Colon Cancer Weird Symptoms (& Why They Occur)

Colon Cancer Weird Symptoms (& Why They Occur)

PLEASE NOTE: The bacteria that causes endocarditis and bacteremia in Colon cancer is streptococcus bovis or streptococcus gallolyticus NOT staphylococcus (as written in the slide). Sorry for the confusion!

Colorectal carcinoma (Colon Cancer) is the 3rd to 4th most common type of cancer, that is more likely to occur in older patients, those with a family history of colorectal cancer and in those with a history of inflammatory bowel disease. Colon cancer causes a variety of signs and symptoms, including weird and atypical findings we don’t often think about. In this lesson, we discuss what these “weird” signs and symptoms are and why they occur.

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