Abdominal pain for three weeks, colon tumor discovered

The patient’s weight continued to decrease for unknown reasons. The patient went to the hospital for examination and discovered a large tumor 10×15 cm in the colon. The tumor became complicated, causing semi-obstruction and necrosis, requiring surgery.

On June 29, M.D. Nguyen Thanh Tam, Director of Surgery and Obstetrics, Tam Tri Da Nang General Hospital, said that after nearly 3 hours of surgery, the team removed the intestine with a giant right colon tumor. . Doctors simultaneously removed lymph nodes and retrained digestive circulation. After 5 days of monitoring and treatment, the patient gradually recovered his health and was just discharged from the hospital.

According to Dr. Tam, colorectal tumors at a young age often do not cause symptoms. In the late stages, symptoms are more easily noticeable as the disease progresses, such as intermittent abdominal or flank pain, digestive disorders (constipation, diarrhea, bloating…).

“Symptoms of right lower quadrant pain can be easily confused with hepatobiliary diseases or digestive disorders,” the doctor said. If not promptly intervened, the tumor ruptures causing total peritonitis and death in the context of infection, poisoning, peritumoral inflammation, and blood loss.

Groups at risk of getting the disease are people over 50 years old, overweight or smoke, have a high-fat diet, or have a personal or family history of tumors or colon cancer… Internal Digestive endoscopy is the best colorectal cancer screening method today. Doing it periodically every 6 months or once a year is the best way to detect small (pre-cancerous) polyps and remove them endoscopically.

When there are signs such as abdominal pain, heartburn, bloating, reflux, weakness… you should immediately go to the hospital for a doctor to check your health and give specific advice.