Long-term consumption of betel nut may lead to a variety of oral diseases, and betel nut is a known carcinogen, long-term consumption will increase the risk of oral cancer and other cancers, but also aggravate chronic gastritis, so betel nut should not be consumed for a long time.
1. Chewing betel nut can lead to a variety of oral diseases, such as periodontal disease, oral mucous membrane white spots, candida infections, etc. In addition, long-term consumption of betel nut can also lead to discoloration of the teeth, which affects aesthetics.
2. Betel nut is a clear class I carcinogen, long-term chewing can lead to oral submucous fibrosis, oral cancer and other diseases. Oral submucous fibrosis is a pre-cancerous lesion, manifested as epithelial atrophy and tissue fibrosis, and this pre-cancerous lesion can eventually progress to oral cancer.
Long-term consumption of betel nut not only leads to oral cancer, but also leads to many kinds of cancers, such as oropharyngeal cancer, esophageal cancer and so on.
3. For patients suffering from chronic gastritis, long-term consumption of betel nut can lead to aggravation of chronic gastritis.
Eating betel nut can lead to the above diseases, please try to eat betel nut as little as possible.