65-year-old woman with a loss of appetite, abdominal cramps, constipation, and blood in her stool.
The most alarming symptoms here is the blood in the stool which means there is a bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract.
The metastasis of cancer in simple term refers to the invasion or spreading of cancer to other parts or organs from the actual or original site.For example if cancer is in stomach and if spreads to lungs then it is called as metastasis.
The possible organs which could have been affected
The organ stomach ,colon seems to be affected from the above symptoms
The patient can have a good prognosis if accurate and appropriate treatment is given on time .The bleeding has to be stopped immediately by administering antifibrinolytic in case of active bleeding.Treat constipation with adequate, fluids, fibre rich diet ,exercise and laxatives as per order.Treat pain with analgesics, antacids as per order.A colostomy in colon cancer has a good prognosis rate and recovery on timely intervention.
65-year-old woman with a loss of appetite, abdominal cramps, constipation, and blood in her stool. What...
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