Mention of the "Digimon Baby" anime I believe that everyone will not be unfamiliar, that the classic image of the digital beast can evoke childhood in a second, especially the theme song of the animation "Butter-fly" is a popular track for friends. However, this afternoon, there was a heartbreaking news that countless netizens came, and the singer of "Butter-fly" and Hikoji Tian died on the morning of April 3 because of ineffective throat cancer treatment, at the age of 42. Legend has it that in 2003, Koji Wada suffered from a malignant tumor of the throat lymph glands, the cancer cells in the body metastasized and recurred, and all activities were suspended, because they were plagued by throat cancer for a long time, and the road of acting had suffered several setbacks, so how serious is throat cancer, you must know about cancer!
Throat cancer Pharyngeal cancer and laryngeal cancer are two parts, and people are accustomed to calling laryngeal cancer throat cancer in daily life. Throat cancer can cause hoarseness and difficulty swallowing, and is more common in middle-aged and elderly men. Throat cancer is divided into benign tumors and malignant tumors. Benign tumors occur at all ages, malignant tumors that is, laryngeal cancer is a more common upper respiratory tract malignancy, patients are mostly between 50 and 70 years old, more men than women, often occur in people who smoke more, in addition, long-term inhalation of harmful substances, alcoholism, environmental pollution and laryngeal papilloma or laryngeal mucosa leukoplakia, etc., may be related to the occurrence of laryngeal cancer. Patients with throat cancer will have symptoms of hoarseness, abnormal throat sensation, pain, bloody sputum, difficulty swallowing, dyspnea, and cervical lymphoma.
Clinical treatment of laryngeal cancer, mainly surgical resection and radiation therapy, in addition, there are chemotherapy, immunotherapy, cryotherapy, laser therapy and traditional Chinese medicine treatment, etc., the treatment effect is more certain and clinically recognized as surgical resection and traditional Chinese medicine treatment and biological immunotherapy. Biological immunotherapy is a novel treatment that uses modern biotechnology to stimulate the immune system to fight tumors. The basic principle of biological immunotherapy is to extract immature immune cells from patients, apply the latest international biotechnology to culture in vitro and then infusion back into patients.
The main precautions in the diet of patients with throat cancer are to avoid:
1． When the patient has a choking sensation, do not force swallowing, otherwise it will stimulate bleeding, spread, metastasis and pain in local cancerous tissue. Liquid or semi-liquid food should be given when choking is severe.
2． Avoid eating cold liquid food, and do not drink noodles, milk, egg soup, etc. that are colder than the time. Because the narrow part of the esophagus is very obvious to the stimulation of cold food, it is easy to cause esophageal spasm, nausea and vomiting, pain and distension and numbness. Therefore, it is better to eat warm food.
3． Do not eat spicy, spicy, smelly, fishy irritating foods, because these foods can also cause esophageal spasm and make the patient uncomfortable. For patients with laryngeal cancer who are completely unable to eat, intravenous hypertrophic methods should be used to inject nutrients to maintain the needs of the patient's body.
The cause of throat cancer has not yet been clarified, but there are more factors that induce throat cancer, and paying attention to the following aspects will help prevent throat cancer.
1, do not drink alcoholic beverages for a long time, quit smoking and alcohol habits, do not over-eat pickles, acid, spicy and irritating food, prohibit eating moldy food, for people with chronic laryngitis is more important to develop good dietary hygiene habits, such as less meat and more vegetarian, eat more fresh fruits, vegetables, etc.
2. Maintain appropriate temperature and humidity indoors in the cold season, and pay attention to air circulation. Room temperature is appropriate at 20 ° C, do not cover too much bedding when sleeping at night, to avoid excessive temperature or excessive dryness, causing throat discomfort. Do not sleep with the wind, rest for a while after strenuous labor, and do not rinse immediately into a cold shower. People with acute laryngitis caused by colds and flus should drink more hot water or ginger soup to sweat to increase urinary excretion. Pay attention to unobstructed stools. Timely treatment of acute inflammation, to prevent the evolution of chronic, chronic lesions of the organ, is more prone to malignancy.
3. Strengthen labor protection. The production process of harmful gases, dust, such as silicon dust, chlorammonium, bromine, iodine, etc. need to be properly handled, long-term contact with harmful chemical gases of the staff, should wear gas masks and wear protective isolation gowns.
4. Increase physical fitness and strengthen physical exercise. Commonly use cold water to wash your face and wipe your body, prevent colds, have work and leisure, live regularly, and do outdoor activities in the early morning or after work.
5. Avoid shouting. If the voice is improper, the voice is excessive, the vocal cords can be acutely congested or bleeding, and more attention should be paid to during the cold, and can not be excessive, pay attention to the appropriate rest of the vocal cords, and pay attention to oral cleaning.
6. Hoarseness. After general treatment and voice abstinence rest, more than 2 to 3 weeks do not improve, and gradually aggravated, should be more vigilant, as soon as possible to the hospital for laryngoscopy or velopryngoscopy examination.
7. Those who have a foreign body sensation in the pharynx, such as ant travel, itching, irritating cough, coughing up sputum viscous, flavorful, purulent, occasional blood, bad breath, etc., should be paid more attention to and go to the hospital in time to confirm the diagnosis.