Recently, a male patient in his 40s came to the endoscopy center of the hospital for treatment. I complained of long-term stomach distension, diarrhea, and hiccups from time to time, I always thought it was indigestion, and I didn't pay attention to it after taking medicine to relieve it, and the abdominal pain for many days recently made him miserable, so I made up my mind and came to the hospital for examination.
Gastroscopy found that the patient had multiple polyps in the stomach, and after communicating with the doctor, it was decided to undergo endoscopic gastric polypectomy.
How can polyps grow in the stomach?
Do polyps grow?Will it become cancerous?Do you want to cut it?Today, I'm going to talk to you about what gastrointestinal polyps are all about!
What are gastrointestinal polyps?
Gastrointestinal polyps are localized lesions that bulge in the epithelium of the gastrointestinal mucosa and protrude into the lumen of the gastrointestinal cavity. Depending on where the polyps are located, they are called esophageal polyps, gastric polyps, small intestine polyps, large colorectal polyps, etc., among which stomach and large colorectal polyps are the most common. Gastric polyps tend to occur in the antrum and fundus, and are mostly single;Colon polyps are more common in the sigmoid colon and rectum, and about 20% of them are multiple.
Are gastrointestinal polyps harmful?
Gastrointestinal polyps can cause complications such as gastrointestinal obstruction, and some severe polyps have a tendency to malignant transformation, and can even develop into tumors, such as 90% of colorectal cancers are caused by malignant transformation of intestinal polyps.
How to spot gastrointestinal polyps?
Gastroscopy and colonoscopy are currently the simplest and most effective methods.
Are polyps familial?
Polyp patients, especially those with multiple polyps, often have family members who also have polyps, such as familial adenomatosis and melanoma polyposis syndrome. If a family member is found to have polyposis, other members of the family should also go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible, so as to diagnose and diagnose it as soon as possible to effectively prevent cancer.
Six "musts" for the prevention of gastrointestinal polyps
1.Be proactive: It is recommended that people over the age of 40, regardless of whether they have symptoms or not, should take the initiative to have a gastroscopy (colonel) examination.
2.To **: No matter what part, what type, large or small polyps, we must try to avoid future troubles.
3.Pathological examination should be sent: because pathological examination can conclusively determine the benign or malignant nature of polyps.
4.Pay attention to abnormalities outside the gastrointestinal tract: some types of polyps are often accompanied by gastrointestinal abnormalities, such as nervous system tumors, bone and soft tissue tumors, breast, lung, ovarian tumors, tooth dysplasia, lips or purple striae or pigmentation, etc.
5.Pay attention to family: The family referred to here refers to relatives who are related by blood. Some gastrointestinal polyps have obvious genetic predisposition, if there are polyps diagnosed with genetic predisposition in relatives, you should take the initiative to go to the hospital for examination, early detection, early **.
6.To be re-examined: if the polyp is benign, ** re-examine the gastroscopy once after 6 months to 1 year, and if there is no problem, re-examine it again after 2 5 years;For malignant cases, they should be re-examined once every 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year, and if there is no **, they should be re-examined every six months within 5 years.
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