you can observe it through the following two aspects.
The first is the shape of the stool. The normal stool shape is cylindrical and strip-like, which is mainly related to the intestinal space and anal structure. Because stool accumulates in the intestine and is excreted with the movement of the intestine. The human intestine is cylindrical and winding. In addition, when the feces are discharged, they will be squeezed by the anus, so they will become cylindrical.
The second is color. Normal defecation is brown-yellow, which is mainly related to the effect of ingredients in the digestive tract on food residues. Because bile exists in the duodenum, bile will be affected by digestive fluid in the intestines. undergoes an oxidation reaction and turns brown and yellow, and changes the color of the bile redbin in it. Therefore, food residues will also turn brown and yellow when affected by bile and are excreted from the body.
So, as long as you are healthy, the appearance and shape of the excreted stool is like this. This can also be used as a reference criterion for judging whether the stomach is healthy. However, if suffers from intestinal diseases, it may cause stool failure. is just like Xiao Zhang in the previous case, and there are many reasons for such problems.
2. Why is there a situation where the stool is formed before and after it is formed?
If the stool is not formed, especially the front and the front are not formed after it is formed, there are generally three reasons:
First, the peristalsis function of the intestines has been affected, especially for people who have been sitting for a long time, which is a very easy situation. After food enters the human body, it will enter the end of the intestine after digestion and is ready to be excreted from the body. The feces at this time contain digested food residues and moisture, but However, if the intestines have poor peristalsis function, these substances cannot be excreted in time.
Over time, the food residue accumulated at the end of the intestines, the water in the long gradually evaporates , and the feces will become dry and hard at this time. But a new round of digestion has begun, and , the things that have just been eaten into the body, have become food residues and water accumulated at the end of the intestines. Therefore, during defecation, the dry and hard parts and wet parts of are discharged from at the same time, which creates a situation where the previous molding is not formed in the later stage.
The second is the osmotic pressure inside the intestine tract. has abnormal . This osmotic pressure refers to the pressure difference between the inside and outside the intestine. If the pressure outside the intestine is higher than the pressure inside the intestine, will penetrate the moisture in the food residue .In addition, irregular bowel movements may lead to the accumulated feces being excreted together with newly generated feces, so the front part of the stool will form and the back part of the stool will not form.
The third reason is that gastrointestinal function disorders, such as gastroenteritis and other diseases, which directly affect the digestive function of the gastrointestinal intestines. Once the digestive function of is affected, it will cause the body to be unable to completely digest and absorb the food it eats. No matter the nutrients or water in the food, it will not be able to undergo a normal digestion process and will accumulate directly in the intestines.
patients with gastrointestinal dysfunction will also be accompanied by inadequate defecation and chronic stool. The stool that cannot be discharged in time is dry and hard in form, but the food residue that has just been digested is still kept in moisture and will look thin.
From the above situations, it is very common for the stool to be half-formed and half-formed. However, once some people find that they have an unformed bowel movement, they will immediately wonder if they have any disease, and even directly think of intestinal cancer, which is completely scaring themselves.
here suggests that you don’t panic too much. first understand what are the significant symptoms of intestinal cancer, and then go to the hospital in time to judge based on the doctor’s examination.
3. Is it intestinal cancer that is not formed? What are the symptoms of bowel cancer?
Intestinal cancer is a general term for tumors in the rectum and colon. If you suffer from intestinal cancer, the body will experience the following symptoms, which can be used as a basis for the doctor's judgment.
. Abdominal pain is the most typical symptom, and the pain is not obvious at the beginning of the disease, but as the condition develops, the pain will also intensify. The reason for abdominal pain is that is because the tumor gradually increases in the intestines, stimulating the intestinal mucosa. Generally, when the tumor is relatively small, many patients do not feel pain, which is why the pain in the early stages is not obvious.
When the tumor gradually increases, even grows outside the intestinal cavity, other organs in the abdomen will also be compressed by the tumor, and even invades the retroperitoneal nerve, thus causing neural abdominal pain. Sometimes, this pain will spread along the nerve distribution to the chest and back.
. Patients' defecation will also change due to tumors. changes in defecation are generally divided into three situations. first is constipation . Because when the tumor gradually appears, it continues to develop over time and grows for a long time, causing narrowing of the intestinal space. Therefore, the digestive space of food in the intestine becomes smaller, and the effect of intestinal peristalsis will also be affected, which will cause constipation.
Secondly, patients will have diarrhea. Because when a tumor occurs, it will directly affect the function of in the digestive system of . If the digestive function is deteriorated, the digestive fluid secreted by the glands will decrease, affecting the digestion of food and the intestinal absorption of water. The excess water residue in food residue lacks the effect of digestive fluid and cannot be completely digested, so causes diarrhea.
and the patient will also have stool , because the intestinal mucosa is violated by tumors and gradually breaks. and under long-term stimulation, it will break and ulcer further. directly affects the part of capillary , so mucosal bleeding occurs. is mixed in the digestive substance, so bloody stool occurs.
This shows that patients with intestinal cancer will experience stool failure, but may not necessarily be accompanied by stool failure after forming in front of the stool. Therefore, it is not enough to show that this symptom is directly related to intestinal cancer, and cannot be used as the basis for the diagnosis of intestinal cancer.
So, if you are too worried, you should go to the hospital in time and conduct professional examinations to find out the cause of the disease. In addition, you should also pay attention to nursing care in your daily life. Choose the appropriate nursing method according to your own situation.
4. How to take good intestinal care in daily life?
: Doing intestinal care should mainly start from the diet, which is also the most direct and effective way to protect the stomach and intestines.
First of all, you should drink more warm water. Replenishing water can effectively prevent constipation. Because water molecules can help intestinal peristalsis, food residues are not prone to excessive hardness and dryness in a humid environment. is conducive to timely excreting toxins in the intestines. However, be careful not to have too high water temperature, because too hot water will damage the epidermal cells of the gastrointestinal mucosa and affects its regeneration and repair function.
In addition, eating more fruits and vegetables rich in fiber is also a good choice for . Vegetables can choose cabbage, pumpkin , etc. Kale contains a lot of vitamins and minerals, and helps the gastrointestinal digestion and peristalsis. Pumpkin is rich in dietary fiber and pectin. can protect the gastrointestinal mucosa while expelling toxins.
fruit is rich in -dimensional C, which can help the gastrointestinal secrete digestive fluid. A sufficient amount of digestive fluid can promote the decomposition of food residues and be smoothly excreted from the body. Like apples, oranges, dragon fruits, , can all be used as the first choice.
For patients with gastrointestinal dysfunction, , especially those with frequent diarrhea, it is best not to eat high-fiber foods, such as celery, spinach, etc. Because high fiber has a promoting function for intestinal peristalsis, when diarrhea has occurred, eating high fiber foods will aggravate the diarrhea.
Also be careful not to eat foods that are too irritating and cold , such as carbonated drinks, ice cream, and spicy foods. It is best to avoid . Otherwise, it will cause irritation to the intestinal mucosa, resulting in pain or diarrhea.
In addition to diet, regular routine work and rest are also very important . Because the human body must follow the rules of biological clock for rest and recuperation, eat on time, and sleep on time, the stomach and intestines will digest within the filtering time, and defecation will become regular, which can avoid the occurrence of stool.
can also avoid the occurrence of harmful substances such as garbage toxins due to the accumulation of feces in the intestine for too long, which will destroy the balance of bacteria in the intestines. is conducive to ensuring that the environment in the intestine is in a clean and healthy state.
Conclusion
In fact, in many cases, the stool we excrete is normal. Therefore, don’t worry too much about whether you have intestinal diseases when you have an intestinal disease when you have an unformed stool. However, if you are also accompanied by discomfort, you should go to the hospital for examination in time to avoid delaying the condition.
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