In recent years, the incidence and mortality rate of gastric cancer in China has been high, and there is an obvious trend of low age. Some research data show that 80%-90% of gastric cancers are caused by themselves and have a lot to do with their own living habits. How to prevent stomach cancer? Learn more about the following.
Stomach cancer patients are getting younger and younger
According to experts, from the clinical situation, the incidence of gastric cancer among young people is growing rapidly, and the incidence of gastric cancer among young people aged 19-35 has doubled in the past 5 years compared with 30 years ago.
More and more young people are suffering from gastric cancer, which is related to their serious lack of sleep, irregular diet, excessive work and psychological stress, especially their love of smoked, high-salt and spicy food can disrupt the normal function of the gastrointestinal tract and damage the gastric mucosa, which can lead to gastritis, gastric ulcer and other diseases and increase the chance of cancer.
Stomach cancer initially has no obvious symptoms
Early surgery of gastric cancer has the best effect, and more than 90% of patients can survive for more than 10 years. However, the terrible thing is that because there are no obvious symptoms in the beginning, once people feel discomfort, they have already entered the middle and late stage, or even metastasized to other parts of the body, which makes the surgical treatment very difficult.
Experts point out that men over 40 years old, patients with family genetic tendency or irregular pain in the upper abdomen belong to the high-risk group of gastric cancer, and it is better to have medical checkups 1-2 times a year.
10 habits that can easily lead to stomach cancer
1.Negative and pessimistic mentality
2. Staying up late often
3.Hungry and full meal
4.Eating salt-cured food for a long time
5.Eating smoked and fried food often
6, do not like to eat fresh vegetables and fruits
7, drink contaminated water, eat moldy food
8.Smoking
9.Love to drink alcohol
10, not regular medical checkups
Have these symptoms to seek medical attention early
Experts remind that if symptoms such as upper abdominal discomfort, vague pain in the heart, feeling of fullness after eating, loss of appetite, weight loss, weakness, frequent vomiting of overnight food and gastric juice without bile, black tarry stool, etc. occur frequently, you should seek medical treatment early.
Currently, gastroscopy with pathological diagnosis is the gold standard for gastric cancer diagnosis. So far, no examination means can surpass the importance of gastroscopy for gastric cancer prevention and treatment.
How to maintain a healthy stomach
1. Avoid swallowing
When food enters the stomach, it will be stored, ground and digested into celiac form before it is discharged into the intestine. If you do not chew fine, swallowing, food rough, it will increase the burden on the stomach, prolong the residence time, can cause gastric mucosal damage; in addition, chew slowly, can increase saliva secretion, and make gastric acid and bile secretion is reduced, conducive to the protection of the stomach.
2, avoid coffee and tea
Coffee, tea are central stimulants, can cause gastric mucosa ischemia through reflex, so that the protective function of the gastric mucosa is damaged, leading to ulcers.
3, avoid drug abuse
There are three main types of drugs that can easily damage the gastric mucosa.
First, acetylsalicylic acid, such as aspirin;
The second is the POTUS, anti-inflammatory pain, ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs;
The third is corticosteroids and other hormonal drugs.
Therefore, these drugs should be avoided as far as possible, such as when it must be used, it is necessary to control the dose and course of treatment.
4, avoid mental tension
A person in tension, worry, anger, its bad mood can spread through the cerebral cortex to the limbic system, affecting the function of the vegetative nervous system, directly leading to the gastrointestinal secretion of excessive gastric acid and pepsin, so that gastric vasoconstriction, pylorus spasm, emptying disorders, damage to the protective layer of the gastric mucosa, and ultimately the formation of ulcers.
5, avoid excessive fatigue
Whether it is physical or mental labor, if overworked, will cause insufficient blood supply to the stomach and intestines, secretion dysfunction, too much gastric acid and reduced mucus, so that the mucosa is damaged.
6, avoid excessive alcohol abuse
Alcohol itself can directly damage the gastric mucosa. In addition, it can also cause cirrhosis of the liver and chronic pancreatitis, which in turn aggravates the damage to the stomach.
7, avoid smoking addiction
Smoking will make the gastric mucosa vasoconstriction, reducing the gastric mucosa prostaglandin synthesis, which is a mucosal protective factor. At the same time, smoking will also stimulate the secretion of gastric acid and protease, aggravating the damage to the mucosa.
8, avoid hunger and satiety unevenly
Hunger, stomach acid, protease without food neutralization, the concentration is high, easy to cause self-digestion of the mucosa; and overeating and easy to damage the self-protection mechanism of the stomach. Excessive expansion of the stomach wall, food stays too long, etc. will contribute to gastric injury.
9, avoid unclean diet
Helicobacter pylori infection is one of the important causes of gastric disease and duodenal ulcer. In ulcer patients, the detection rate of the bacteria up to 70% or more, and ulcer disease after the cure, the bacteria also disappeared. Ulcer patients can be infected through tableware, dental instruments and kissing and other close contact, unclean food, is also one of the reasons for infection.
10, avoid dinner too full
Many people like to focus the day’s food nutrition on dinner, or eat something before going to bed. Doing so, not only will cause sleep insubstantial, easily lead to obesity, but also due to the stimulation of the gastric mucosa so that excessive secretion of gastric acid and induce ulcer formation.