Liver cancer is a disease with a very high incidence rate, and it also has a extremely high mortality rate , because many liver cancer patients are already in the middle and late stages when their condition is discovered.
Although medical technology is now very advanced, there is still no way to completely treat liver cancer.
So for people suffering from liver cancer, no matter how hard they try, they can only help themselves prolong their survival time. Especially after has developed to the middle and late stages, the survival time of is shorter.
In order to prevent this from happening, everyone should pay attention to raising awareness of liver cancer prevention. Before that, they should have a full understanding of liver cancer, including its causes.
Everyone needs to understand the causes of the following six types of liver cancer.
1. Inheritance
Liver cancer has a certain genetic probability, so if your family For patients with liver cancer in their family, their children must strengthen their prevention of liver cancer and go to the hospital for regular physical examinations to learn about the health of the liver. Once liver problems are discovered, it is best to intervene in a timely manner. Intervention methods mainly include improving diet, adjusting work and rest, and stabilizing mood.
2. Avoid drinking
Therefore, according to clinical statistics, many people with liver cancer have the habit of drinking. Drinking alcohol will cause the body to absorb ethanol, and the liver will be exposed to harmful substances when metabolizing it. High quality stimulates , which will cause serious damage to liver cells over a long period of time;
causes alcoholic liver disease . If this situation is still not under control and the disease develops further, it will cause liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.
3. Infection with virus
If you are not careful at ordinary times, the liver will be infected by the virus, causing hepatitis A , hepatitis B, hepatitis C , hepatitis E and other Liver disease , patients must go to the hospital in time, and hepatitis B can only control the development of the disease through drugs;
If the patient does not control the disease well, it will lead to further aggravation of the disease. Abnormal proliferation of liver cells will bring the patient closer and closer to liver cancer.
4. Drugs
Because the liver plays a detoxifying role in the human body, after the drug enters the human body, it needs to be metabolized and decompose through the liver.
Some people take certain drugs for a long time, which causes excessive damage to the liver. It will first cause hepatitis . After the hepatitis becomes more severe, it will lead to fibrosis of liver cells. will cause cirrhosis and then lead to an increase in the incidence of liver cancer.
5. Improper diet
In daily life, there are some moldy foods that contain aflatoxins. If you are reluctant to throw away these foods and eat them reluctantly;
or unknowingly ingesting these foods containing aflatoxins will cause serious damage to the liver and greatly increase the chance of suffering from liver cancer.
6. Environmental factors
In some places, the phenomenon of water pollution has occurred for a long time. If the water contains too much blue-green alga, the risk of liver cancer will increase after being cited.
Some people's long-term exposure to organic pesticides or nitrosamines chemicals will also increase the risk of cancer.
How to prevent liver cancer?
1. Get the hepatitis B vaccine
Nowadays, many children will receive the hepatitis B vaccine as soon as they are born. This can not only help the child prevent the body from being infected by the hepatitis B virus, but also reduce the chance of suffering from hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer.
If adults have not been vaccinated against hepatitis B, they should go to the hospital in time to get the hepatitis B vaccine. Only in this way can they help themselves obtain hepatitis B antibodies and help prevent liver cancer.
2. Avoid drinking
Because after drinking alcohol, it is mainly metabolized by the liver. During the metabolism process, a harmful substance called acetaldehyde will be produced, causing damage to liver cells.
A large amount of fat deposits in the liver can easily cause hepatitis, fatty liver, and cirrhosis. If these are not controlled in time, they will further develop into liver cancer. Therefore, in order to prevent liver cancer, it is very important to stay away from alcohol .
3. Eat correctly
If you want to keep your liver healthy, you should eat more foods that are light in taste, less oil, less salt, and less irritating. You should also eat more fresh vegetables and fruits;
help you improve your disease resistance. You should also avoid eating moldy and burnt food, so as to reduce the body's intake of carcinogens and have the opportunity to maintain the health of the liver.
In addition to the above three aspects, everyone should also pay attention to developing good living habits and not overeating, eating spicy and exciting food, smoking and drinking. You should usually eat more foods that are good for the liver, such as spinach, lettuce, cauliflower, corn, black rice, etc. You should pay attention to a balance between work and rest when doing activities, don't overwork your body, avoid staying up late at night, and maintain a good mood to avoid the impact on the liver, so as to keep liver cancer further away from you.
