Recently, China's famous actor, but also a very popular "old drama bone" Tu People died of illness, although many people are still very unfamiliar with this name, but as long as he plays the role, it will make people suddenly realize.
In 1985, he began to enter the show business circle, when the first film was "Genghis Khan", and since then he has starred in many movies, such as "Sad Brooke", "Farewell", and he can also be seen in TV series, because he has also starred in plays such as "Breaking into kanto" and "Laughing Proud of the River".
As soon as you look at the photos, it feels familiar.
However, unfortunate things happened to him, there were reports that esophageal cancer was detected in early November, but at that time it was already advanced, although there was aggressive treatment, but the best time for surgery was missed, and only 2 chemotherapy treatments were done.
Unfortunately, these treatments did not save his life, and he died after only one month.
However, esophageal cancer was found to die within a month, which is also too dangerous, how come I haven't heard of it?
1. Esophageal cancer.
You may not have heard of esophageal cancer, but it is not a rare disease.
Although tumors such as lung cancer and liver cancer are less common, the number of people with esophageal cancer is not uncommon.
Taking the data of 2018, the number of new cases of esophageal cancer in China may reach 307,000, and the number of deaths has even reached 283,000.
If you look carefully, the case fatality rate and incidence rate are almost the same, in fact, this is also one of the esophageal cancer can be excluded, its 5-year survival rate is not high, there are studies show that the 5-year survival rate is even less than 10%.
Many patients are already in advanced stages when they are found, which does not mean that these patients have no concern for their health, but only that the disease is too secretive, there are no symptoms at all in the early stages, and they do not go to the doctor until they find that there is difficulty in procrastination, and it is too late at that time.
In fact, the esophagus, like other tissues, can also become cancerous, and the malignant tumor in the epithelium of the esophagus can be called esophageal cancer.
Why does it become cancerous? This kind of question is easy to answer, but it is also difficult to answer.
After all, we have not yet found a specific cause of cancer, but cancer is related to many factors, such as genetic factors, bad living habits, or long-term stimulation.
These long-term chronic damage will continue to stimulate the cells to repair repeatedly, and gradually appear during the repair process, more inclined to columnar epithelial cells that may become cancerous, so it becomes the early stage of esophageal cancer.
But what are these stimuli?
1. Stomach acid, some people are prone to heartburn, that is, often appear gastroesophageal reflux.
2. Smoking and alcoholism.
3. Often eat high salt, or spicy and other irritating foods.
4. The diet is too hot, the temperature exceeds 65 ° C.
Be sure to pay attention to these details in your life and don't always try to hurt your esophagus.
2. Will esophageal cancer have difficulty swallowing?
For early esophageal cancer is very hidden, many patients do not feel any symptoms at all, only some abnormal manifestations before they want to go to the hospital, and it is too late at that time.
But what are these anomalous manifestations?
In the early stages, it is possible to feel a choking sensation when swallowing food, and individual patients will feel burning or pinprick pain in the chest when eating, which is very mild and difficult to attract everyone's attention in many cases.
Until a serious problem arises.
1. Frequent spitting, like mucus, may be secreted by the esophagus, or it may be saliva that cannot be swallowed.
2. Difficulty swallowing, unable to eat, so more and more thin, more and more powerless.
3. Chest pain for a long time, there may also be back pain.
4. If the recurrent laryngeal nerve is invaded, the speech will become hoarse.
But it is important to note that these types of symptoms look very obvious, but in fact they are already intermediate and advanced symptoms, and even local metastasis of surrounding tissues has occurred before neurological and other manifestations will occur.
In fact, esophageal cancer prefers some provinces in China, because their eating habits are more accustomed to eating hot food, and it is slightly irritating. Among the provinces, Henan Province, Shanxi Province and Hebei Province in China have a higher incidence of esophageal cancer, and the winning rates of esophageal cancer in these three provinces are 29.81/100,000, 25.37/100,000 and 19.65/100,000, respectively, which are significantly higher than those of other provinces
Third, the key lies in prevention.
Just like Tu's teachers, when many esophageal cancers are found, they are actually in the advanced stage, and they can only choose chemotherapy and other means, but before cancer occurs, are we really helpless?
Esophageal cancer is also preventable.
How can it be prevented?
In fact, as mentioned above, we have many aspects to start with, such as not eating too irritating food, eating less pickled products, eating less spicy food, and remembering to pay attention to smoking and drinking, but in many ways, the most important prevention method of the esophagus is also a very simple way, that is, do not eat too hot.
Whether it is a drink or a food, be sure to pay attention to the temperature when putting it in your mouth.
How much temperature is most appropriate?
The International Agency for Research on Cancer also gave us the answer, they believe that as long as it is more than 65 ° C heat, it can also be classified as a class 2a carcinogen, so we must pay attention to the temperature of food, not more than 65 ° C.
Because as long as the temperature is exceeded, the mucous membrane will be burned, the esophagus will be slightly damaged, and it may lead to cancer in the process of repair.
The next time you drink water and eat, be sure to wait, cool a cold, don't gobble up, don't worry.
In fact, that is, wait five minutes, and then patiently blow, a cup of boiling water can also drop below 65 ° C, the core problem is not to worry.
summary.
Like other cancers, esophageal cancer is also preventable and controllable, we must pay attention to eating habits, do not gobble up, do not become the target of esophageal cancer.
Don't wait until you find that you can't eat, only to remember to regret it, it's really too late.
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