Many people have physical examinations that reveal the presence of EBV antibodies. What harm does it do to human health?
EBV and nasopharyngeal cancer are closely related In fact, EBV may not be unfamiliar to Cantonese people because one of the causes of nasopharyngeal cancer, the famous “Guangdong cancer”, is EBV, which is closely related to nasopharyngeal cancer. Nasopharyngeal cancer can be clinically divided into keratinizing and non-keratinizing cancers. 95% of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer in Guangdong, a region with a high incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer, are non-keratinizing. Almost 100% of patients with non-keratinizing nasopharyngeal cancer tested positive for EBV antibodies. In other words, the vast majority of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer in Guangdong have been infected with EBV.
EBV infection is only one of the causes of cancer, but EBV infection does not necessarily mean that nasopharyngeal cancer has developed. Nearly 90% of Chinese adults test positive for EBV antibodies, but even in Guangzhou, a city with a high incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer, the incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer is a little more than two in 100,000, meaning that only a small percentage of people infected with EBV will develop nasopharyngeal cancer.
“The carcinogenic pathology of nasopharyngeal cancer is unclear and may be the result of a combination of factors, of which infection with EBV is only one, so there is no need to panic if you are infected with EBV.” If a physical exam reveals that you are EBV antibody positive, you can have your nasopharynx examined and have your EBV antibody titers checked regularly. Research now tends to suggest that the nasopharyngeal lesions appear first before the infected EBV has a chance to invade the nasopharynx.
How can I prevent EBV infection?
The EBV can be found everywhere and there are very few effective preventive measures. However, the EBV is not a “flood”, and even if it lurks in the body, it will only cause disease when the body’s resistance is low, so improving health and resistance is the first priority.
Secondly, when the mouth is broken, the chances of contracting EBV increase. Therefore, to prevent “kissing disease”, you need to pay attention to the condition of your mouth. When brushing your teeth bleeds, it means that the mucous membrane of the gums is broken, so you should be careful not to kiss too often.
Also pay attention to the hygiene of eating in public.” Chinese people often have a large table of people in a bowl of dishes, which was not a big problem in the 1950s and 1960s when interpersonal interactions were still relatively simple, but nowadays society is becoming more and more open and interpersonal interactions are becoming complicated, this habit is the same as giving some viruses the opportunity to spread, which is bad, and it is still necessary to use public chopsticks.