Dealing with colon cancer

Colon cancer, also called ‘colorectal cancer’ or ‘bowel cancer’ occurs because of uncontrolled growth of cells in the large intestine. This type of cancer takes place because of the life style, the progressing age and as per the dietary habits of an individual. This cancer begins at the lining inside the bowel of an individual and can grow into a tumor or a polyp, if not treated on time. When diagnosed early, the disease can be treated by applying appropriate medical treatment. Similarly, practicing good bowel habits if followed all through the life too helps to avoid the medical condition.

Symptoms of Colon Cancer

The commonly observed colon cancer symptoms are as under:

·        Anemic condition

·        Blood in the stool

·        Changes in the bowel  habits

·        Extensive weight loss

·        Fever

·        Loss of appetite

·        Nausea or vomiting

·        Worsening constipation

Tips to Deal with Colorectal Cancer

To deal with the colorectal cancer, appropriate medical treatment is required. It is advised to seek the guidance of expert medical professional or a doctor to get best remedial measure. Besides, it is important to keep the bowel clean and free from impurities. Some useful tips to deal with the cancer of colon and to maintain colon health are as under:

1)      To deal with the cancer of colon, it is essential to keep it clean. To know how to cleanse your colon, assistance of a medical practitioner is needed. Besides, referring medical journals or magazines and books dedicated to health care also proves helpful. Colon hydrotherapy is one such treatment which is applied to get rid of toxins and various other impurities from the body system. During the treatment, warm water is injected into the colon to cleanse it, so that the fecal matter gets ejected along with other impurities.

2)      Try to drink at-least 7-8 glasses of pure and clean drinking water daily. It helps to keep the body hydrated and allows various other functions smoothly. Digestion too gets improved. Having adequate measures of water acts as colon cleanser. Besides, having other beverages like coffee too helps to loosen the various impurities that get stuffed into the large intestine causing choking of the canal leading to troublesome medical conditions like cancer of the colon.

3)      Try to include plenty of fibers in the daily meals. For that, include fruits and vegetables rich in high percentage of fibers.

Apart from the above given tips and suggestions, visiting a clinic too proves helpful to have timely and proper colon cancer screening. Flexible sigmoidoscopy is performed on the patient that proves helpful to find out the development of polyps and traces of cancer stages in the intestinal tract. This way, it becomes easy for the patients who get diagnosed with the disease to apply the appropriate treatment. Moreover, having statistical data regarding the colon cancer survival rate as per the stage of the medical condition too proves helpful to find out the approximate survival rate of the patient.

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