With the continuous improvement of contemporary life pressure and changes in the living environment, more and more people are prone to new problems in the body, and according to the latest global cancer burden data in 2020, about half of the patients with esophageal cancer in the world account for about half of the patients in China, and the number of new esophageal cancer diagnoses in China has reached 324,000, of which 301,000 people have lost their lives because of this disease, which is really shocking.
In this regard, Hao Anlin, as the surgical director of Anyang Cancer Hospital in Henan Province, recently mentioned the main causes and characteristics of esophageal cancer in China and what are the cities with high incidence. As a common and poor prognosis of cancer, esophageal cancer has a relatively long time onset, generally needing to precipitate for 10-20 years before it will be formed, and the causes of the disease are mainly external and internal.
What are the causes of esophageal cancer?
The internal causes of esophageal cancer may be caused by some genetic factors, or bacterial infections, oral viruses and low immunity may induce esophageal cancer.
External factors may be caused by patients eating too fast, drinking and smoking, and liking to eat pickled foods, while the source of esophageal cancer patients in China is mainly concentrated in Henan, Hebei, Anhui, Jining and other nearby cities in the Taihang Mountains, of which the incidence of male patients is higher than that of female patients. Hao Anlin also mentioned in the interview that the symptoms of esophageal cancer are not easy to highlight in the early stage, and after the cancer occurs in the middle and late stages, patients will have symptoms of dysphagia, and the early stage is mainly a foreign body feeling, burning sensation and other feelings. Therefore, when patients have relevant conditions, they should go to the hospital for examination in time to prevent it.
How can people prevent esophageal cancer?
With the increase of age, the people's immunity is also declining, so Hao Anlin recommends that patients with esophageal cancer should go to the hospital for re-examination every two years after entering the age of 50, if it is a family inheritance, it needs to be re-examined every year, and if it is to go to the hospital, it can be examined through esophageal microscopy.
As we all know, the five major factors of smoking, low intake of vitamins and fruits, alcoholism, serious weight exceeding the standard index, and chewing tobacco are all important indicators of esophageal cancer. Therefore, relevant medical experts have also given some methods away from esophageal cancer for these factors, the first is to standardize their eating habits, do not eat too hot food, chew slowly; the second is to control their alcohol consumption, and quit smoking; the third is to supplement vitamins in time and overweight people should control their weight; the fourth is to pay attention to the mouth.
Some news reference: International Tourism Island Business Daily