After the doctor finished the examination, tell him not to worry too much. It's still gastritis, not gastric cancer, but gastritis can't be delayed any longer and must be treated.
"It turned out to be just gastritis, a small matter!" Mr. Chen breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
"Don't underestimate gastritis. Your gastritis is very serious. If you don't pay attention, you may get stomach cancer!" The doctor reminded that inflammation seems to be a minor illness, but it also hides risks.
Many people think that inflammation seems to be no big deal. They believe that taking some anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics can solve everything from inflammation of wisdom teeth to gastritis and pneumonia. But what many people don't know is that there is also an inseparable connection between inflammation and death.
The data shows that 50% of all deaths due to illness in the world are related to inflammation. Inflammation caused by bacterial infection is generally acute inflammation, which is the embodiment of the self-repair process of the body. However, if acute inflammation persists for a long time, it will destroy the body's own immune system and lead to various metabolic disorders.
Inflammation can lead to the following hazards:
Cardiovascular diseases, cardiovascular health and diet are closely related. A paper published in the Journal of American Heart Association pointed out that improper diet can promote inflammation, thus increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. The results show that a pro-inflammatory diet will increase the risk of heart disease by 46%. Inflammation can not only destroy the vascular environment, lead to arteriosclerosis, but also promote the formation of vascular thrombosis.
Diabetes. The number of islet B cells in people with chronic inflammation will decrease, resulting in insufficient insulin secretion. Insulin is an important hormone that breaks down blood sugar. If insulin is insufficient, blood sugar will rise, which may eventually lead to diabetes.
Fatty liver. Clinical research shows that the immune system of obese people will be more inclined to be activated. If there is too much fat, the number of macrophages in the body will be out of control. Macrophage is a kind of cell responsible for swallowing abnormal cells in the body and causing inflammation. Therefore, obese people have a higher level of inflammation, which will form liver damage over time, leading to fatty liver.
Cancer. The persistence of inflammation in the body will destroy the immunity of human body. As time goes by, once cancer cells appear in the body and the original immune system can't get rid of them, they will evolve into cancer. According to the report of the National Cancer Research Center, one sixth of cancers in the world are related to chronic inflammation.
The following three kinds of inflammation should not be taken lightly, and long-term existence is likely to become malignant.
Pancreatitis According to clinical statistics, about 80% of pancreatic cancer patients suffer from pancreatitis, including acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis. Acute pancreatitis is generally caused by excessive drinking or unreasonable diet. If acute pancreatitis is not treated well and appears repeatedly, it will easily develop into chronic pancreatitis, which may become cancerous. Therefore, it is very important to pay attention to a reasonable diet to prevent pancreatitis. Don't overeat for a short time.
Gastritis More than 90% of chronic gastritis is caused by excessive Helicobacter pylori. At first, it was gastric ulcer, and then it gradually developed into chronic gastritis. If we don't pay attention to keeping the stomach healthy and stable, it may develop into gastric cancer. According to statistics, the risk of gastric cancer in people infected with Helicobacter pylori is 4-6 times higher than that in ordinary people. Helicobacter pylori is generally transmitted through unclean food and dirty tableware. Therefore, when eating, we must pay attention to hygiene, disinfect tableware before use, and eat less snacks from some stalls outside.
Hepatitis. Hepatitis, including viral hepatitis, such as hepatitis B and hepatitis C, is often an important cause of liver cancer, because the virus will constantly replicate in the liver, causing mild inflammation and chronic damage to the liver. Without proper treatment, hepatitis will become cirrhosis and then develop into liver cancer. Therefore, patients with viral hepatitis must be actively treated.
Although it is mentioned above that some inflammation will develop into cancer, not all inflammation will. In fact, only a small part of chronic inflammation will develop into cancer, which will be affected by many factors in this process. Professor Lin Dongxin from Peking Union Medical College Cancer Hospital of China Academy of Medical Sciences said that from chronic inflammation to cancer, some years, some even decades, will not change from inflammation to cancer at once.
This is because the division and differentiation of cancer cells need a long process of quantitative change, just like apples don't rot in a day, and we need to intervene in time through medical means, such as cervicitis caused by human papillomavirus infection. Without treatment, cervical cancer may develop from 8 to 10.
The existence of chronic inflammation is sometimes closely related to cancer, and many inflammations are precancerous lesions of cancer. Therefore, chronic inflammation should not be taken lightly, but there is no need to worry too much, because it takes a long time for inflammation to develop into cancer. Interventional therapy and disease control in this process can prevent problems before they happen. # Breeze Project # # Scientific Truth #
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