A 16-year-old girl who uses snacks instead of three meals to diagnose stomach cancer: spicy strips, instant noodles, can it really lead to stomach cancer?

According to the data, the global new population of gastric cancer in 2020 is 1.09 million, while the number of stomach cancer patients in China has reached 720,000.

This also means that half of the people with stomach cancer in the country are Chinese.

In fact, in recent years, the incidence of stomach cancer is very high, showing a trend of increasing year by year.

This malignant tumor originating from the epithelial cells of the gastric mucosa, once the disease, if the early scientific and standardized treatment is carried out, the 5-year survival rate of patients can reach more than 90%.

If it enters the advanced stage, its 5-year survival rate is less than 30%, which is a great threat to the patient's life.

There are many factors that affect stomach cancer, sometimes even factors that we ignore.

A 16-year-old girl who has long used snacks instead of three meals has been diagnosed with stomach cancer?

Recently, according to media reports: Liu Mou, a 16-year-old girl in Ningbo, felt abdominal discomfort half a year ago and could not eat, so after medical examination, she found that she was diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer.

It is reported that in the years before Liu's diagnosis, almost all three meals a day were eaten with spicy strips, instant noodles, barbecue, etc. instead of three meals. Under the doctor's detailed analysis, Liu finally took a total gastrectomy, followed by adjuvant chemotherapy.

Do foods such as spicy strips and instant noodles really cause stomach cancer?

In fact, the news report is not rigorous, although poor eating habits do increase the risk of stomach cancer.

Stomach cancer is mainly divided into two types, one is intestinal gastric cancer, which is mostly because of gastrointestinal diseases and worsening cancer, mostly related to bad eating habits, etc., but it takes up to more than ten years of time process, common in the elderly.

The other is diffuse stomach cancer, which is highly malignant, mostly genetically related, and therefore often occurs in adolescents.

The woman on the news is only 16 years old, and it is already advanced, indicating that the degree of malignancy of the cancer is high, and there are no discomfort symptoms for a long time before, and it is obvious that most of them are diffuse stomach cancer derived from genetic factors.

Although it is true that from the perspective of public health, it is true that publicizing bad eating habits is harmful, but often such imprecise cases as a means of publicity may affect the effectiveness of publicity.

What do we need to do to prevent stomach cancer in our daily lives?

First, avoid Helicobacter pylori infection

Nearly 50% of the population on the mainland belongs to Helicobacter pylori infection.

Once infected, the probability of developing stomach cancer in the later stage will be particularly high, and Helicobacter pylori is extremely contagious, and if there is close contact with the patient, it will be infected with this bacterium.

If you come into contact with a patient's tableware, dental kit, and other personal items, or if you eat food or drink with the saliva of an infected person, you can also get this bacteria.

Do not use the same set of utensils with others, even if you eat at home, you should also implement a meal sharing system.

Second, adjust the dietary structure

Many people like to eat some pickled food, pickled foods have a high salt content, and high salt foods will damage the stomach wall.

If you consume some moldy, barbecue, fried foods for a long time, it will make the gastric mucosa stimulated for a long time, and the probability of suffering from a series of stomach diseases will be particularly high.

In the daily diet, pay attention to the combination of various types of nutrients, and eat more vegetables, fruits, beans and other foods that are conducive to digestion.

Third, three meals a day to maintain regularity

Control the intake of food at each meal, and do not overeat or over-diet. When eating, be sure to chew carefully and swallow slowly.

At the same time, do not eat some overly hot, rough and hard food, otherwise it will cause mechanical damage to the gastric mucosa, which will easily lead to abnormal proliferation of gastric mucosal cells, resulting in stomach cancer.

Fourth, actively treat chronic stomach diseases

For people with chronic gastritis, atrophic gastritis, and stomach ulcers or gastric polyps and other stomach diseases, it is necessary to actively treat them.

After suffering from these stomach diseases, if the treatment is not carried out early, the gastric mucosa will suffer long-term damage, and the gastric mucosa is prone to abnormal hyperplasia, which will develop into stomach cancer.

In addition to this, some bad emotions should also be avoided.

All activities of the stomach need to be innervated by the central nervous system, once the long-term mood is not good, it will lead to gastric dysfunction, which will affect the health of the stomach, and the probability of developing stomach cancer will also increase.

In addition, if there are repeated symptoms of stomach swelling, indigestion, anemia, anorexia, etc., you must quickly go to a regular hospital for treatment.

If it is caused by stomach cancer, only early treatment can maximize the protection of their health and life.

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