Small intestine tumors: Formation and complications

Small intestine tumors can block the flow of food and affect digestion. When the tumor is large, it can cause intestinal obstruction, causing abdominal pain. In addition, long-term tumor bleeding will cause anemia.

1. Learn about small intestine tumors

Small intestine tumors are rare. Small intestine tumors can be one or more tumors at the same time Small intestine is divided into 2 types:

  • Benign tumors: Account for 25%, including: fatty tumours, intestinal polyps.
  • Melanoma: Gland cancer in the duodenum and duodenal support; bowel lymphoma; u sarcoma; gastrointestinal tumors (a form of cancer that can arise in other places in the stomach, colon).

Most small intestine tumors usually do not show clinical symptoms for long periods of time. Half of benign small intestine tumors are usually only detected by chance through laparoscopy or surgery. Symptoms may include:

  • You will suffer from small intestine pain, nausea, weight loss, hemorrhage.
  • Large tumors will cause symptoms of intestinal obstruction.
  • Tumours can ulcerate and bleed.
  • Abdominal lumps

2. Formation of small intestine tumors

small intestine tumor

Small intestine tumors begin to form more cells in the intestine that gradually grow out of control

Small intestine tumors begin when cells in the small intestine begin to grow out of control. The small intestine is a long tube (the average length is 6.5m), curled up that is responsible for digesting food from the stomach moving down. The small intestine is the part of the digestive tract located between the stomach and the large intestine.

Although the small intestine occupies the majority of the gastrointestinal tract, small intestine cancer is less common than other types of cancers of the same digestive group such as colon cancer, rectal cancer, stomach cancer and esophagus cancer.

3. Complications of small intestine

Complications of small intestine can be mentioned as follows:

  • Tumors in the small intestine can block the flow of food and affect digestion.
  • Larger tumors can cause intestinal obstruction, which requires a medical emergency.
  • Long-term tumor bleeding will cause anemia.
  • Small intestine tumors have complications that cause perforation of the hollow organ.
  • Weakened immune system: Abdominal pain, body fatigue causes you to eat poorly, causing a deterioration of the immune system. From there leads to other diseases.

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