Esophageal cancer is mostly caused by poor living and eating habits. To prevent esophageal cancer, the most important thing is to change the poor living and eating habits. Avoid smoking and alcohol abuse The occurrence of esophageal cancer is closely related to the patient’s eating habits and living environment. The following reasons have been found to increase the risk of esophageal cancer. The first is smoking. The more you smoke and the longer you smoke, the higher the risk of esophageal cancer. The second is alcohol abuse. Drinking a lot of alcohol for a long time, especially smoking at the same time, will continuously stimulate the esophagus and cause lesions of esophageal cells. Bad eating habits are also an important reason for the high incidence of esophageal cancer, such as liking to consume too hot food and pickled products. The high incidence of esophageal cancer in Linxian in Henan and Chaoshan in Guangdong is related to the love of pickled foods such as sauerkraut by residents in these two areas. It is also common to see children accidentally ingesting detergents containing alkali, which can also increase the risk of esophageal cancer. Patients with achalasia are also at high risk for esophageal cancer because this can lead to food storage in the lower esophagus, which raises the risk of esophageal cancer. The last one is influenced by genetic factors. People who have a family history of esophageal cancer should pay more attention to prevention. There is no good way to prevent esophageal cancer, but what is clear is that avoiding smoking and alcohol abuse is the best way to reduce the risk of developing it. There are also some studies that show that regular consumption of green tea can reduce the incidence of esophageal squamous carcinoma. Early symptoms are not obvious Early esophageal cancer symptoms are not obvious, some people will feel tightness in the chest or heartburn, at this stage, few people will associate their symptoms with esophageal cancer. Difficulty in swallowing is the most common symptom of esophageal cancer. There are varying degrees of discomfort when swallowing coarse and hard foods, and a feeling of swelling or slight pain behind the sternum after exertion and when eating quickly. Many people do not take these symptoms seriously. When it becomes difficult to swallow dry food, then semi-liquid food, and finally even water and saliva, the disease is often already in the middle and advanced stages. At present, 80% of the patients are already in the advanced stage of esophageal cancer once they are found. However, just like other cancers, esophageal cancer also advocates early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment. Therefore, when there is painful swallowing and choking sensation in swallowing, it is important to go to the hospital in time for gastroscopy in gastroenterology or oncology department. Patients should sleep with their heads elevated What should patients who have been found to have esophageal cancer pay attention to? 1. The biggest problem of esophageal cancer patients is difficulty in swallowing, so it is recommended to eat less and more meals and avoid hard or rough food. If the food is too hard and not chewed carefully, it will easily lead to repeated damage to the esophagus. 2, food should be chewed slowly, saliva and food fully mixed in order to promote digestion, the opposite wolf swallowing will make the esophagus damaged. 3, patients should not eat spicy and fried food and other irritating food, all too spicy, too hot, irritating food can cause harm to the esophagus. Stimulating foods also include strong tea, strong coffee, strong wine, etc. Patients with esophageal cancer should change their sleeping posture and elevate their head slightly, which can prevent food from flowing back into the esophagus from the stomach, so that stomach acid will not stimulate the esophagus and cause aggravation of the disease. Patients also need to quit smoking and alcohol to reduce the risk of tumor recurrence, and pay attention to improving nutrition. Patients should strengthen their awareness of medical checkups and pay attention to cancer prevention in order to achieve early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment. It should be reminded that patients who are already suffering from chronic inflammation and other esophageal pathologies must be treated and controlled as early as possible. Because “chronic esophageal inflammation”, “esophageal epithelial hyperplasia” and “esophageal mucosal damage” are considered by many doctors as precancerous lesions of esophageal cancer.