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Colorectal and Colon Cancer

Cancer that begins in the colon or large intestine is called colon cancer. Cancer that begins in the rectum is called rectal cancer. Cancer that starts in either of these organs may also be called colorectal cancer.

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Can you take suboxone before colonoscopy?

I have had colonoscopy while on 24 mg of suboxone. Nowadays, they use the Michael Jackson drug to put you into twilight sleep. When I had my first colonosopy and was not on suboxone (which I am prescribed for pain) I was treated with Versed and some narcotic drug. Woke up high. Now the GI Doc has an aneshesioligist come in to administer M Jackson drug. Still it is scary going under. BTW, I am on suboxone because of a failed surgery that left me taking oxycodone for pain. Daily use of oxycodone was making me very unstable. When I got off oxy I turned in 4500 mg of oxy to the doctor who prescribed it. The med profession thinks they are gods but they do not know sh_t.

Is chemotherapy used for treatment other than cancer?

Yes. Methotrexate is now being used as a treatment (low dosage) for some autoimmune diseases, including ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and scleroderma.

How common are precancerous polyps in the colon?

In Australia, the lifetime risk of developing bowel cancer before the age of 75 years is around 1 in 18 for men and 1 in 26 for women, and this is one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world.

Can smoking cause colon cancer?

only if you sit on the cigarettes and sweat too much

How can a colonoscopy be viewed?

The physician views images on a television monitor, and the procedure can be documented using a video recorder.

How are patients positioned during a colonoscopy?

The patient has the option of lting on his/her back or side. Then we count from 100 to 0, or try to. I am usually outat 95. If we are on our backs, the doctor and assisstant will roll us to the side. Then the fun begins. Oh, according to my previous internist, we do actually 'break wind' even though there's nothing inside of us except hot air.

What average size is a third stage colon cancer?

Colon cancer tumors can be different sizes but the average is about the size of a small bouncy ball maybe a little bit bigger

When to expect bowel movement after colonoscopy?

Bowel movement will happen when the food makes its way from the stomach to rectum. This will take several hours because your intestines will have been emptied in preparation for the colonoscopy.

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What are some possible complications of a colonoscopy procedure?

The colonoscopy procedure has the following possible complications: there could be tear of tissue during the colonoscopy, which could cause an infection, bleeding or a side effect from pain drugs could become visible.

Is colon cancer fatal?

Esophageal cancer is usually not curable, although this depends on how quickly the disease is treated and how operable the tumour is. When the cancer has not spread outside the esophagus, surgery may improve the chances of survival.

Radiation therapy is used instead of surgery in some cases where the cancer has not spread outside the esophagus.

For patients whose cancer has spread, a cure is generally not possible. Treatment is directed toward relieving symptoms.

What part of the large intestine are you most likely to get colon cancer?

The first section of the large intestine is the Right Ascending colon, which begins with the cecum. it is followed by the Transverse colon, and finally the Sigmoid colon. Less than 10% of colon cancers (some sources say only 5%) occur in the Ascending colon or cecum. The majority of colon cancers occur in the Sigmoid colon.

Is 19 too young for a colonoscopy?

Anyone can get any type of cancer depending on their level of overall health. When the immune system is not working properly (for whatever reasons), diseased cancer cells that develop in everyone are not immediately eliminated, and may go on to cause tumors. HIV AIDS is known to induce immunodeficiency. Progeria is a congenital / genetic illness where a person from time of birth exhibits rapid aging. With advanced age comes a deterioration in various biological functions that shall bring on secondary diseases including cancer, heart disease, stroke, etc. Numerous heavy metal elements are known toxins; these can induce a malfunctioning of the immune system as well as cause death by themselves. Radioactive isotopes are usually heavy metals, and shall cause radioactive particle decay through the emission of ionizing (chemical bond breaking) electromagnetic radiation (photon / high-speed particle emissions) that can continually break and disrupt cellular DNA, and RNA, and mitochondrial DNA and RNA, that can lead to malignancy of the affected cells. Anyone of any age can be exposed to different kinds of ionizing radiation, and therefore have cancer develop. Chemical toxins can damage a person's health and immune systems so that diseases that normally would be suppressed are instead allowed to continue unabated. Trans fats, hydrogenated oils, and many processed foods are chemically altered to have a long shelf life. Because microbes and fungus are unable to use these processed foods and oils for food, this food does not spoil. However, humans may not be able to use this kind of oil for food either, and our cells then become more and more unable to metabolize sugars into energy via oxidation. Instead, our cells may revert to a cancerous state where sugars are metabolized via fermentation into energy. According to studies consumption of trans fats can likely lead to heart troubles, obesity, diabetes, etc. An unhealthy diet consisting of known health risks shall push any healthy person towards ill-health--bit by bit. Alternative medicine attempts to treat the underlying causes of disease rather than the symptoms. Allopathic medicine is mainstream medicine. Mainstream medicine tends to treat symptoms of diseases with surgery (cutting), radiation (burning), and drugs (patentable poisons). All sorts of variously effective cancer cures have been suppressed by mainstream medicine so that money can be made by drug companies, the cancer industry, and medical insurance companies. If people were treated with an inexpensive, natural cure that they could grow in their back yard, then all of these industries would lose a lot of money. To protect them, health protection agencies have been established to protect the drug companies from any such unregulated competition by jailing the offenders-persons making "unproven health claims" whose cures actually work and whose patients are alive and well decades post-treatment. The industrialists who promoted such government health protection legislation own all of the industries who would be harmed by any natural cures, and they sponsor grants to universities, medical colleges, scientific research, they publish medical journals or the journals get all of their advertising revenue from the industrialists' companies, they donate to political parties to grease the wheels to get legislation written that suits their needs rather than the public's.

How does cancer cause?

by ur body

If you're talking cell-wise;

if your body accidently produces a 'faulty cell' it normally kills itself.

But if you have cancerous cells these fail at this and carry on multiplying on the wound making a lump appear. This is cancer.

What side effects can a colonoscopy have?

Occasionally, patients may have bleeding or infection after biopsy. Bleeding is usually controlled with a topical medication.

What is inoperable cancer?

Tumors are always operable because they are benign. But if it's not benign then it's called a cancer. Reason cancer is inoperable is because they are already in your body, if you remove it doesn't matter because they might be somewhere else in your body . Difference between tumor and Cancer is Cancer will never stop growing in your body until it'll kill you body cells, as for tumor it's only in one area and doesn't grow all over your body. You can treat a cancer too but it depends in which level you find it out. If it's first level than it's big chance that it's not somewhere else in your body and they may treat it if you do the surgery on time.

What happens if a colon is perforated?

it will cause left sided peritonitis and the rupture may associate with pericolic abscess

How do you know if your colon is bad?

First and foremost would be to ask whether there are any symptoms you are experiencing which has prompted this question? Are you experiencing any pain or discomfort? Are you finding dark blood in your bowel movements? Are you finding bright blood on your toilet tissue? Responses to these questions would prompt different replies. Bright blood may suggest haemorrhoids or a fissure. Dark blood may suggest other conditions. Continual discomfort internally may lead to either polyps or ulceration.

What happens when the Sigmoid colon is removed?

If your colon is removed and nothing else is done for you, you will die.

In modern medicine removal of part or all of the colon is accompanied by provision of a colostomy or iliostomy, where the remaining end of the colon or of the small intestine is brought through the abdominal wall to the exterior. A replaceable bag is attached at that point to catch and accumulate the liquids that would otherwise pass through the colon to the rectum for elimination. The bag is emptied or replaced periodically.

You may need to follow a different diet, depending on how much of the colon was removed, and will not have bowel movements (all that goes into the bag without your conscious control), but your life can be relatively normal as long as you take good care in cleaning the ostomy and in dealing with the bag.

What is the life expectancy for someone with malignant bowel tumor?

That is not the sort of information that is likely to be possible to reliably calculate without a full assessment of the person by a qualified and experienced medical practitioner.

Can you take Percocet after colonoscopy?

My doctor prescribed it for me after gall bladder removal surgery (laproscopic). It probably depends on your doctor and the surgery performed.

What physical approaches are used to treat cancer?

Physical approaches to cancer include exercise; massage therapies; movement therapies like yoga, t'ai chi and qigong; breathing techniques; and relaxation techniques.