Lao Wang is 68 years old this year. He always wakes up at night recently, and sometimes he gets up four or five times a night. At first, I thought I was old and didn't care much. Later, when I got up for a long time, Lao Wang always dozed off during the day and lived a daze.
In the end, I had no choice but to go to the hospital for examination. During the consultation, Lao Wang told the doctor that he had been using the toilet in recently, and his urine volume became less and his urine line became thinner. Sometimes he just finished using the toilet and wanted to go to after more than 10 minutes.
After examination, the doctor found that Lao Wang had obvious nodules in his prostate. After puncture examination, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer . This result made Lao Wang stunned. Isn’t it because I get up at night often because I am old? Why is this related to cancer?
1. These three situations occur at night must be taken seriously, or the cancer warning signal sent by the body
1. Frequently get up
I believe everyone has a situation of getting up at night. There are many reasons for getting up at night in life, such as drinking too much water before going to bed, cold weather, etc. But don’t worry too much, getting up at night occasionally is not a big problem. In clinical practice, nocturnal urine increases only when the number of starts at night ≥3 times per night during sleep.
But if you have frequent wake up at night for a long time, must be taken seriously. This may be the cancer warning signal sent by the body. For example, prostate cancer, this disease will cause the prostate to grow in size, thereby compressing urethra cavity, making the urethra narrower . In addition, it will also raise the bladder meridian, which will cause more urine at night, and in the later stages, urine will appear dripping and dripping.
2. Night pain
The growth of tumor cells will cause other cells to shrink and cause pain . Usually, the occurrence of pain often indicates that the cancer has entered the middle and late stages, which is often manifested as intermittent or persistent dull pain and dull pain , which is most obvious at night. Because people often move during the day, the qi and blood in the whole body continue to run, which can effectively relieve pain.
However, at night, people are in a relatively static state of , and qi and blood are relatively stagnant compared to daytime, so the pain often occurs at night. Moreover, the pain is closely related to the lesion site, and the degree of pain will gradually worsen with the development of the disease. In the later stages, taking painkillers will have little effect.
3. Sudden wake-up accompanied by coughing
Our body is usually relatively relaxed when we are about to sleep or enter a sleep state. Some discomforts that occur during the day may be due to the lack of relaxation and are not noticed, but they will be very obvious at night.
If you wake up after falling asleep at night, you may also have accompanied by coughing and sputum . These discomfort symptoms will not be relieved until you sit up. Then you must pay attention, because the lung lesions are already relatively large, which will cause you to wake up when you sleep when you affect your respiratory function.
In addition to this, these situations should also be paid attention to:
spider nevus : spider nevus, also known as spider-like capillary dilation, is a common clinical skin disease and can occur on face, neck, upper limbs and other parts. When a large number of spider nevi appear on the skin and does not fade for a long time, or the original spider nevi on the skin is significantly enlarged, you should be wary of the possibility of liver cancer .
Because the appearance of spider nevi is because liver function is degraded , its ability to inactivate estrogen decreases, which in turn leads to an increase in androgen levels in the body. Excessive estrogen in the second circulation blood will cause the dilation of the arteriole terminals, which is manifested as spider nevi.
has statistics showing that once the mole is in an active state, such as color changes, enlargement, ulceration or continuous swelling, spider nevi are also listed as one of the common cancer signals.
experiences fatigue and weight loss: cancer cells are a type of cell-consuming cell, and their proliferation and spread require a large amount of nutrients.As cancer cells continue to increase and spread, they consume more and more nutrition in their bodies, so the human body will experience fatigue, weight loss, malnutrition and other phenomena. However, this symptom is often mistaken for being due to high work pressure or insufficient rest, and is often ignored.
Mass appears: Human body Breasts, neck, armpits, groin or subcutaneous tissues of the whole body , sometimes pimples will be inexplicably produced. In fact, these small bumps were not tumors at the beginning, but their appearance in the development of cancer cells is closely related.
is weak when the human body produces the first cancer cell, so it needs to be disguised as a normal cell to avoid the monitoring of immune cells , so as to take the opportunity to reproduce quickly.
So when small bumps are found in the early stage, if you pay more attention, you can kill the cancer in the cradle, but if you let it grow, the cancer cells behind these small bumps will quickly expand outward, affecting the body.
2. If you want to stay away from cancer, you must do the "three early"
Nowadays, people are no longer limited to curing cancer or eliminating cancer, but advocate boiling frogs in warm water. In the early stage of cancer, "prevent before illness, prevent disease from changing" , which can slow down the growth rate of cancer cells or reduce its size.
The prostate cancer in the previous article is an example. People over 45 years old and have a family history must undergo the following tests regularly.
Prostate Screening: prostate cancer-specific antigen is a protein secreted by the prostate through blood sampling. The value of prostate-specific antigen in normal blood is relatively low, and is normally between 0~4ng/ml. This test of has a higher predictive rate of positive diagnosis and diagnosis of prostate cancer, which helps to detect prostate cancer in the early stage and is the most important early detection indicator.
Digital rectal examination: Digital rectal examination checks the size and appearance of the prostate, whether there are irregular nodules, mass size, hardness, extended range, etc., and can detect early prostate cancer in the digital rectal diagnosis.
In addition to these physical examinations, you can judge whether you have prostate cancer by some symptoms.
Patients with prostate may experience local mucosa congestion, compression of blood vessels, or tumors invade the bladder and urethra, and may experience hematuria in the naked eye, frequent urination, thinning of urine, and interruption of urinary flow. If the above situation is the recommended way to the urology department of a regular hospital for color ultrasound and preliminary examination of prostate specific antigens as soon as possible.
If you want to stay away from cancer, in addition to the above tests, you can also start with daily life and eating habits . The so-called freezing of three feet is not a day of cold. The occurrence of cancer is not achieved overnight, but is closely related to our living habits.
3. Improve lifestyle habits and kill cancer in the cradle
In Epidemiological study, in addition to some cancers related to individual constitutions, about 240% of cancer cases are related to eating habits; about 30% of cancers are related to living habits, and 1/3 of cancer can be prevented; 1/3 of cancers can be cured if they can be diagnosed early; 1/3 of cancer patients can improve their quality of life through reasonable and effective treatment. What should I do with ?
First of all, should avoid smoking and drinking . As the saying goes, if you don’t leave smoking and alcohol, you will have cancer. In recent years, 80% of the patients who die from lung cancer in my country are caused by smoking. During the burning of tobacco , a large amount of tar and carcinogenic substances such as nitriteamine will be produced. These substances will cause lung lesions in the long run, leading to cancer.
Secondly, alcohol, as a first-level carcinogen, not only damages the liver, but also causes irreversible damage to the spleen and stomach. Many elderly people like to drink some white wine while eating, saying that it is "a drink is good for you, while alcohol abuse is harmful to your body". Drinking only a little alcohol can not only promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis , but also unblock blood vessels . However, there is currently no study in that can prove the true validity of this statement.
In fact, alcohol is not a carcinogen, but the acetaldehyde it metabolizes in the body is a significant carcinogen.Therefore, the first step to stay away from cancer is to quit smoking and drinking .
Secondly, should be chewed slowly . As early as 1964, based on the investigation, relevant medical staff proposed that the diet "coarse, hard, hot, fast" and other diets may be related to the formation of esophageal cancer. advocates "chewing carefully and swallowing slowly" and other measures to reduce wear and scald on the esophageal mucosa.
From the human digestion steps, food enters the mouth first, chews through teeth, cuts the incisor tube, tore the canine tube into pieces, grinds and crushes the molar tube and then enters the stomach through the esophagus.
The speed of the gastrointestinal emptying of food has a lot to do with the characteristics of the food. For example, thin and fluid foods will digest faster than thick and solid foods. Therefore, if you chew carefully and swallow slowly, the food will become more granular and fluidized. will inevitably accelerate the gastrointestinal emptying and reduce the prevalence of cancer.
Finally, should exercise in moderation. Lack of exercise can lead to a decrease in immune cells in the body, greatly increasing the chance of cancer. A study involving 1.44 million people showed that exercise can reduce the incidence of 13 cancers, including the most common liver cancer (reducing the risk of incidence by 27%), lung cancer (26%), colon cancer (16%), and breast cancer (10%) .
Moderate exercise can not only promote metabolism, accelerate blood circulation, and improve the body's immunity , but also help improve cardiopulmonary function and improve adverse emotions such as insomnia and anxiety.
For middle-aged and elderly people, when exercising, pay attention to moderate measures to avoid falling or exercise injuries. It is recommended that exercise four or five times a week, half an hour to one hour each time is the appropriate . Pay attention to warm up before exercise and stretching and rest after exercise. You can choose brisk walking, cycling, square dancing, or milder Tai Chi , goal ball , swimming, etc., and try to avoid physical confrontation.
Now, cancer is more like a chronic disease. In the past, we were afraid of it because we only saw the tip of the iceberg of cancer. It was like a play. We only watched the end and didn’t know its process. Nowadays, the treatment of cancer has gradually moved forward. As long as is early detection, early diagnosis, and early treatment of , control your mouth and open your legs in life, you can effectively prevent and control the occurrence of cancer.
References:
[1] Meng Ruilin, Xia Liang, Cai Qiumao, Xu Yanjun, Cancer prevention and control.[J]. South China Preventive Medicine. 2015(02)
