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I used to think
Stomach problems are exclusive to the elderly
I saw a news a few days ago, which made people feel distressed.
A family of 4 people in Zhejiang was diagnosed with cancer one after another.
Among them, 54-year-old Ms. Wang, who was diagnosed with stomach cancer twice in three years, was found in time and had just completed surgery not long ago.
Earlier, Ms. Wang's sister was also diagnosed with early stage stomach cancer, and her uncle was also diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer last year.
And going back 20 years, the aunt of the two sisters was also diagnosed with stomach cancer, and most of the stomach was removed.
As if under a spell, the whole family was hooked up with malignant tumors one by one.
Although, according to the doctor:
Stomach cancer runs in families, and if someone in the family develops stomach cancer, the incidence of other family members will be 2-4 times higher than that of the general population.
But when the words stomach cancer and advanced stage are intertwined, it still makes people afraid for a while.
Because around us, there are quite a lot of people with hidden stomach problems.
There are data showing that:
In the mainland, there are 120 million patients with gastric diseases, 10% of peptic ulcers and 30% of chronic gastritis.
It is a well-deserved "big country with stomach problems".
Ask the people around you, and eight or nine out of ten people say they have a bad stomach.
In the Douban "Stomach Disease Patients Huddle for Warmth" group,
Some people are young, but they have been plagued by stomach problems for half their lives:
When I woke up in the morning, my stomach was empty and I wanted to vomit.
After breakfast, the buns are not easy to digest and want to vomit.
I finally got normal before lunch, I ate vegetables and rice, and I was so swollen that I wanted to vomit.
At dinner, I didn't have any appetite, and as soon as I drank water, I was swollen to the point that I couldn't do it.
But then I'm hungry, I'm hungry and I'm hungry to eat something, and when I'm running at night, oh my God, I want to throw up again.
Stick to it, wash up and go to bed. It's the next day again.
Some people took a break from school and stayed at home, and some even quit their jobs:
The five witnesses of routine gastroscopy expressed their grief here,
The moment the tube was inserted, the tears could not be held back......
It's no exaggeration to say that I thought about it at the time, and I was only in my 20s.
If I die in a rental house, will my family find out first or the company first?
Later, I went to the hospital endlessly, and after drinking Chinese medicine for a long time, I still couldn't adjust well.
I can only resign at home.
In the past, I always thought that stomach problems were exclusive to the elderly.
But nowadays, more and more young or middle-aged stomachs can no longer hold on.
From stomach upset to stomach cancer
There are only 4 steps
When many people hear about stomach problems, they think it is a single "one disease".
Not really.
Gastric disease refers to an organic or functional disorder that occurs in the stomach.
Acute gastritis, chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastroesophageal reflux, benign and malignant tumors of the stomach, functional dyspepsia, etc., are all a type of gastric disease.
Many of these are "made" by ourselves step by step:
If you wake up late in the morning and don't have time to eat breakfast, you will feel uncomfortable if you don't order a takeout before going to bed at night;
I am so busy with work that I can't take care of eating, so I order a takeout every day and make do with it;
When I relax on the weekend, I go out with my friends to eat and drink;
barbecue, hot pot, ice cream, whatever is delicious;
Spicy, hot, and icy stuffed into the mouth;
Able to drink drinks but never water, long-term smoking and alcoholism.
And for good reason:
Life is so hard.
I don't even have the right to soothe my stomach, isn't it too miserable?
In the end, my mouth was enjoyable, and my heart was happy.
But the stomach couldn't hold it.
Recurrent stomach pain, bloating, indigestion, loss of appetite, and acid reflux.
So what to do?
"Small problem, buy some medicine to resist it."
"It's good to be hungry twice."
"Just drink a porridge and raise it."
Is that really the case?
Irregular eating and overeating can be bad for the stomach.
We all know this, but do you really know the dangers?
Stomach cancer, for example, sounds far away.
But what many people don't know is that from stomach discomfort to stomach cancer,
There are only 4 steps:
Long-term poor diet, Helicobacter pylori, stress and other stimuli will lead to gastric mucosal damage and develop into chronic superficial gastritis;
If you don't pay attention to recuperation, slowly, chronic superficial gastritis will develop into chronic atrophic gastritis;
Over time, the stomach is irritated again and again, and the gastric mucosa is repeatedly damaged and repaired.
Cells that should be found in the intestine will grow in the stomach, and intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia will occur.
After these steps gradually develop and accumulate, stomach cancer slowly comes.
The development of the whole course of the disease only takes 5~10 years, or even shorter.
There are data showing that:
More than 400,000 new cases of gastric cancer occur in mainland China every year, accounting for 42% of the total number of new cases in the world, making it the second most common cancer in mainland China.
What's even more frightening is that the early symptoms of stomach cancer are often not obvious, and even if they do, they are mild.
Many people will think that this is a minor illness, and either continue to go to work and school, or buy a stomach medicine to slow down.
As for taking half a day off to go to the hospital for a gastroscopy, it is not in my option at all.
As everyone knows, every time I neglect and every indulgence, I am nourishing the cancer cells in my body step by step.
Wait until your body is thin, persistent epigastric pain, vomiting blood, and you can't hold on before you go to the hospital.
It's too late.
These 6 common stomach symptoms
Hopefully you don't
There is such a story.
Yuan Xiaojuan, a famous food editor, is very talented, very capable, and an out-and-out workaholic.
Traveling every day is like taking a taxi, and I sleep four or five hours a day.
When she was 34 years old, she often felt sick to her stomach, and when she went to the hospital for a check, she found that it was stage 4 stomach cancer with 27 lymphatic metastases.
She couldn't accept this reality and cried in the ward:
I felt like the cancer cells were running around and I couldn't stop crying when I was alone at night.
I think of my son, he is only 8 years old, I have to live at least another 10 years until he is an adult, I really can't imagine what he would be like without his mother.
In order to treat her, the family tried the most advanced technology at the time, and even did not hesitate to sell the family house.
But in the end, Yuan Xiaojuan still left.
During her time in the hospital, she wrote a long "Anti-Cancer Diary".
In her diary, she reflects on her causes:
"I didn't treat my stomach well, I ate very irregularly, I was hungry and full, and after repeated tossing, my stomach was broken.
Coupled with the super work intensity and long-term pressure, the body has become very poor before you know it. ”
Finally, she also reminded everyone to take good care of their bodies:
"A lot of the causes are self-planted. I hope that my lessons will serve as a warning to people like me. ”
This is really a bloody and tearful warning.
There are too many people, their parents are old, their children are young, and they have no savings.
For a better future and more income, I can only desperately fight for my life.
But if you fight hard, once you lose the degree, no one can afford the consequences.
Dr. Li Yufeng, Ph.D. from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, has summarized 6 common symptoms of stomach problems.
1. Chronic gastritis:
This is one of the most common stomach problems, such as indigestion, loss of appetite, stomach bloating after meals, acid reflux, heartburn, etc.
2. Gastroesophageal reflux:
Stomach pain, chest pain, difficulty swallowing, acid reflux, heartburn, sometimes dry cough, a foreign body sensation caused by food regurgitation in the throat, etc.
3. Gastric ulcer:
Prone to belching, epigastric fullness, pain, acid reflux, heartburn, nausea and vomiting, retrosternal burning sensation, etc.
4. Atrophic gastritis:
It is also prone to several symptoms of indigestion, such as vague pain in the upper abdomen, loss of appetite, fullness and acid reflux after meals, and so on.
5. Gastric perforation:
Once present, it can cause severe abdominal pain, often as a knife cut or burning pain, and even quickly spread to the entire abdomen.
6. Stomach cramps: nausea, abdominal pain, vomiting, indigestion (personal circumstances are more diverse, the above content cannot replace professional diagnosis and treatment opinions)
You can compare, how many did you win?
If you get 2 or more, be sure to seek medical attention promptly.
Don't seek to be rich and rich
Just seek peace and health is the most valuable
Some people may say that not all gastritis will develop into stomach cancer, so don't make such a fuss.
Indeed, this is only a very small probability.
However, once you suffer from any kind of stomach disease, in addition to the pain of the disease, you will also have insomnia, loss of appetite, and so on.
Both physically and mentally, a vicious circle is formed.
The experience of a netizen has resonated with countless people.
This year, acute gastritis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and gastrointestinal disease were detected.
Before I was diagnosed with my stomach, I was constantly hungry and full, and I never refused spicy and exciting iced food.
It seems that it really confirms the sentence "If you come out to mix, sooner or later you will have to pay it back", I am afraid that I will get cancer in a few years.
Now I have been nourishing my stomach for a long time, and I don't necessarily get better, I don't eat right, and I feel sick to my stomach if I'm not careful.
Gastrointestinal at a young age, alas! I regret it now.
When people reach middle age, they live in fear every day.
I'm afraid that my parents will be sick and hospitalized, I'm afraid that my children will have any problems, and I'm even more afraid that I will have a case.
We don't have any capital left to squander our bodies.
If you see this, you also feel frightened, and you also realize that you have bad eating habits.
Then you might as well make some changes for yourself and your family from now on.
1. Reasonable work and rest, ensure that you eat on time and eat healthy food every day.
2. Don't smoke, drink less, eat less high-salt food, and stay away from bad hobbies.
3. Check and go to the hospital to check for Helicobacter pylori in time, treat it as soon as possible, and prevent the disease before it happens.
4. Exercise for at least 30 minutes a day to enhance physical fitness.
5. Don't worry too much about everything, and always remember that "everything is the best arrangement".
6. When the body gives a warning, it must be taken seriously, it should be seen, and it should be treated.
Many people may feel that these reminders are all right, but they don't have any practical meaning.
If I am too busy and tired at work, where can I still have time to cook?
Who doesn't want to adjust their diet and routine, but they can't help it.
If you feel the same way, stop by it.
A lot of times, it's because we want to change so much.
When the goal is high, the pressure is great, which is difficult to persevere.
But if you start each day with small, unburdened actions.
For example, when eating, concentrate on eating, do not play with mobile phones or watch TV, chew slowly, which is conducive to better digestion and reduces the burden on the stomach.
For example, eating less processed foods, such as cured sausages, bacon, cured meats, etc., is not a must.
For another example, if you can't change your living habits, then insist on regular physical examinations to strangle the hidden dangers of diseases in the cradle.
That change will happen unconsciously.
There is an old saying that thirty years ago people nourished their stomachs, and thirty years later their stomachs nourished people.
Our stomach can't get better because of the change of day, and the key to protecting the health of the stomach is actually hidden in the daily bits and pieces.
Sticking to these little habits is paving the way for our health.
In the end, it may be our lives that change.