Yesterday, 24-year-old Wang Meng (a pseudonym) was diagnosed with stomach cancer, and his friends did not believe it: “How is it possible? We have carried the disease, only half a year of stomach pain to become gastric cancer?” The reporter interviewed 97 people at random, 89 of them said they had carried the disease, but it was a minor disease, so they could carry it off. A number of experts in Jiangcheng said that there are many people of all ages who are carrying the disease, the elderly are afraid of spending money to carry the disease, the young people are afraid of spending time to carry the disease, small diseases dragged into a major disease, the clinic is not uncommon. The stomach pain “turned” into stomach cancer in May this year, Wang Meng began to have stomach pain. But thinking of his work just a year, the company is planning a project, colleagues work overtime just to try to take the project, Wang Meng did not dare to take time off to see a doctor, just buy some stomach medicine, pain up to eat some. In early December, Wang Meng found that the symptoms of stomach pain gradually worsened, often persistent hidden pain, and dragged on for another half a month before going to the Department of Gastroenterology of Wuhan Central Hospital. The doctor said that it was found early and no chemotherapy was needed after radical gastric cancer surgery. ”80% of early gastric cancer patients have no symptoms, and even if a few patients have symptoms, they are some atypical symptoms, such as loss of appetite and abdominal discomfort, which are easily confused with gastric diseases such as gastritis and gastric ulcer.” Wang Hui, director of gastrointestinal surgery at Wuhan Central Hospital, introduced. Many patients self-diagnose their condition and buy drugs from pharmacies for treatment by themselves, which often delays formal treatment. The number of people who carry the disease: fear of spending money and time In October this year, China Youth Daily Social Survey Center through the network questionnaire, a survey of 4027 people showed that 99.7% of people feel that there are young people around carrying the disease. 58.4% of people feel that the current young people do not pay attention to physical health. When their bodies are sick, 53.8% of them choose to “carry on”, while 11.4% “go to the hospital immediately”. 59.3% of them “buy and eat medicine by themselves”, while 40.0% of them “look up the relevant information on the Internet”. of people used to “look up relevant knowledge online”, 12.1% will “consult friends and relatives”. The reporter interviewed 97 random people in Wuhan University People’s Hospital, Central South Hospital, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhan Central Hospital, Wuhan University of Science and Technology Affiliated Tianyou Hospital, the youngest is 16 years old, the oldest is 77 years old, 89 people said they had carried the disease. 50 years old and above, the middle-aged and elderly people feel uncomfortable when they are looking for medical care for themselves. 40 years old and below, most young people choose to seek help online when they are sick. Most of the respondents said that they do not go to the hospital if they are not too sick. The reason for not going to the hospital, among the 97 people interviewed, 29 people were afraid of spending money, with the majority of middle-aged and elderly people over 50 years old; 41 people thought they could diagnose themselves or were too busy to work, with the majority of middle-aged and young people between 20 and 40 years old; 18 people were worried about the bad results, mainly middle-aged and elderly people over 55 years old; and 9 people did not like the hospital The environment of the hospital. More than 80% of people said that they do not have the habit of insisting on annual medical checkups. If a small disease is not treated in time, it will eventually “save” into a big problem. “If a disease is not treated, choose to carry or self-diagnosis, are prone to the risk of misdiagnosis, omission, without formal medical examination and doctor’s diagnosis of unauthorized medication, is likely to lead to ineffective treatment and deterioration.” Liu Li, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Tinyou Hospital affiliated with Wuhan University of Science and Technology, said that the diseases that are carried the most in the clinic are “gastrointestinal diseases”, “high blood pressure, hypertension, hyperglycemia” and “cervical and lumbar spine diseases “. Liu Li stressed that the early stage of any disease is chronic, the muscle treats the disease have a compensatory period. When the disease gradually aggravated or forced to go to the doctor, which is the cause of the disease etiology and other reasons do not understand. ”Stomach discomfort for a long time will carry out the old stomach disease. After stomach pain, acidity and other discomfort because of irregular diet, many young people do not have time or are too lazy to go to the hospital for timely treatment, and some even judge blindly and take drugs indiscriminately, resulting in the development of gastritis from superficial symptoms, and from gastritis into atrophic gastritis, and even induce gastric cancer in serious cases.” Wang Hui, director of gastrointestinal surgery at Wuhan Central Hospital, said that the symptoms of many diseases are similar, stomach pain in addition to gastric ulcer may also be a malignant tumor of the stomach, toothache symptoms in addition to periodontal disease may also be heart disease, there are also clinical cases of heart disease patients who died due to mistaken stomach disease, dental disease and wrong treatment. It is also not uncommon to see clinical examples of viral myocarditis caused by untreated colds. Experts say that knowing common medical knowledge does not mean you can diagnose your own condition. Many doctors get sick, if it is a disease outside their specialty are looking for professional doctors to consult. The public do not carry a disease, do not feel well should go to the hospital as soon as possible to check, so as not to cause irreparable consequences.