Taiwanese nephrologist Hong Yongxiang shared the case today that a 27-year-old woman had only 2 bowel movements a week. She sought medical attention due to severe abdominal distension and was found to have polyps in her large intestine, which were associated with her frequent. eat three kinds of food.
Dr Hong Yongxiang said in the program “The Doctor is Hot” that the stomach and intestines also need maintenance. When you’re young, you can eat fast, eat a lot, and eat plenty, but when you get older, you’ll still be prone to bloating and constipation if you chew and swallow slowly, because each organ has its own aging age. After aging, you may often experience gastrointestinal discomfort, skin allergies, unprovoked weight gain, constipation, flatulence, stomach pain, reflux esophagitis, and sudden food intolerance. For example, in the past, drinking milk wouldn’t cause diarrhoea, and eating certain foods wouldn’t cause allergies, but when I got older, all the problems came out.
Dr Hong shared the case that the female patient was about 27 years old. When she was young, she only had bowel movements twice a week, her skin condition was very poor and her stomach was often inexplicably bloated. . He pointed out that stool is a toxic substance that accumulates in the large intestine, not only absorbing water, but also continuously absorbing many water-soluble toxins. A week before the wedding, she was so nervous that she could not defecate; on the day of the wedding, her stomach became even more distended and became so big that she could barely fit into a wedding dress. She then filled out a gastrointestinal questionnaire and found she was 20 years older than her actual age. After a colonoscopy, 2 benign polyps were found, but fortunately they did not deteriorate.
Dr. Hong said that the patient usually likes to eat barbecue food, fried food, processed food, drink a lot of drinks, and does not like to eat fruits and vegetables, and the eating habits are harmful to the gastrointestinal tract. After a year of changing her diet and taking more dietary fibre, her bowels returned to normal. After three years of colonoscopy, the color of the colon returned to pink, which Dr Hong described as very beautiful. He reminded, in order to avoid gastrointestinal ageing, to pay attention to the following dietary taboos:
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Eat less:
High temperature fried food, barbecue food, high fat food, high salt and high sugar
Eat more:
Dietary fiber for smooth bowel movements.
Soluble fiber: okra, fungus, let the stool absorb water, and the volume is large enough to help defecate.
Insoluble fiber: Can absorb intestinal fat and toxic substances and excrete it from the body.
Colon and rectal polyps can develop into colon and rectal cancer
If colon and rectal polyps get worse, there is a chance of developing colon and rectal cancer. According to the Department of Health, most colorectal cancers start from a small polyp. Polyps are usually benign, but some can slowly develop into cancer, a change that can take 10 years or more. If left untreated, cancer cells can invade and destroy nearby organs, and can spread to different parts of the body through the blood and lymphatic systems.
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Risk factors for colorectal cancer include insufficient fiber in the diet, high consumption of red and processed meat, physical inactivity, obesity, alcohol consumption, and smoking. According to statistics, the following people have a higher chance of developing colorectal cancer:
Men aged 50 or over
Hereditary bowel disease, such as “familial adenomatosis” or “Lien’s syndrome”
Long-term inflammation of the large intestine, such as “ulcerative colitis”
Colon polyps in the past
Having a family history of colorectal cancer, especially a close family member (ie a parent, sibling, or child)
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