1, five ways to prevent cancer
Cancer, has become the first cause of death of disease in China, the incidence and mortality rates are climbing year by year.
According to statistics, the number of new cancer cases in China is about 4.3 million per year, and more than 2.8 million people die of cancer every year.
That means more than 11,700 people are diagnosed with cancer in China every day, and more than 7,700 people die of cancer every day.
There are of course many reasons behind this, some of which cannot be fought by individual forces, such as an aging population or environmental pollution.
But that doesn't mean we are completely helpless in the face of cancer.
If we do a little something ahead of time, the outcome could be completely different.
In January 2018, the American Cancer Society published articles that looked at big national U.S. data over the past four decades and made the case that, through a variety of medical efforts, the incidence and mortality rates of cancer in the U.S. have declined significantly.
By learning from the relevant experience in the United States, we keep ourselves and our families as far away from cancer as possible.
Studies show that lung, prostate, breast and colorectal cancers account for nearly half of all cancer deaths, at 45 percent.
These four cancers, plus cervical cancer, which has a huge impact on women's health, are the top 5 killers of all cancers.
But there are actually ways to prevent all 5 cancers!
1. Lung cancer: to quit smoking, but also to do low-dose CT screening
Both in China and the United States, lung cancer is the first incidence of cancer.
Smoking, the most important risk factor for lung cancer, has been declining in the United States year by year through nationwide tobacco control efforts, and the smoking rate in the United States, which was 42 percent in the 1960s, has now dropped to 15.2 percent.
As a result, the incidence of lung cancer in the U.S. has also been declining year after year, and U.S. men are doing significantly better than women in quitting smoking, so the incidence of lung cancer in U.S. men has been declining twice as fast as in women.
It can be seen that quitting smoking, in the process of reducing the incidence of lung cancer, plays a pivotal role.
It is not enough to simply quit smoking, but also to do early cancer screening.
Through early screening and timely treatment, the cure rate of lung cancer can actually be effectively improved.
If you're over 55 and have smoked more than 30 packs in a year, you need to have a low-dose CT screening for lung cancer every year.
2. Colorectal cancer: get ahead of colorectal adenomas
Colorectal cancer is one of the top three cancers in terms of incidence, both for men and for women.
In fact, colorectal cancer can be significantly reduced in incidence and cured through effective screening.
After reaching the age of 20, you need to consult your doctor so that you can assess your risk of developing colorectal cancer.
After the age of 50, it is advisable to have a fecal occult blood test every year and a colonoscopy every 10 years.
If colorectal adenomas can be detected in time through these examinations, then the occurrence of colorectal cancer can be effectively blocked through timely treatment, thus reducing the incidence of colorectal cancer.
3. Prostate cancer: PSA is an effective tumor marker
For men, prostate cancer is the second ranked cancer.
What many people don't realize is that if prostate cancer can be detected early, with effective treatment, the 5-year survival rate for prostate cancer can be as high as -99%!
While there has been a lot of controversy in the medical community about how prostate cancer should be screened, and recommendations are constantly being revised. But in this latest article from the United States, a screening modality is proposed:
"The 52% decline in prostate cancer mortality in the United States over the last 20 years or so is due in large part to PSA (prostate-specific antigen) screening."
So it's recommended that all men over the age of 50 get their PSA checked every two to four years.
But if a male relative in the family has had prostate cancer, it's best to get regular checkups as early as age 40.
4. Breast cancer: Start mammograms after age 40
Breast cancer is the second most deadly cancer for women.
But through early detection and treatment, the survival rate of breast cancer can reach 90 percent!
Screening for breast cancer is also simple: get a mammogram every year after age 40.
If you have an immediate family member with breast cancer, it's important to consult with your doctor to assess your personal risk.
Screening before age 40 is not recommended if there are no familial risk factors, as it can instead increase the risk of wrongful mastectomy.
5. Cervical cancer: vaccination and screening
Cervical cancer is the cancer with the highest incidence of malignant tumors of the female reproductive system, and is also the second most lethal cancer for women aged 20 to 39.
Screening for cervical cancer, however, has led to a 70 percent decrease in the incidence of cervical cancer.
And with the gradual spread of the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine, the incidence of pre-cancerous cervical lesions, has dropped by 40 percent a year.
For women to prevent cervical cancer, there are the following recommendations:
Females who have had sexual intercourse should receive cervical cancer screening from the age of 21;
Females between the ages of 21 and 29 should preferably undergo TCT (exfoliative cytology) every 3 years;
Females over the age of 30 can undergo TCT+HPV every 5 years;
Now in China, the 2-valent vaccine for cervical cancer is on the market, and women between the ages of 9 and 26 years old can be effectively prevented from cervical cancer by HPV vaccination.
An analysis of more than 40 years of data from across the United States shows that because of doing just that, compared to the peak of cancer incidence, more than 2,378,000 people across the U.S. a***, free from the clutches of cancer.
Cancer is scary, cancer treatment is painful, and the expenses after getting cancer are huge.
But if you can bring forward prevention and screening, you can largely reduce your risk of getting cancer and increase the cancer cure rate.
It's really not that hard to do all this.
2. Symptoms of Cancer in Middle and Late Stages
1. Putrid Odor - Lung Cancer
Lung infections, bronchitis, lung abscess, chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, emphysema, and even lung cancer can cause bad breath of different degrees. These odors are mostly caused by mucus that accumulates in the lungs. Among them, patients with lung abscess are often accompanied by putrid acidic halitosis, these patients often have fever, purulent sputum, etc., chest X-ray examination can usually confirm the diagnosis; tuberculosis hemoptysis, bronchial dilatation of hemoptysis is often seen in the blood taste halitosis; patients with advanced lung cancer are often in the oral cavity and expiratory putrid odor.
2, rotten taste - upper respiratory diseases
Sinusitis, tonsillitis and pharyngitis and other upper respiratory diseases will secrete a large amount of protein-containing mucus, part of the formation of snot, the rest of the nasal passage into the oropharynx. Some of this mucus adheres to the back of the tongue or the oropharynx, and when the proteins are broken down, a putrid odor is produced.
3, sour odor -- stomach disease
Stomach pyloric stenosis or obstruction, food in the stomach to stay too long, will produce sour and rotten smell, emitted through the mouth. Gastric diseases such as reflux esophagitis can also lead to pathologic halitosis, where the vomitus adhering to the mouth and throat constantly releases "acidic gas". Usually after active treatment of gastric disease, bad breath can be significantly improved.
4, rotten apple flavor - diabetic pyruvic acidosis
When a person's blood sugar exceeds the standard, uncontrolled, the body fat decomposition, will produce ketone bodies, which α - ketoglutarate will be issued by a kind of sour rotten apple flavor. When this odor is exhaled, the concentration of ketone bodies in the patient's body has been very high, close to or at the level of diabetic ketoacidosis, requiring prompt medical attention, or life-threatening.
5, urine odor - uremia
Urine odor is suffering from chronic nephritis or kidney disease patients issued. The disease progresses to the stage of chronic renal failure (commonly known as uremia), due to the absence of urine, some toxic substances can not be discharged from the body and retained in the blood, will make the patient's exhaled breath smell of urine, which is a sign of the condition tends to be critical.
6, fecal odor - liver failure
Liver failure, liver metabolism is weakened, the ability to break down toxins decreased, resulting in elevated blood ammonia, so that the mouth appears slightly sweet fecal odor, also known as "the breath of death! The odor of excrement is slightly sweet in the mouth, also known as "the breath of death". The body's ability to metabolize certain branched-chain amino acids is weakened, which can also lead to a rotten apple taste.
In addition, some halitosis is caused by psychological disorders, such as autonomic dysregulation resulting in anxiety, insomnia, or certain mental illnesses.
When you don't feel well, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible to have a checkup, because these occasional symptoms are hinting at health problems in your body. We should keep the habit of medical checkups, at least once a year, which is also good for fighting cancer. People in the early stages of cancer will have some unusual symptoms, do not hold back and not to see, early detection and treatment can also prevent cancer.