According to media reports: On February 11, Mr. Cao Jingxing, a well-known host and media person, died of stomach cancer at the age of 75.
Perhaps everyone is not familiar with Cao Jingxing, but when it comes to the columns he has hosted "Current Affairs Lectures", "Oral History", and "Style of the Great People", everyone will have some impressions.
In fact, as early as August 2020, Mr. Cao Jingxing revealed that he had suffered from stomach cancer, when according to the feedback of friends, the fight against cancer was extremely difficult at that time, and 4/5 of the stomach had been cut through 4 chemotherapy.
However, from the first detection of stomach cancer in August 2020, to the time of his death, it was only a little more than a year, and the rapid development of the disease also made people sigh.
Stomach cancer, is there really such a "menacing" situation?
In the mainland, the incidence of stomach cancer is second only to lung cancer, but the mortality rate is third. There are 1.2 million new cases of stomach cancer worldwide each year, and China accounts for 40% of them.
However, it is worth noting that if early gastric cancer can be found and treated in time, the treatment effect is often better, and the impact on quality of life and life expectancy is also small.
Unfortunately, the proportion of early stomach cancer is low, only about 20%, most of the time it is already in the advanced stage, and the overall 5-year survival rate is less than 50%.
Early stomach cancer, what are the "clues" that can be queried?
As with other cancers, the early symptoms of stomach cancer are not obvious, making them easier to ignore.
However, there are still some "clues" in the early stage of stomach cancer, as long as you can grasp it in time and actively go to the hospital for treatment, you can greatly improve the cure rate of the disease.
First, gastrointestinal symptoms
The vast majority of patients do not have too obvious symptoms in the early stages of stomach cancer, but as the disease progresses, the tumor slowly enlarges.
Patients will also gradually develop some digestive tract symptoms, such as loss of appetite, nausea, stomach distension, etc., these symptoms can easily be ignored as ordinary stomach diseases.
Second, black stool
Stomach cancer can cause bleeding in the digestive tract, which can cause melena.
If there is black stool and there is no improvement for a long time, you should also be vigilant about whether it is a signal from stomach cancer, and you must go to the hospital in time for examination.
Third, stomach pain
The reason why many people's stomach cancer has not attracted attention is mainly because the symptoms of stomach pain are regarded as gastritis and other diseases, and they are not taken seriously.
In fact, stomach cancer is also a symptom that can cause stomach pain, if the patient treats it as ordinary gastritis, take medicine by themselves, it will affect the early treatment of stomach cancer, resulting in aggravation of the disease.
What should I do in life to prevent stomach cancer?
Stomach cancer is difficult to detect early, and its harm is also very large, so everyone should pay more attention to the prevention of stomach cancer in life to prevent stomach cancer from affecting health.
1. Pay attention to diet
The development of stomach cancer is inseparable from poor eating habits, and if you want to prevent stomach cancer, you should pay attention to a regular diet, chew slowly when eating, and eat too fast.
You can eat more fresh vegetables and fruits in your life, and try to eat less pickled food, barbecued, and processed meat, which can cause a greater burden on the stomach.
In addition, try to avoid eating supper, eating supper can increase the burden on the stomach, causing stomach dysfunction, thereby inducing stomach diseases.
2. Ensure adequate sleep time
Modern people lack of sleep is very common, long-term so, excessive fatigue of the body, may cause gastrointestinal ischemia, thereby causing gastrointestinal dysfunction, affecting the secretion of gastric juice, if the gastric juice secretion is too much, can stimulate the gastric mucosa, long-term so, may also induce gastric cancer.
Therefore, maintaining a good work and rest is very critical for the prevention of stomach cancer.
3. Pay attention to early screening of gastric cancer
Regardless of any disease, the sooner it is treated, the better the effect.
Gastric cancer is not easy to find in the early stage, therefore, regular screening of gastric cancer is necessary, through gastroscopy can determine whether there is a tumor in the stomach, can be early detection, early treatment.
For stomach cancer, we must pay enough attention.
In life, if there is loss of appetite, nausea, stomach bloating, stomach pain, black stools and other symptoms, can not be ignored, should cause enough attention, and actively go to the hospital for treatment to prevent the disease from worsening due to missing early cancer symptoms.
In life, we should also pay attention to diet regulation, ensure adequate sleep time, and prevent the occurrence of cancer.
In addition, you should also go to the hospital regularly for gastric cancer screening, so as to facilitate the timely detection of the condition and timely treatment.
bibliography:
[1] National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China. Specifications for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastric Cancer (2018 Edition)[J]. Electronic Journal of Integrated Oncology Treatment, 2019, 5(1): 55-82.