Aunt Liu is 53 years old this year, and she has been insisting on it since she was young. When she got older, her children felt that long-term vegetarianism was easy to malnourish, and persuaded Aunt Liu to eat more meat, eggs and milk, but she was unmoved, thinking that eating meat now has great cardiovascular damage, and she still goes her own way.
Earlier, Aunt Liu accidentally caught a cold and couldn't get better for a long time, and the whole person became a lot thinner, and she always felt uncomfortable in her stomach and weak all over her body. Seeing this, the family felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly took her to the hospital for examination, and after examination, it was found that the tumor marker CEA was abnormally elevated, and further examination was confirmed to be early pancreatic stage.
The results of the examination surprised Aunt Liu and her family, could it be that she has been a vegetarian for so many years and has pancreatic cancer?
1. The increasing incidence of pancreatic cancer is caused by long-term vegetarianism?
Apple founder Steve Jobs died in 2011 after 8 years of fighting cancer, because he was a vegetarian, which caused a lot of discussion, is it because his long-term vegetarian diet makes him more susceptible to pancreatic cancer? Or is there a connection between pancreatic cancer and vegetarianism?
Pancreatic cancer has always been known as the "king of cancer", and it has the characteristics of insidious symptoms, high malignancy and high mortality. According to the 2020 Global Burden of Disease data, there were 124994 new cases of pancreatic cancer and 121853 deaths in mainland China in 2020. Among patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the early diagnosis rate is less than 5%, about 60% of patients have metastasis at the time of diagnosis, and 30% have been in the local progression stage at the time of diagnosis.
The pancreas is of great significance to the human body, and Ji Shunrong, deputy chief physician of the Department of Pancreatic Surgery of the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Fudan University, pointed out that the pancreas is the second largest digestive gland in the human body, and its secretory function can be divided into two types: internal and external. The endocrine function is responsible for secreting insulin to regulate blood sugar, and the exocrine function is to secrete pancreatic juice, including trypsin, pancreatic lipase, etc., which can help digest food.
The pancreas is an extremely fragile organ, and long-term eating of high-protein, high-fat and high-sugar foods and overeating and other dietary Xi can easily cause acute pancreatitis.
However, this does not mean that a vegetarian diet is healthy, and long-term vegetarianism may also lead to pancreatitis, because people who have been vegetarian for a long time are prone to gallstones in the body, which will increase the risk of biliary pancreatitis. However, there is no evidence that long-term vegetarianism can cause pancreatic cancer.
Li Zhizhong, a doctor of cancer biology from Duke University in the United States, said in an article that the cause of pancreatic cancer is not yet clear, but it is generally believed to be related to factors such as advanced age, genetics, smoking and drinking, obesity, etc., and the incidence of men is higher than that of women.
2. If there are 4 kinds of visions after eating, beware of the arrival of pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is located in the back of the stomach and overlaps the two, and the symptoms such as abdominal pain and bloating that appear in the early stage can easily be mistaken for stomach problems. If the symptoms are reduced after taking stomach medicine, but the symptoms worsen again after stopping the drug, you should be alert to the occurrence of pancreatic cancer.
Zhou Jingxu, deputy director of the Cancer Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, said that in the early stage of pancreatic cancer, there will be vague pain in the upper abdomen, low back pain, jaundice, new-onset diabetes, abdominal mass, hepatomegaly, gallbladder enlargement, ascites, upper gastrointestinal obstruction and other danger signals.
In addition, if you have the following 4 abnormalities after eating, beware of pancreatic cancer.
1. Abdominal pain and diarrhea
Pancreatic cancer often causes patients to have vague pain in the upper abdomen, which will radiate to the lower back as the disease progresses, and the pain will worsen in the lying position and at night. At the same time, due to the decline of pancreatic digestion, it is impossible to produce sufficient amounts of amylase and lipase, and the fat and carbohydrates in food cannot be converted into compounds that can be used by the body in time and are excreted from the body, and the excreted feces will be watery and oily, and the frequency of bowel movements will increase significantly.
2. Nausea after eating greasy food
If you feel nauseous and want to vomit after eating greasy food, it is likely that pancreatic cancer is the cause. Abnormal pancreatic function will cause digestive enzymes to be unable to secrete normally, and if fat cannot be digested and decomposed in time after ingestion, there will be obvious nausea.
3. Rapid dissipation
Abnormal pancreatic function will affect the body's digestion and absorption of normal nutrients, and the growth of tumors also needs a lot of nutrients to maintain, and normal cells cannot take in sufficient nutrients, and will be significantly emaciated.
4. Elevated blood sugar
When the pancreas becomes cancerous, the patient's blood sugar rises abnormally suddenly, which can occur in people who do not have diabetes and have no family history of the disease. It is recommended that patients over the age of 50 who have unprovoked diabetes should seek medical attention in time to check their pancreas.
Third, I don't want the pancreas to be injured, 5 bad Xi should be changed
The pancreas itself is a very fragile organ, and its functional damage has a lot to do with some bad daily Xi, and these things advise you not to do it again.
1. Long-term smoking
Smoking is currently the only identified causative factor of pancreatic cancer, and the nitrosamines in tobacco are identified carcinogens, which are transported to the liver through the blood after inhalation and activated, and then reflux into the pancreatic duct through bile. In addition, smoking increases the concentration of blood lipids, which also indirectly increases the risk of pancreatic cancer. Data show that smokers have 2~2.5 times the risk of pancreatic cancer compared with non-smokers, and the age of onset is 10~15 years earlier than that of ordinary people.
2. Excessive alcohol consumption
There is not enough evidence to show that alcohol consumption has an impact on pancreatic health, but most of the medical community believes that drinking alcohol is associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer. Alcohol can cause fibrosis of pancreatic tissue, which can lead to chronic pancreatitis and eventually cancer.
3. Overeating
Overeating can lead to endocrine disorders, which can cause a sudden increase in pressure on the pancreas, and a large amount of pancreatic juice secretion in a short period of time can easily induce acute pancreatitis. People who suffer from chronic metabolic diseases are more at risk.
4. Body mass index exceeds the standard
People who are obese also have an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, and studies have found that fat cells in the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancer play a key role in the pro-inflammatory process, which can promote the progression of pancreatic cancer through some special channels.
5. Unreasonable consumption of drugs
Some studies have found that the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, azathioprine, furosemide and other drugs may cause acute pancreatitis, and if severe pain in the upper abdomen occurs after taking the drug, it is necessary to seek medical attention in time.
Although the early symptoms of pancreatic cancer are hidden, they are not traceless, so it is necessary to observe the physical manifestations more daily and seek medical attention in time after discovering abnormalities.
Resources:
[1] "The appearance of these symptoms may indicate that you have the "king of cancer" - pancreatic cancer!". Health Press 2023-11-10
[2] "Pancreatic cancer that killed 440,000 people, there are these 5 warning signs and 3 risk factors!". Medical Community Endocrinology Channel 2019-10-30
[3] "Vigilance! Long-term incurable "stomach disease" may be pancreatic cancer ......". The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Chongqing University 2019-07-10
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