After Grandma Zheng retired, she went to her son's house to help take care of her grandson, and the area was more than ten years, and the family had a good life. But recently, Grandma Zheng felt that it was a little laborious to defecate, and the poop became dry and hard. Her eldest grandson also had the same symptoms, and the couple saw that the situation was not right and quickly sent them to the hospital for examination.
After the doctor's examination, he said seriously that it was bowel cancer. The whole family is stupid, how can it be such a serious illness?
It is understood that the inducing reason is that Grandma Zheng likes to use pickled mustard in her hometown to make "homemade buns", and then likes to use plastic bags to preserve, but she doesn't know that it is this habit of not being able to determine the shelf life and not storing it correctly that harms the grandparents and grandchildren.
On the way home, the husband and wife were silent, and Grandma Zheng sobbed in a low voice, how could the food she worked so hard to make cause such serious consequences?
1. Why are more and more people diagnosed with bowel cancer in mainland China?
According to the "Expert Consensus on Early Diagnosis and Screening Strategies for Colorectal Tumors in China", about 429,000 people will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in China every year, and about 281,000 of the diagnosed patients will die of colorectal cancer.
According to the analysis, bowel cancer ranks fifth in the total cancer rankings. The main high-risk groups are between the ages of 40 and 47, and the total number of such high-risk groups is about 120 million.
Diet is often one of the key triggers for cancer, and bowel cancer is no exception. Although food will give us gustatory pleasure, many habits can cause us to unknowingly become accomplices to cancer.
Eating pickled food is one of the causes of bowel cancer, so the incidence of gastrointestinal cancer is also extremely high in countries such as Japan and South Korea, and it is also a high incidence of bowel cancer in the southeast coastal area of the mainland.
The second point is the lack of exercise. Nowadays, young people work for a day, do a few hours in front of the computer desk, so that the habit of long-term inactivity will lead to poor blood circulation, blood concentration will increase, relevant studies show that people with sedentary occupational habits are significantly more likely to have a significant increase in the incidence of labor than those who have the opportunity to exercise.
Many people do not realize that long-term mental stress is also a dangerous cause of bowel cancer, because mental stimulation will affect the blood circulatory system, and then affect the mutation rate of intestinal mucosal cells, which may lead to the occurrence of bowel cancer over time.
2. Don't be careless!3 situations or intestinal cancer warning
Bowel movements, which we have to perform once or twice a day, are something that many people are accustomed to. However, bowel movements are of great significance for the diagnosis and treatment of bowel cancer. In daily life, bowel movements are a natural process that helps us remove waste products from our body and keep our gut healthy. But did you know that some abnormalities in bowel movements are also a sign of disease.
Situation 1: Habit change
Changes in bowel habits, including diarrhoea, constipation, or alternating both, may be associated with mechanical obstruction due to tumor growth in the colon. When the tumor grows gradually, it can block part of the intestinal lumen and affect the speed at which food debris can pass through, causing the above symptoms.
Situation 2: Abnormal shape
Abnormalities in stool consistencies include mucus and purulent stools, and these changes usually indicate inflammation or ulceration of the digestive tract. This can occur because the tumor tissue is necrotic and sheds into the stool.
Scenario 3: Bloody stools
It refers to the presence of blood in the excreted stool, which can be caused by a variety of disease factors, including colorectal cancer. When the surface of the tumor breaks down and bleeds, it causes blood in the stool. If bleeding is profuse, black or tarry stools may also occur.
3. Mastering 3 small details may reduce the risk of cancer
Defecation is an indispensable process in daily life, through which we can effectively remove waste and toxins from the body. In the toilet, we have an in-depth communication with our own body, while also paying attention to some key details.
1. Develop the habit of regular bowel movements
Regular bowel movements help form a biological clock, which can lead to problems such as constipation or diarrhea if missed frequently. It is best to have a defecation at a fixed time every day, such as waking up early in the morning. Bowel habits need to be cultivated regularly and quantitatively.
2. Ensure adequate water intake
Water is an important part of the body, and adequate water can soften stools for easy expulsion, while insufficient water can lead to dry, difficult stools.
3. Develop exercise habits
Proper physical activity increases gastrointestinal motility, improves blood circulation, and helps the digestive system work better. You can choose an exercise that suits you, such as jogging, swimming, etc., and do it consistently.
Resources:
[1] "Don't be careless!Bowel cancer is so high, we must avoid these "minefields"!.Second Hospital of Zhejiang University.2023-06-23.
[2] "The post-00s boy was diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer, only 23 years old!This "carcinogenic habit" of his is ...... many people.Health Times.2023-07-22.
[3] "Sitting for a long time increases the risk of bowel cancer!This type of malignant tumor ranks third in the mortality rate", Beijing Evening News.2021-03-02.
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