If you ask, what is the current situation of the life of contemporary workers? Nine times out of ten is the following scenario:
Work tired into a dog, only the long night belongs to themselves, order a supper, eat some wine, no one wants to stop me from staying up late!
After the revelry, only the tired body remained, regretting it, and the next day it started again. But have you thought about it? This way of life is undoubtedly to plant mines in the body, and it is possible to turn around and live a "kill".
Just last Sunday, the 22-year-old girl in Shenzhen suffered a physical blow, staying up late for a long time and eating barbecue and other reasons to induce her to form liver cancer, and finally she could only cut off half of her liver! As soon as the topic came out, it instantly dominated the first hot search list!
What is the truth of the matter? Is staying up late to eat barbecue and liver disease big related? How should we protect the liver and prevent liver cancer in life?
Don't want to be a liver person, then the next hardcore "liver" knowledge will be a good understanding of it!
First, how can you be cut off half of your liver at a young age?
Shenzhen sister Xiao Li (pseudonym) also couldn't figure out: why did she suffer from cancer when she was only 22 years old, and she was also removed from half of her liver!
She recalled that when she went to the physical examination in 2019, she found out that she was a "hepatitis B carrier", and at that time, she did not understand that this title also meant potential hepatitis B patients. Later, as soon as I was busy at work, I directly neglected this matter.
Life is still the same as usual - sleeping at two or three in the morning (sometimes even four or five o'clock), calling for takeaway every day, eating barbecue at night...
Until some time ago, Xiao Li found that there was a lump in his abdomen, and he was still not at ease. By the time the lump got bigger and bigger, almost to the point of a fist, I couldn't help but go to the hospital.
After a series of examinations, Xiao Li was finally diagnosed with primary liver cancer.
Xiao Li listened to the doctor's introduction and learned that he had developed into a "slow hepatitis B" patient, which itself had a high risk of liver cancer, coupled with a long-term unhealthy life, so that the body repeatedly dragged down!
Later, after the doctor's full treatment, Xiao Li's body has gradually improved, but this experience has made her unforgettable!
To be honest, in this incident, bad habits such as staying up late and eating barbecue are only the fuse that aggravates the disease, and the main cause of liver cancer is Xiao Li's chronic hepatitis B!
Moreover, the people who prefer liver cancer are not only hepatitis B patients, but also the following groups of people (if Xiao Li had known earlier, he might not have suffered this crime):
Liver cancer prefers several types of people ▲ Source: homemade
Second, how to love the liver and protect the liver and prevent cancer?
The liver is one of the most important organs in the human body, it is not only responsible for the metabolism of the body, but also has more than 500 functions such as detoxification, immunity, hematopoiesis, etc., and is a "super factory" in the human body.
Once it suffers the ultimate damage and turns into liver cancer, it is too late! Liver protection action is indispensable and requires us to act immediately!
The first step is to get the hepatitis B vaccine
Hepatitis B is a relatively high incidence of infectious diseases in China, and there is about 1 in every 14 people who carry hepatitis B virus. Once, we couldn't do anything about mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B, but now we have the hepatitis B vaccine!
Image source: Screenshot of Zhang Wenhong's interview video
Similar to the principle of the new crown vaccine, the hepatitis B vaccine is made by extracting the surface antigen of the hepatitis B virus. After the hepatitis B vaccine is injected, the vast majority of adults can clear the hepatitis B virus through their own mature immune system, may have been cured before they are aware of it, and thus obtained protective antibodies.
Both infants and adults are at risk of hepatitis B infection, but infants are at higher risk.
Once infected, babies are prone to developing asymptomatic carriers of hepatitis B virus, or turn into chronic hepatitis, and if there is no standardized treatment, it will greatly increase the likelihood that they will develop cirrhosis of the liver and even liver cancer in adulthood! The hepatitis B virus is the main cause of primary liver cancer.
Therefore, the prevention of hepatitis B is roughly equivalent to the prevention of liver cancer!
Image source: Homemade
The second step is to have regular medical examinations
The case of 22-year-old Xiao Li has fully demonstrated the importance of regular physical examinations, and at the beginning of screening out that she was a "hepatitis B carrier", in fact, she was reminded to pay attention to liver protection, but unfortunately Xiao Li did not understand this meaning!
It is recommended that the above picture "liver cancer preferred several types of people" (flip up to see) should pay attention to regular screening physical examination! Specific checks such as:
Liver function – suitable for all people – is the first indicator of liver damage. In addition, pay more attention to abnormal bilirubin and protein indicators;
Hepatitis B five items - check whether it is a hepatitis B infection and infection;
Quantitative DETECTION OF HEPATITIS VIRUS DNA - MANDATORY TEST FOR HEPATITIS PATIENTS;
Hepatitis C – checks for hepatitis C infection and infection;
Alpha-fetoprotein – specific markers of liver cancer, screening programs for liver cancer;
Ultrasound B, CT, MRI - Ultrasound B is a routine examination of the liver to understand the situation of hepatic ascites and fatty liver; CT and MRI are to further confirm liver lesions.
For the average healthy person, if you want to know the health of the liver, you can pass the liver function test every year. People who have liver disease or hepatitis B carriers, it is recommended to do B ultrasound and alpha-fetoprotein once every six months, early prevention and early treatment!
Third, maintain healthy lifestyle habits
● Refuse to stay up late as a party
It is said that young people are now liver people, but staying up late not only hurts the liver, but it is a behavior that wears out organs throughout the body. It is recommended to try to go to bed before 11 o'clock, let the liver rest well, and restore strength!
● Stay away from alcohol and drink less alcohol
The harm of alcohol to the liver is gradually accumulated, from "alcoholic fatty liver" to "alcoholic hepatitis" to "alcoholic cirrhosis", and finally the occurrence of liver cancer only takes four steps. It can be said that excessive drinking, each additional drink is a step closer to liver cancer.
● Balanced diet, less greasy
The liver is taboo for long-term high-fat diets, so the habits of big fish and meat and supper every day are best controlled in time. Advocate a vegetable-based dietary model, three meals regularly, do not eat pickled, smoked, roasted and moldy food, try to cook by yourself are good choices!
p.s. Moldy and spoiled foods (such as moldy nuts and grains and cooking oils, etc.) contain aflatoxin, which is a first-class carcinogen that can act directly on the liver and increase the risk of pathogenic and carcinogenic.
● Exercise diligently and be less angry
Studies have shown that if a person gets angry 5 times a month, the incidence of liver disease doubles. Learn to regulate your emotions and not get angry and agitated. You can exercise appropriately to divert your attention, such as participating in more physical exercise, aerobic exercise 2 to 3 times a week, jogging, cycling, yoga can improve liver immunity!
● Don't take medicine indiscriminately
As the saying goes, "it is a drug three points of poison", if any drug is taken for a long time, it will cause elevated liver enzymes and cause liver burden. So don't eat any medicine, please take the medicine according to the method introduced in the instructions under the guidance of a doctor!
Third, about the cold knowledge of liver, how much do you know?
Many people are both familiar and unfamiliar with the liver as an organ, so the next cold knowledge will definitely open your eyes!
1 Why is the liver called the "Visceral Giant"?
Don't underestimate the liver, the adult liver weighs 1.35kg, the size of a 40-size sneaker. Even the liver of a newborn child can account for one-twentieth of the body weight, which is worthy of being the largest substantive organ of the human body!
2. Even if the liver is removed 2/3, can it grow longer?
The liver is arguably the only organ in the human body that can be regenerated after removal! The liver has a strong ability to repair, and after the organ is removed 2/3, it can grow back to its original state. In organ transplantation, if the donor does not drink alcohol, does not use drugs, and has not suffered from infectious diseases, the liver of a 70-year-old can even be transplanted to a 20-year-old.
3. The liver can grow longer, so why are there still many people with liver cancer?
Because there is no distribution of pain nerves on the liver, it is like an emotionless "killer", anywhere and 24 hours a day to help us solve all the poisons inside and outside the body.
No matter how it accumulates, it never makes people feel pain, until it can't hold back, the body shows symptoms, people will find that the liver is "sick". This is why liver cancer, as soon as it is discovered, is the late stage.
According to the latest data from the National Cancer Center in 2020, the incidence of liver cancer in China ranks 5th, the mortality rate ranks 2nd, and the number of deaths exceeds 390,000!
Source: Health 160
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