Stay away from betel nut, start with me

He is a patient with oral cancer.

Every time the doctors cut away the cancerous flesh, they had to take a piece from his butt to fill it in, so his face looked very unnatural.

(Pictures are from the Internet)

The root cause of all this suffering

It's this tiny

Betel nut

Recently, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television issued a document

Stop promoting betel nut

The harm of this soft drug once again alerts the world

The whole process of betel nut killing was exposed

Betel nut has a rough and hard texture. When chewing, the rough betel nut residue will repeatedly rub the oral mucosa. At this time, blisters begin to appear in the mouth, ulcers and burning, which cannot be relieved by drinking water.

Under this long-term stimulation, substances such as arecoline will promote the accumulation of excessive collagen fibers and form oral submucosal fibrosis: the oral mucosa turns white, the tissue becomes hard, the mouth opening is restricted, and the sense of taste is reduced.

(Note: 66% of betel nut chewers suffer from oral mucosal lesions, while the rate of oral mucosal lesions in the general population is only 1.5%)

Oral submucous fibrosis is a potentially malignant lesion, commonly known as "precancerous lesions". Some patients may develop oral cancer, which is life-threatening.

(Note: Zhang Sheng, deputy director of the Oral Medical Center of the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, said that about 60% of oral cancer patients are related to eating betel nuts)

Once they develop oral cancer, the patient's tongue and oral mucosa will ulcerate, and the severe pain will make it impossible for them to swallow food, so they can only rely on liquid food or intravenous nutrition. What awaits these patients is endless pain, surgery, and death.

The originally normal person became the protagonist of a horror movie: the man with the cut face.

What’s even more terrifying is that the cancer still spread after the facial surgery.

Betel nut brings people brief happiness, but also brings endless torture and tragedy.

Maybe we cannot completely ban betel nut like Türkiye has done for the time being, but as long as fewer people eat it, it will naturally fade out of our lives.

Stay away from betel nut, start with me