A Colorectal Cancer Wake-up Call: Why I'm Begging You to Visit the Hospital Today

This is my first post after my introduction post, and while I wanted to discuss something different today, relating to one of the communities, especially one that has to do with writing literature and fiction, the discovery from a patient's continual visit to the pharmacy is why I am writing this.

For about a month now, someone has been coming to the pharmacy and requesting medications to treat piles. Not all drugs are prescription drugs, so people can walk in and request several medications, especially when they are OTC meds. The first day the person came to the pharmacy, I wasn't around, so I didn't know who purchased what; I just knew it showed in the books, and the books mean a lot, just as selling the right drugs means the world to me.

The patient came back a few days later and demanded to see me, and, as usual, I was there to answer his questions and give my advice. The first thing he said was that the medication he bought didn't treat his pile, and he wanted a stronger one. The first thing I asked him was what was wrong. What were the symptoms he was feeling, and why did he think it was a pile? I went on to ask him if he got himself checked at the hospital, and at the end, I realized he just guessed it was a pile when he noticed blood in his stool.

Would you stop that, Mr. man? Why will you joke with your life like a person playing a game of soccer made by Sony? Go to the hospital and get yourself checked, man, you cannot be joking with that life of yours that some of us have taken as our life's work to keep alive for longer. I didn't sound that way, but I asked him to go to a hospital and get himself checked. He came back after a few days, and he mentioned that he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

This cancer refers to an abnormal growth that arises from the interior lining of the colon and the rectum, but this malignancy evades other surrounding structures and tissues, such as the bones, liver, lungs, and other distant places, such as the spine and the brain. I asked him why he didn't go to the hospital when he noticed the symptoms. He mentioned that he noticed mucus and dark stool as a result of bloody stool. He also mentioned that since it wasn't painful, he didn't see a reason to go to the hospital.

I felt very sorry for him, and I wished him recovery, but while people can associate bloody stool with colorectal cancer, it is not always about bloody stool. Some people can also experience Tenesmus, which is the inability to use the toilet even when feeling pressed, loss of appetite, and loss of weight

In all of this, there is just one take for me, which is to visit the hospital at every instance one notices something strange in the body. This cannot be overemphasized, but at the same time, people find it difficult to go to the hospital because they do not want to get the news of being diagnosed with it, or they do not have enough money to get treatment. To round off this, please tell someone you know about the importance of going for medical screening.

Colorectal Cancer

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/colorectal-cancer

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/14501-colorectal-colon-cancer

Image Citing

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blausen_0246_ColorectalCancer

https://ndla.no/r/helsefremmende-arbeid-hs-hea-vg2/tarmkreft-colorectal-cancer/6c04ccbeea