Stomach diseases are very common in life, as the saying goes, "ten people nine stomach disease", it can be seen that its incidence is high, especially in recent years, due to changes in people's living and eating habits, gastritis, stomach ulcers and other stomach diseases have also become more intense, and many patients have eventually developed stomach cancer due to gastritis, thus endangering life.
Although stomach cancer is very scary, but the formation of stomach cancer is not achieved overnight, from gastritis to stomach cancer, need to go through a long process, in this process, if the patient can find the disease in time, timely treatment, is to a large extent to prevent the occurrence of stomach cancer!
From gastritis to stomach cancer, the following steps occur:
1. Chronic superficial gastritis
Chronic superficial gastritis can be described as one of the most common stomach diseases, which is a chronic inflammation that occurs on the surface of the gastric mucosa, and its symptoms include abdominal pain, discomfort, acid reflux, heartburn, nausea and so on;
Staying up late, smoking, Helicobacter pylori infection, etc. can cause chronic superficial gastritis, which can be cured mostly by standardized treatment.
2. Atrophic gastritis
Atrophic gastritis accounts for about 20% of chronic gastritis, and not all of them can develop into gastric cancer, but the probability of gastric cancer is significantly higher than that of normal people.
Therefore, suffering from atrophic gastritis, must be treated in time, mild atrophic gastritis can be significantly improved by active treatment, the rate of cancer is low, but if it is moderate and severe atrophic gastritis, especially if accompanied by intestinal metaplasia, the probability of cancer is high, should be highly valued.
3. Intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia
Atrophic gastritis if not treated in time, the gastric mucosa is repeatedly damaged, repaired, can lead to the gastric mucosa appear in the small intestine or large intestinal mucosal epithelial-like tissue, this situation is called "intestinal metaplasia", if it continues to develop, can appear dysplasia, to this stage, the probability of cancer is significantly increased.
4. Stomach cancer
After the development and accumulation of the above three steps, gastric cancer can eventually come to the door, as one of the most common malignant tumors in the clinic, gastric cancer occurs in the early stage without obvious symptoms, even if the symptoms are easy to be ignored by patients, thus losing the best treatment time.
So, how to prevent the occurrence of stomach cancer in life?
1. Regular physical examination
From gastritis to stomach cancer needs to go through a long process, in this process, if you can detect the condition early, timely treatment, can greatly reduce the probability of gastric cancer formation, therefore, it is recommended that you develop a good habit of regular physical examination, especially high-risk groups of gastric cancer, should be regular gastroscopy.
2. Eradicate Helicobacter pylori
Helicobacter pylori is considered by the International Health Organization to be a Class I carcinogen, which can lead to the recurrence of stomach disease, and eradication of Helicobacter pylori can reduce the risk of gastric cancer by about 39%. Therefore, people with recurrent stomach problems should check Helicobacter pylori to see if sterilization is needed.
3. Consume more vegetables and fruits
Foods with high vitamin C content include tomatoes, kiwifruit, greens, etc., eat more vegetables and fruits, can supplement vitamin C, which is of great help for cancer prevention.
In addition, eat less pickled, smoked, fried, high-salt and other foods in life, and stay away from moldy foods so as not to affect the health of the stomach.
The stomach is a powerful organ that can help us digest food and ensure the intake of nutrients, but at the same time it is also very fragile, therefore, we must pay attention to protecting the health of the stomach in life, pay attention to a reasonable diet, regular physical examination, once the detection of gastritis, stomach ulcers and other diseases, to timely treatment, to prevent its cancer.