In the quiet hallway of the ward sat a tall, thin young man with his head bowed as if he were talking to someone on the phone.
I recognized him at a glance as a liver cancer patient in my tube bed, 32 years old, and it was his third time in the hospital. This time I came to the hospital because the abdominal pain and vomiting were unbearable, and I wanted to use some painkillers to relieve it.
I was impressed mainly by the fact that he never had a family member come to his hospital every time, and although the cancer had tormented him beyond recognition, everything in the hospital was on his own.
Because the patient's condition is special and more serious, so I asked him why his family did not come, he said that since the discovery of this disease, his wife has left him, and he is a child in the family, and his parents are also old when they give birth to him, so they are old, their health is not good, and they cannot take care of him.
The patient is 32 years old this year, because the liver cancer was found during the pregnancy physical examination, at first the patient did not plan to do the physical examination, because he wanted to prepare for pregnancy had to do it, and found that he had hepatitis B during the physical examination, so the doctor suggested that the patient did viral DNA testing and liver ultrasound, and the color ultrasound showed a low echoglobulus in the right lobe of the liver, which was initially suspected to be liver cancer, and further examination confirmed liver cancer.
Because it is the only son in the family, and the parents are old, so the patient was very naughty when he was a child, and he dropped out of school early at home, if it were not for the illness of his parents, perhaps he did not know to come out to work, according to himself, because there is no culture, he began to do coolies at the construction site in his 20s, and when he was free from work, he drank and played cards with the workers in groups of three or five, and the days were still quite comfortable, the first two years because his parents were getting older, so he met his wife under the introduction of the local matchmaker, so he returned to his hometown, I didn't want to find liver cancer during the pregnancy checkup, and my wife ran away.
In fact, the patient did not suddenly find that as early as 2 months before the discovery of the patient has some symptoms, the initial patient is feeling a little bloated stomach, has always thought that it is because of gastrointestinal discomfort, so it is not put on the heart, only because the bloating is more and more obvious, but also accompanied by a decline in appetite, and even the amount of alcohol has declined, only agreed to do the physical examination.
More and more young cancer patients are found in the clinic, and 2019 data show that there are about 1.19 million cancer cases and about 390,000 cancer deaths in people aged 15 to 39 years old worldwide. Cancer is the fourth leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults globally.
Why is cancer getting younger?
There have been data showing that cancer has a great relationship with age, and there are data that confirm that the probability of cancer in the elderly is much higher than that of young people, and even the population over 60 years old is located as a high-risk group for cancer. The high risk of cancer in the elderly may be due to the accumulation of years, but the increase in young cancer patients is not only related to genetic factors and environmental factors, but also related to the poor lifestyle of young people.
What are the main causes of cancer in more young people?
1, love to stay up late.
Frequent staying up late, irregular work and rest, stress at work and life, easy to overtidish, long-term mental anxiety, and even insomnia, depression, these comprehensive factors may lead to a decline in physical immunity, resulting in a long-term sub-healthy state of the body.
For example, stress and breast cancer are related to a certain relationship, high pressure can cause endocrine disorders, common menstrual irregularities are a manifestation of disorder, long-term anxiety and other stressful emotions, estrogen disorders so that the breasts are in adverse stimulation for a long time, which will easily induce cancer.
2. Bad eating habits.
Today's young people are in a meat-free and unhappy state of eating, and most young people prefer to eat a variety of heavy food, such as smoked, barbecued, fried and other foods.
There are also many people who drink drinks as water, such as carbonated drinks and milk tea.
Unhealthy eating styles are also a major factor in cancer.
For example, the occurrence of stomach cancer is related to helicobacter pylori and genetic factors, such as irregular meals, high-salt diet, and love to smoke;
In addition to hepatitis B virus infection, the occurrence of liver cancer is also related to eating moldy food;
The occurrence of esophageal cancer is associated with long-term consumption of piping hot food above 65 degrees;
The development of colorectal cancer is associated with eating more animal fats, animal protein, and a low-fiber diet.
3. Smoking, drinking alcohol, chewing betel nut.
Tobacco contains at least 69 carcinogens, which cause permanent mutations in key genes in the body and gradually accumulate, which in turn affects the normal growth and development of the human body.
Compared with non-smokers, smokers have a much higher risk of lung, laryngeal, esophageal, and bladder cancers.
Many young people think that e-cigarettes are fashionable, but compared with burning tobacco products, the harm is not reduced, but it makes users more addicted.
The World Health Organization has long classified alcohol (beverages) as a Class 1 carcinogen. According to the study, 5.5% of cancers and 5.8% of cancer deaths worldwide are caused by alcohol.
Alcohol consumption is directly related to breast, colorectal, liver, esophageal, stomach and pancreatic cancers
Alcohol consumption is directly related to common breast, colorectal, liver, esophageal, stomach and pancreatic cancers.
In 2003, the WHO (World Health Organization) identified betel nuts as Class 1 carcinogens.
Numerous medical literature published in journals such as the International Journal of Oral Medicine has proposed that betel nut has great health damage, especially with the high incidence of oral cancer.
Long-term chewing of betel nut may also lead to esophageal cancer, liver cancer and so on.
4. Obesity
Lack of exercise and obesity also increase the risk of cancer, which can lead to disordered hormone levels in the body.
Obesity causes an increased risk of 11 types of cancer: esophageal, gallbladder, pancreatic, colorectal, uterine, ovarian, kidney and breast cancers.
How to prevent cancer?
In fact, it is not difficult to prevent cancer, mainly in daily life to pay attention to diet, do not overeat, reduce the intake of salt and fat, do not eat moldy and deteriorated food, eat less processed meat, barbecue, smoked food, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, increase the intake of high-fiber foods. Quit smoking and alcohol, don't eat betel nut, drink less sugary drinks, and keep exercising. Regular and reasonable vaccinations
Such as timely vaccination of HPV vaccine, hepatitis B vaccine, prevention and control of EBV, hepatitis B virus, HPV virus, Helicobacter pylori and other infections.
Because studies have found that the incidence of liver cancer and cervical cancer in the world has been increasing continuously, but the incidence of liver cancer and cervical cancer in young people has declined, mainly related to the vaccination of hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine and HPV vaccine.
Regular medical check-ups
People at high risk of cancer should have regular physical examinations, early detection and early treatment.
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