Many people in their lives have had stomach pain, stomach acid, stomach bloating...... experience. In the face of these stomach discomforts, some people choose to endure it and pass, while others choose to drink some hot water or take some stomach medicine. The occurrence of gastric cancer is a chronic process, and if neglected for a long time, gastric disease may turn into gastric cancer. Today, the topic #Signs of stomach disease developing into stomach cancer# appeared on the hot search on social platforms, causing heated discussions among netizens.
Question: What are the signs of stomach cancer and what lifestyle habits can be used to avoid stomach cancer?
AI answers:
The early symptoms of gastric cancer are not specific, and they are easily confused with common gastric diseases such as gastritis and gastric ulcers. However, if a patient with stomach problems has the following 5 symptoms, it is necessary to raise a high level of vigilance.
1. Stomach pain becomes irregular: Whether it is gastritis or gastric ulcer, abdominal pain at the onset of the disease has its own characteristics. For example, stomach ulcers are usually painful about an hour after eating, but once the pain becomes persistent and irregular, you should be alert to the occurrence of cancer.
2. Recurrent heartburn and acid reflux: Heartburn is generally located in the lower part of the sternum, which is what we often call the "heart socket", like a fire burning and burning.
3. Rapid weight loss: If the body undergoes rapid malignant transformation in a short period of time, the body has a malabsorption of nutrients in food, the weight will drop rapidly, the body will be significantly emaciated, and the disease cannot be alleviated by taking medicine, which may be a sign of cancer.
4. Appearance of hard and painful lumps: Patients with stomach problems should pay more attention to the condition of the abdomen, and if they feel a hard and painful lump in the heart socket, they need to be extra vigilant about whether it is cancer.
5. Black unexplained stool: If there is unexplained black stool, it indicates that the gastric ulcer is becoming cancerous, and you need to go to the hospital for examination and further diagnosis.
Gastric cancer is a multifactorial, multi-step, multi-stage development process, genetic factors, environmental factors and unhealthy lifestyles, etc., which may make gastric cancer closer and closer. If you want to protect your stomach, you need to do the following:
1. Good attitude: It is often said that "qi is full", and the stomach and emotions are also inextricably linked. In addition, high-intensity work and excessive mental stress can also cause stomach problems, and in severe cases, stress ulcers may occur.
2. Eat on time: The stomach is most afraid of punctuality and irregularity, which will cause punctuality and confusion of the stomach. If you don't eat on time, there is no food in the stomach after secreting gastric juice, which will directly erode the gastric mucosa, which will easily cause gastric ulcers after a long time.
3. Eat carefully and slowly: When eating, you should chew slowly and fully before swallowing. The root cause of many patients with chronic gastritis is irregular eating and devouring at a young age. This way of eating causes a burden on the stomach and intestines, and will lead to a decline in digestion and absorption function in the long run, resulting in weight loss, gastrointestinal discomfort, and even gastritis.
4. Don't eat too salty: A high-salt diet is also closely related to the development of stomach cancer. The high osmotic fluid in table salt will damage the gastric mucosa, and in the long run, it is also easy to induce gastric cancer.
5. Reduce the intake of fried, smoked and barbecued foods: Pickled and smoked foods are not only high in salt, but also contain carcinogens N-nitroso compounds. Cooking processes such as barbecue and frying will destroy nutrients such as vitamins and proteins, and carcinogens such as benzopyrene can easily be produced.
6. Reduce alcohol consumption: Alcohol can irritate the gastrointestinal tract, causing nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and other symptoms, causing gastric mucosal damage and bleeding. There is no safe threshold for drinking, and the total health risk of not drinking alcohol is the lowest.
In short, we must always pay attention to the changes in the body, any stomach discomfort may be the body alarm, we must see a doctor in time, do not drag a minor illness into a major illness.
(Some text and images are generated by AI)
Co-ordinator: Yan Haiyan
Edited by Liu Shiya and Liu Tianyuan
Second trial: Hu Ying, Hu Kaiyu
Third trial Min Jie