Farting is a common physiological phenomenon, and everyone has experienced it at some point in their lives.

However, some people find themselves releasing lots of smelly and loud farts, which makes them laugh and cry, but at the same time, they are also puzzled - So different, but is it a symptom of bowel cancer?

The anorectal surgeon also reminded us that bowel cancer may be "lurking" around us, and that we should pay more attention to the following symptoms, so that bowel cancer can sneak up on you!

The first thing you need to know is that if you fart a lot and it smells bad, you may be at risk of developing bowel cancer.

This is because if there is a malignant tumor in the intestines, once the cancerous tissue is peeling off and bleeding, it will be broken down by the intestinal flora and produce strong smelling farts.

So if you have been farting a lot for a long time, you should go to the hospital for a checkup to avoid any delay in treatment.

Of course, don't be alarmed by this symptom, if you are sure it's not bowel cancer after checking, it could also be caused by the following:

1. Consumption of specific foods

Sometimes, farts are related to the food we eat in some way. For example, consuming too much sweet potatoes, potatoes and other starchy foods tends to lead to excessive gas production in the intestines and an increase in farting.

If you eat too many protein foods, you can get food retention in your intestines and produce amine gas, and it's the amines that cause smelly farts. The solution is to eat less of these foods, which will reduce the number of farts and lessen the odor.

2, gastrointestinal dysfunction

If you often eat spicy stimulation, cold and greasy food, it will cause some stimulation of the intestinal tract, and in the long run, it will also lead to "irritable colon syndrome", which manifests itself in abdominal pain, bloating and farting. which is characterized by abdominal pain, bloating, and farts that are both frequent and smelly.

When this happens, it's important to pay attention to your diet, chew your food slowly, and eat less gas-producing foods. You can also drink some probiotic dairy products to improve your intestinal flora.

Fart is a health "signaling soldier". In addition to 'abnormal farts', what else in our lives suggests we are at risk of bowel cancer?

1, change in bowel habits

Normal stools should be once a day, soft and hard. If your bowel habit changes suddenly, you need to be alert, which is manifested by frequent bowel movements, accompanied by diarrhea and constipation alternately.

2, abdominal distension and abdominal pain

Normal intestinal tract will not often appear abdominal distension and abdominal pain phenomenon, but once the birth of malignant tumors, then the abdomen is squeezed, will produce abdominal distension and abdominal pain discomfort.

3. Blood in stool

When the tumor in the intestinal tract is ulcerated, the blood in the intestinal tract will be mixed into the feces, which will lead to the phenomenon of blood in stool. The feces of bowel cancer patients tend to be dark red and with unknown mucus.

4, Lump in abdomen by touch

With the continuous growth of tumor in the intestine, sometimes it will lead to the appearance of unidentified hard lump on the right side of the abdomen, and if it can be obviously touched, then it is necessary to go to the hospital for examination in time.

As mentioned above, farting is not only a sign of farting, but also a sign of change in bowel habit, bloating, abdominal pain, blood in the stool, and a lump in the abdomen, so you should be alert and go to the hospital in time to have a checkup, and then have the cause of the disease investigated and treated.