In our previous article, we went through what is Colon cancer (colorectal cancer), the symptoms that occur and how your urologist or urogynecologist diagnoses colon cancer. If you haven’t read through the article, please visit the following link before you learn about the treatment options for colorectal cancer. Colon (Colorectal) Cancer – Symptoms & Diagnosis…
Let us briefly understand what colon is and its functions. Digestion of food starts from chewing it in the mouth and ends with excretion of waste from rectum & anus. Once the swallowed food reaches the stomach, it is broken down into smaller particles that then pass into the small intestines. In the small intestines,…
Inflammatory Bowel Disease – A medical condition when the large bowel (large intestine) or small bowels (small intestines) gets inflamed due to various reasons. Crohn’s disease is one such Inflammatory Bowel Disease that causes inflammation of the digestive tract. The areas affected by this disease can vary from person to person and it can often…
In medical terms, if a person is passing stools less than 3 times a week, he/she is said to be suffering from constipation. General definition of constipation is ‘infrequent bowel movements or difficulty in passing stools’. If a person has been having this condition for quite some time, he/she is said to be suffering from…
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