Grandpa Li cooked a fish and didn’t eat it in the refrigerator the next day, but after eating it, Grandpa Li repeatedly had diarrhea for more than 20 days! Grandpa Li firmly believed that eating fish overnight upset his stomach, but he finally found out that there were polyps in the intestine after going to the hospital for examination, and diarrhea was completely relieved after removing the polyps under the microscope.

　　Grandpa Li, who lives in Zhonglou District, Changzhou City, is nearly 70 years old. In early May of this year, he began to have diarrhea because he ate an overnight fish. Every day, he had watery stools. After being treated by hanging water in the local hospital, it was also good and bad. In this way, the diarrhea lasted for more than 20 days. Grandpa Li always thought that it was caused by fish. In the long run, grandpa Li can’t stand it, and he begins to suspect that it’s not something bad, but something else!

　　In the end, he had to go to the Department of Gastroenterology of Changzhou No.4 Hospital. The doctor advised him to have a colonoscopy, and sure enough, he found a wide-based polyp at the junction of his rectum and sigmoid colon. The Department of Gastroenterology, Changzhou No.4 Hospital performed colonoscopy polypectomy for Grandpa Li, and his diarrhea symptoms improved after the operation. Grandpa Li has always had doubts. How can there be intestinal polyps? Will this polyp become cancerous?

　　Jiang Chunying, an attending physician in the Department of Gastroenterology, Changzhou Fourth Hospital, told Grandpa Li that intestinal polyps are abnormal growth tissues protruding from the surface of intestinal mucosa, which are mainly divided into two types: inflammatory and adenomatous. Inflammatory polyp can generally disappear by itself after intestinal inflammation is cured; Adenomatous polyp generally does not disappear on its own, and it tends to become malignant. Once found, it should be removed in time and followed up regularly.

　　Jiang Chunying said that among the patients with gastrointestinal diseases admitted to the ward in May, 14% found gastrointestinal polyps. The pathogenesis of gastrointestinal polyps is not clear. At present, it is believed that the main reason and long-term chronic inflammatory stimulation and physical and chemical stimulation lead to the proliferation of local mucosal epithelial cells protruding into the stomach or intestines to form polyps. Polyps have no obvious symptoms in the early stage, and large polyps can cause gastrointestinal symptoms, such as abdominal pain, stomach discomfort, indigestion, changing stool habits, increasing frequency, and mucus or mucus bloody stool. Once gastrointestinal polyps are found, it is recommended to treat them in time to avoid canceration.

　　So, who are the high-risk groups of gastrointestinal polyps: 1. Have a history of gastrointestinal diseases, especially chronic gastritis, chronic intestinal infection, constipation, diarrhea, bloody stool and other symptoms. 2. The older you get, the higher the incidence of intestinal polyps, and the higher the incidence of intestinal polyps in men than in women. 3. Patients with intestinal polyps in their immediate family members, especially those who live with patients, will have an increased chance of getting sick. 4. Have bad living habits. For example, smoking has been proved to be closely related to adenomatous polyp; Eating too much high-fat, high-protein food or fried food in daily diet and not enough dietary fiber intake will also increase the risk of intestinal polyps. 5. Long-term sedentary and recurrent hemorrhoids will also increase the risk of illness. (Correspondent Du Wei Yangzi Evening News/Yangyan reporter Zhang Bin)