BOWEL CANCER
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- Created on: 28-04-14 14:32
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- BOWEL CANCER
- Symptoms
- Bleeding (blood in stool)
- Abdominal pain
- Low red blood count
- Aneamia symptoms
- Very tired
- Aneamia symptoms
- Change in bowel habits that last over 6 weeks
- Lump detected by doctor
- Risk factors
- Family history
- Smoking
- Previously having cancer
- Low fibre diet
- Crohn's disease
- Benign polyps in bowel
- Age- 85% over 60
- Being diabetic
- Overweight/obese
- Little physical exercise
- Having more than 2 units of alcohol a week
- Diagnosis
- Examination of rectum
- Sigmoidoscopy - lower part of bowel
- Colonoscopy - bowel
- Virtual colonoscopy -CT
- Barium enema
- CT, MRI or ultrasound
- Treatment
- 2 main tests reduce risk of mortality by 16% by catching it early:
- Examination of stool samples for blood
- Examination of bowel
- Depends on stage, size and type of cancer as well as health of patient
- 8/10 patients have surgery
- Chemotherapy
- Radiotherapy
- Biological treatments
- Cannot cure if spread - can only treat symptoms
- 2 main tests reduce risk of mortality by 16% by catching it early:
- Prevention
- High fibre diet
- Taking regular exercise
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Taking the pill
- Vitamin D
- No smoking
- Impacts on client
- Physical
- Scars from surgery
- Stoma - bag for digestion
- Diarrhoea
- Lacking in energy
- Very tired
- Affect diet
- Emotional
- Fear
- Anxiety
- Worries about future
- Difficult to deal with feelings
- Confused, upset and shocked at diagnosis
- Financial
- Serious money worries
- Charity grants
- Benefits e.g. carers allowance, income support
- Intellectual
- Time off work due to illness/treatment
- Lack of concentration - worried about health
- Physical
- Symptoms
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