April 9, 2024 is the 19th Stomach Care Day. Gastric cancer is a multi-stage, multifactorial disease with a complex progression process and is one of the deadliest cancers in the world. The mainland is also a country with a high incidence of gastric cancer, but the early diagnosis rate of gastric cancer in the mainland is still low, and most patients are already in the advanced stage when the lesion is found, and the prognosis of early gastric cancer and advanced gastric cancer is completely different. In order to improve residents' awareness and attention to stomach care and nourishment, help residents eliminate misunderstandings related to stomach diseases, and at the same time spread the concept of healthy stomach protection, and improve the level of prevention and control of digestive diseases. Recently, around the International Stomach Care Day, the Baishui Home Community Joint Trade Union Committee, the Health and Family Planning Committee, the Women's Federation, and the Association for Science and Technology, together with the family doctor team of the Maqun Street Community Health Service Center, carried out a special science popularization activity of "Guarding Your Stomach and My Health" for residents, trade union members, and employee volunteers in the jurisdiction.
Zhou Ying, a staff volunteer at the community health service center, gave examples to illustrate several bad eating habits that are most likely to induce stomach problems: irregular diet, high salt, low vegetable intake, gobbling up meals, excessive smoking and drinking, and exercising after meals...... In daily life, these bad habits are quietly hurting our stomachs, making many people become the "successors" of stomach diseases.
Subsequently, the doctors of the family team and community residents, trade union members, and staff volunteers exchanged the types of stomach diseases and the methods of stomach disease management that everyone knows, and conducted in-depth learning by watching a small video of stomach maintenance and a video of Helicobacter pylori medical knowledge, the video popularized how to avoid Helicobacter pylori infection through a healthy diet and lifestyle, and for people with digestive symptoms, such as people who often feel stomach pain, bloating, stomach discomfort, and frequent hiccups, they should also receive Helicobacter pylori testing as soon as possible. Edutainment, popularize the knowledge of healthy eating, guide everyone to establish a reasonable dietary concept, and then develop good eating habits. The concept of health is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and a healthy life starts from me.
The combination of practice and theory in this activity not only allowed community residents, trade union members, and staff volunteers to understand the relevant knowledge of stomach maintenance and Helicobacter pylori examination and prevention, but also enhanced everyone's attention to digestive tract diseases and continuously enhanced the health awareness of residents. Moreover, it popularized the healthy lifestyle and life concept of reasonable diet, enhanced everyone's health awareness and self-care ability, and established a new trend of healthy life in the new era.
Qixia District Baishui Home Community Trade Union