Be careful! 80% of people are diagnosed with gastric cancer at an advanced stage. Are you one of them?

Gastric cancer is the third most common cancer in my country, and its mortality rate is second only to liver cancer and lung cancer. The incidence of gastric cancer in my country is 10 times that of European and American countries. According to data from 2015, there are about 670,000 new gastric cancer patients in my country each year, and nearly 500,000 deaths each year. With the development of medical technology, although the incidence and mortality of gastric cancer have dropped significantly, the 5-year survival rate of gastric cancer is still less than 25%.

According to survey data, 80% of gastric cancers are already in the late stage when they are discovered. Gastric cancer is difficult to treat because it is often already in the late stage when it is discovered, mainly because its early symptoms are not obvious and are easily misdiagnosed. However, there are still some clues to be found in the early stage of gastric cancer. Specifically, if the following symptoms occur, you should pay great attention to them and go to the hospital for examination in time:

Long-term anemia, be careful! Gastric cancer ulcers will bleed in small amounts for a long time, and with decreased absorption function, it is easy to cause iron deficiency anemia and megaloblastic anemia.

Frequent nausea, don't ignore it! A small number of patients with early gastric cancer will have some digestive tract symptoms such as heartburn, nausea, and vomiting. When gastric cancer continues to progress, it will also be accompanied by gastrointestinal bleeding such as vomiting blood and black stools.

If you have stomach pain all the time, you must go get it checked! Stomach pain and significant weight loss are the most common manifestations of gastric cancer during its development. Patients tend to feel tired and listless, and are often accompanied by loss of appetite and physical fatigue.

Although these symptoms do not mean that you have stomach cancer, if the above symptoms persist, you should go to the hospital and ask the doctor for further examination, which usually requires gastroscopy and pathological examination.

Gastric cancer can be divided into surgically resectable gastric cancer and advanced gastric cancer that has spread and cannot be treated surgically. If the tumor can be completely removed by surgery, comprehensive treatment with surgery as the main treatment should be carried out. Some patients can also adopt the model of preoperative advanced neoadjuvant chemotherapy - surgery - postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy to improve the surgical resection rate and prolong survival. As long as early cancer is treated in time, the 5-year survival rate can reach 80%-90%.

For unresectable gastric cancer, comprehensive treatment with chemotherapy as the main approach should be adopted. Generally, 4 to 6 cycles of systemic chemotherapy are carried out first, and then appropriate local treatment methods are decided based on the efficacy and the extent of disease invasion.

Gastric cancer is a malignant tumor that makes people shudder. As the incidence of gastric cancer increases, we should pay enough attention to it. Here is a gastric cancer prevention manual to help you develop good living habits in your daily life and prevent gastric cancer.

First of all, you need to have a balanced diet and eat fresh food. As the saying goes, stomach problems are caused by eating. Regular and healthy eating habits are good for the health of the stomach. In life, you should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits and high-quality protein, such as fish, eggs, milk, etc., eat less fried food, avoid spicy food, and achieve a balanced diet. At the same time, eat less pickled food, such as pickles, bacon, sausage, etc. These foods contain a lot of nitrite, which is highly carcinogenic.

In addition, the habit of eating leftovers should also be changed . The nitrite content in leftovers is greatly increased, and even after reheating, the nitrite content cannot be reduced, which will also increase the risk of gastric cancer.

You should also pay attention to hygiene and be alert to Helicobacter pylori infection. Scientific research has confirmed that Helicobacter pylori is closely related to the occurrence of gastric cancer. If you do not pay attention to hygiene, it is easy to be infected with Helicobacter pylori, and most people do not have any symptoms after infection, so it is often ignored.

Infection with Helicobacter pylori is generally not a big problem for healthy people. However, patients with a family history of gastric cancer, early gastric cancer, gastric erosion and multiple ulcers are recommended to undergo Helicobacter pylori eradication treatment and have a gastroscopy as soon as possible to rule out the possibility of gastric cancer.

Since Helicobacter pylori is highly contagious and is transmitted through droplets, it can be transmitted through gatherings, kissing, mother-to-child contact, and eating contaminated food and water. When dining out, you should pay attention to food hygiene and choose a clean dining environment.

At the same time, you need to quit smoking and limit alcohol consumption. Smoking increases the risk of gastric cancer because a small amount of smoke will enter the stomach with the swallowing action and directly contact the gastric mucosa. The nicotine contained in the smoke can directly irritate the gastric mucosa, destroy the gastric mucosal barrier, promote the formation of gastritis and gastric ulcers, and delay their healing. Long-term gastric ulcers are also one of the pre-cancerous lesions of gastric cancer.

Drinking alcohol has a more obvious irritation to the stomach, especially when the stomach is empty and there is no other food residue to protect it. The irritation and damage to the gastric mucosa are particularly great, causing changes in the gastric mucosal cells, causing gastritis, leading to a lack of gastric acid, accelerating bacterial reproduction, and promoting the synthesis of carcinogens such as nitrosamines.

In addition, some carcinogens in food are not easy to absorb, but alcohol is a good solvent for these substances, and drinking also promotes the absorption of some carcinogens.

Although we are still on the road to conquering cancer, we are still making great progress. We must adhere to the principle of early detection, early detection and early treatment, and we must also actively prevent the occurrence of cancer.

Don't eat leftovers just to save money, it's really bad for your health. Today's daily self-help guide ends here, welcome to forward and leave a message, see you next time!

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