Many people are afraid to talk about cancer, but the reality is that cancer is close to everyone. According to the latest global cancer data released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in 2020, there are 4.57 million new cancers in China, and more than 1 10,000 people are diagnosed with cancer every day. Because just last year, my mother checked out endometrial cancer. Fortunately, she found it early and had an operation in time. So seeing this topic, I still want to share with you the early symptoms of cancer and some anti-cancer knowledge to help you prevent and find cancer early and treat it in time.
First, the early symptoms of cancer
Before talking about this problem, I must remind you that we must never find cancer by feeling unwell. ? Because this is probably the middle and late stage of cancer, it has lost the best therapeutic effect, so we should actively do a good health check-up every day to find precancerous lesions and early cancer as soon as possible. This is the best way to find early cancer.
At present, cancer is a disease with high morbidity and mortality. For cancer, most of us are "talking about cancer discoloration". In addition to physical examination, if you can perceive the arrival of cancer as soon as possible, the difficulty of treatment will be much reduced and the survival rate of patients will be greatly improved. So let's see, what are the precursors of the body in the early stage of cancer?
1, if you have choking cough when swallowing, and it is getting worse gradually, accompanied by dull pain in the chest and foreign body sensation in the pharynx, you should consider the possibility of esophageal cancer.
2, if there is irritating dry cough, bloody sputum, chest pain, especially early chest pain discomfort, we must consider the possibility of lung cancer.
3, if the breast touches painless nodules, poor mobility, breast skin depression, nipple galactorrhea, areola skin changes, etc. You should consider the possibility of breast cancer.
4. Such as abdominal pain, bloating, anorexia, emaciation, etc. If it happens repeatedly for a long time, it will be aggravated progressively. Sometimes it is effective to take medicine at the beginning, but it is no longer useful at the later stage. You should consider the possibility of tumors such as abdomen, stomach and liver.
5. If there is blood in the stool, the stool becomes thinner, there are grooves, or the stool habits have changed significantly, it is necessary to consider the possibility of intestinal cancer.
6, if there is painless hematuria, be alert to the possibility of urinary system tumors.
7. If vaginal bleeding and lower abdominal pain occur again after menopause. Be alert to the possibility of uterine malignant tumor.
8. Unexplained weight loss, especially short-term weight loss, rapid weight loss, physical weakness, lack of food, anorexia, repeated fever, etc. The possibility of malignant tumor should be considered.
9. If you feel abnormal lumps or swollen lymph nodes in your body, except for the breast lumps mentioned above, other parts such as thyroid lumps and swollen lymph nodes in all parts should be treated promptly, especially when the lymph nodes grow rapidly and have poor activity.
10, oral mucosa and skin, etc. , obvious lesions, such as ulcers that cannot be improved for a long time, moles that suddenly grow abnormally on the skin, and deepening of color. The possibility of canceration should also be considered.
Cancer cells are very active troublemakers in the human body, which can be said to be almost pervasive. Except nails and hair, it can take root and sprout in any part of the human body and spread everywhere. The above are just ten common signals in the early stage of cancer, representing ten common cancers, but cancer is far more than that. Many early symptoms of cancer may not be described in detail, but to do a good job in daily physical management, we must closely observe whether our body has abnormal performance. Especially if this abnormal performance persists for a long time and the treatment has not improved, the possibility of cancer should be considered. At this time, we should actively go to regular hospitals, conduct corresponding examinations under the guidance of doctors, find diseases in time and treat them in time.
Second, cancer prevention.
To stay away from cancer, prevention is more effective than treatment. Everyone, whether young or old, should prevent cancer in daily life.
1, away from carcinogenic factors
The International Agency for Research on Cancer or the World Cancer Research Foundation have identified 23 common carcinogenic factors. Including behavioral factors, dietary factors, metabolic factors, environmental factors and infection factors, we can adjust and change our daily life habits according to these carcinogenic factors and stay away from these carcinogenic factors.
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2. Promote effective physical examination.
Routine physical examination is like a big sieve. First, screen out the "big stones". Cancer screening is a physical examination of common cancers based on cancer risk assessment. It can let subjects know their cancer risk, find early cancer or precancerous lesions, so as to intervene early. This also reminds us that we should not only have regular physical examinations, but also do some cancer screening regularly.
3. Control precancerous lesions
It usually takes 10 years or more for a precancerous lesion to develop into an invasive cancer. Chronic atrophic gastritis, liver cirrhosis, leukoplakia of mucosa, chronic inflammation of cervix, cystic hyperplasia of breast and borderline nevus are common precancerous lesions in clinic. Remember to treat and control in time to prevent minor illness from dragging into serious illness.
Step 4 keep a good mood
Long-term depression and excessive mental stress will inhibit the immune function of the body and make tumors take advantage of it. Maintaining emotional stability and peace of mind in life and learning to decompress correctly are helpful to prevent cancer.
At present, most people say that the cause of cancer is the destruction of the environment. Lifestyle, diet and air pollution have great influence on the incidence of cancer. For example, in Britain, smoking accounts for 25% of cancer deaths. Cancer cells are a concrete manifestation of human selfishness in the body, because cancer cells will expand themselves crazily, then rob the human body of nutrients and destroy other healthy tissues.
Start with the details, stick to it, don't take chances, one less risk factor means one less risk, and you must be risk-conscious! Remember: don't use small kindness, don't use small evil. Many cancers are more or less directly or indirectly related to unhealthy lifestyles, such as smoking, alcoholism, lack of exercise and sedentary, bad eating habits, staying up late, anxiety and so on.
If we can change the bad lifestyle and develop a good and healthy lifestyle, we can reduce the risk of cancer to some extent.
Cancer can be early or even late without any symptoms, so we must do a good physical examination, find cancer early and treat it in time. Improve some bad lifestyles and habits, keep a happy mood and prevent cancer. I wish everyone can be healthy and never have to face the devil of cancer.