According to statistics, the incidence of esophageal cancer in China is at the forefront of cancer. The incidence of esophageal cancer is high in middle-aged and elderly people, and severe esophageal cancer can cause death.
Because the esophagus has a great relationship with the body's swallowing action, so patients with early stage of esophageal cancer often have difficulty swallowing, if not treated in time, the patient's condition will gradually deteriorate, and finally, the body will not be able to ingest food, even drinking water is difficult to complete.
Bad living habits will increase the incidence of esophageal cancer, the following five points are the main reasons for the emergence of esophageal cancer, in ordinary life must be paid attention to, you can play a preventive effect on esophageal cancer.
1. Eat excessive amounts of pickled foods
Pickled foods contain a large amount of nitrite, and an appropriate amount of nitrite can be excreted by the body, but if too much nitrite is ingested, the body cannot excrete it normally.
Over time, nitrite will be converted in the body to form nitrosamines, which is a carcinogen, and the appearance of many cancers is inseparable from it.
In daily life, we must reduce the frequency of eating pickled foods, and it is recommended that a light diet can play a certain preventive role.
Second, picky eaters
Many people have the problem of picky eating, picky eating will not cause particularly great harm to our body in the short term, but after a long time, the body will have problems.
Picky eating will lead to malnutrition, not only nutrition can not keep up, the trace elements in the body are also in a state of scarcity, when the body lacks selenium, it will accelerate the onset of esophageal cancer. It is recommended to eat more green vegetables to improve this situation.
Third, eat too hot food
Food is too hot is not suitable for eating, it will hurt the cells in the mouth, easy to cause oral burns.
Not only that, long-term consumption or drinking too hot food will cause great harm to the body. This can cause irritation to the esophagus in the body, causing a local inflammatory response to the esophagus.
If this situation occurs repeatedly, irreversible damage to the esophagus will occur, and finally, it will lead to the emergence of esophageal cancer.
Fourth, heredity
The study found that esophageal cancer has a certain family genetic phenomenon, not only that, there is a large regional incidence of esophageal cancer, and the incidence of esophageal cancer in some places is particularly high, which should be related to local eating habits and living habits.
If there are esophageal cancer patients in your family, then the probability of your esophageal cancer will be relatively large, and you can go to the hospital regularly to do relevant examinations, which can play a certain preventive role.
5. Drink alcohol
Among esophageal cancers, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is the most common type. Survey data show that people who drink alcohol are much more likely to develop esophageal cancer than normal people, up to 50 times more likely.
Therefore, alcoholism is an important factor in inducing esophageal cancer. If you have a history of alcoholism, it is recommended to quit drinking to prevent this from happening.
If your body has developed a medical condition, please go to the hospital for relevant treatment in time.
Esophageal cancer can be treated surgically, and if not treated in time, patients may die in the short term. Therefore, in ordinary life, we must correct bad living habits and provide a safety guarantee for our bodies.