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What Are The Most Common Genetic Diseases?
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Ambiversion: Are You An Introverted Extrovert?
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7 Yoga Poses For Digestion And Improved Gut Health
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大便出血不一定是痔瘡，可能是大腸癌前兆！一文分析大腸癌初期症狀及原因
大腸癌的前兆與痔瘡症狀很相似，很多人搞混而延誤診斷。一文看清大腸癌症狀及預防方法。大腸癌是本港第二位最常見的癌症，亦是第二位致命癌症。在2019年，香港便有5,556人患上大腸癌。 大腸癌是怎樣形成？ 癌症是由於身體細胞生長失去控制，令這些細胞異常生長並形成惡性腫瘤，甚至擴散到身體其他部位而造成損害。大腸黏膜層的良性組織異常地增生，便會形成大腸瘜肉。雖然瘜肉通常是良性的，但亦有機會演變為癌症。事實上，大多數大腸癌由細小的瘜肉開始。當累積長時間的基因突變，部份大腸瘜肉有可能發展成為惡性腫瘤，而整個過程可以沒有症狀且需時約 7 至 10 年。 瘜肉一般在45歲至50歲開始出現，因此45歲以上應定期接受大腸鏡檢查，有助及早發現並將瘜肉切除，有效預防大腸癌。 甚麼會引致大腸癌？ 5 – 10% 的大腸癌屬於遺傳性，其他原因包括不良的飲食習慣。如進食過多含有大量動物脂肪的食物，或經常進食燒烤或加工肉類，都會令患上大腸癌的風險增加。另外，長期缺乏運動，以及吸煙、長期喝酒等也會增加大腸癌風險。 大腸癌有甚麼常見症狀？ 大腸癌的初期症狀與其他腸道疾病很相似，病人很容易誤以為自己只是腸胃不好或患有痔瘡。所以如發現以下常見症狀，應儘早就醫作詳細檢測。 排便習慣改變，例如便秘或大便變稀 大便帶血或帶有大量黏液 持續性腹痛 (經常有胃氣痛、飽脹或胃抽筋的感覺) 感覺排便排不乾淨 體重無故地下降 不明原因貧血 如何預防大腸癌？ 定期進行大便隱血測試：建議25歲以上人士應每年進行大便隱血測試。測試會檢查採集大便樣本上有沒有隱藏的血液。原理是若腸道有腫瘤，糞便在通過腸道時會沾上血液。但隱血陽性也不一定代表患上大腸癌，其他原因例如消化道潰瘍、瘜肉、腫瘤、痔瘡等等都有機會引致陽性結果。若結果呈陽性，醫生會轉介進行大腸鏡檢查。另外要注意的是腫瘤未必經常流血，所以大便樣本不一定會沾有血液。若想更準確了解自己是否患上大腸癌，建議諮詢醫生並進行大腸鏡檢查。 定期進行大腸鏡檢查：建議45歲以上人士定期進行大腸鏡檢測，因50歲以上人士為大腸癌高危者 保持健康體重：體重過重會加重器官負荷，令器官功能更易受損。過重亦會提高罹大腸癌風險。 減少攝取紅肉及加工肉品：國際癌症研究總署指出，每天攝取超過100克的紅肉（豬、羊、牛）或50克的加工肉品（午餐肉、臘味、煙肉、熱狗腸等）會增加17%罹患大腸癌的風險。加工肉品含有大量化學物質，大部分都會經過你的胃部，最後到達肛門。所以，每個禮拜不應進食超過三份加工肉品。…