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Preface
Li Qiang is a 21-year-old college student with a happy family and a bright future.
Just a month ago, however, his life had changed dramatically.
One morning, Li Qiang went to school as usual, but on the way, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and the pain was so painful that he couldn't straighten his waist.
After he barely came to school, the pain did not relieve, but became more and more severe.
Seeing that his face was pale and cold sweat was on his forehead, his classmates hurriedly sent him to the school hospital.
The school doctor did a series of tests on Li Qiang, but nothing was found.
But Li Qiang's pain became more and more frequent, and sometimes he even had trouble sleeping.
At the repeated request of his family, Li Qiang went to the hospital for a more comprehensive examination. When the doctor got the test results, his face became solemn.
It turned out that Li Qiang was diagnosed with colon cancer, and it was already in the middle and advanced stages. This thunderbolt-like news plunged Li Qiang and his family into great grief and despair.
Li Qiang didn't understand, he was young and in good health, how could he get this disease?
The doctor sighed and said, "Li Qiang, it's not surprising that you have cancer.
You have a bad habit that could be the culprit, and that is – you have been consuming processed meat for a long time. "
Li Qiang loves to eat processed meat products such as ham sausages, sausages, and sausages, and he eats them three times a day and sometimes as snacks.
The doctor told him that the World Health Organization had long classified processed meat products as a group of carcinogens, along with smoking and drinking.
Long-term consumption of processed meat products significantly increases the risk of colon cancer and rectal cancer.
Li Qiang regretted it, he never took eating processed meat food seriously, he thought it was convenient and delicious, but he didn't expect it to hurt himself.
Doctors say there are not a few young people like Li Qiang who suffer from cancer because of eating processed meat.
Many people lack awareness of cancer prevention, thinking that cancer is far away from them, but they ignore the various carcinogenic factors around them.
The main causes of cancer in processed meat products are:
1. Food additives used in the processing process, such as the preservative nitrite, can react with amines in meat to form nitrosamines, which are recognized as strong carcinogens
2. Meat will produce strong carcinogens such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic amines during high-temperature cooking and smoking.
3. Heme iron, which is contained in red meat products, is also one of the factors that promote the development of colon cancer.
4. Processed meat foods are high in fat and salt, high in calories, and long-term high intake can lead to obesity, which is also a risk factor for colon cancer.
Faced with the torture of cancer and the threat to his life, Li Qiang felt extremely regretful and hopeless.
He hated why he couldn't control his cravings even though he knew that processed meat was unhealthy;
Why didn't you go for a physical examination as early as possible and missed the opportunity for early detection?
Why don't you exercise more and strengthen your own immunity... One by one, there is no chance to make up for the "why".
Dr. Wang, Li Qiang's attending doctor, sighed again and again when he saw Li Qiang in pain and his grief-stricken family.
As an oncologist, he sees too many patients like Li Qiang.
Dr. Wang comforted Li Qiang and said, "Li Qiang, I can understand your current mood, but cancer is not an incurable disease, and medical technology is constantly improving.
What you need most now is courage and confidence, actively cooperate with the treatment, and believe that you will be able to overcome the disease!"
Dr. Wang told Li Qiang that the treatment methods for colon cancer mainly include surgery, drugs, radiotherapy, etc.
Since Li Qiang's condition is already relatively serious, he needs to undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy to shrink the tumor and then surgically remove it.
After that, according to the pathological condition, postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy and other consolidation therapy are carried out to prevent recurrence and metastasis.
At the same time, Dr. Wang advised Li Qiang to pay attention to his diet, eat less irritating and high-fat foods, and eat more vegetables and fruits;
It is necessary to strengthen exercise and improve self-immunity; Maintain an optimistic and positive attitude and avoid anxiety and depression.
With the encouragement of doctors and his family, Li Qiang rekindled his hope for life.
He secretly vowed that he must remind more people to stay away from unhealthy lifestyles, cherish health, and cherish life through his own personal experience.
Li Qiang's experience has sounded the alarm for everyone: cancer is not far away, and everyone should raise their awareness of cancer prevention and start from their daily routine.
For example, eating less processed meat, smoking less, drinking less alcohol, exercising more, controlling weight, and having regular physical examinations are seemingly simple measures, but they are the most effective "good prescription" for cancer prevention.
Cancer, while scary, is not invincible. As long as we work together to fight cancer scientifically, we will be able to create more miracles of life like Li Qiang, so that more people can stay away from the haze of cancer and embrace the bright sunshine!
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(The story in the article is purely fictional, if there is any similarity is purely coincidental, if the body is not well, seek medical help in time)