What are the ways to prevent rectal cancer

As for rectal cancer, many experts believe that it is a disease caused by bad living habits, especially related to our diet. So, what living habits can we improve to prevent the occurrence of this disease? What are the methods to prevent rectal cancer? Regarding this issue, let's take a closer look.

1. Maintain an optimistic and cheerful mood, engage in appropriate activities, actively participate in exercise, and seek medical attention in time if you feel unwell.

2. Those with gastrointestinal symptoms should undergo colonoscopy. Once intestinal adenomatous polyps are found, they should be promptly removed under colonoscopy and sent for pathological examination.

3. Eat less high-fat diet, because high-fat diet will increase bile acid secretion, and bile acid may promote tumor cells. The more fat you eat, the greater the risk.

4. Avoid eating foods containing nitrosamines, as these foods have serious carcinogenic effects. Smoked, pickled, grilled, and fried foods should be minimized.

5. Drugs to prevent colorectal cancer: Currently, the drugs commonly used in clinical practice to prevent colorectal cancer include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, inhibitors of nuclear factor-6, and antagonists of cyclooxygenase activity.

Through the above introduction, have you discovered that many bad living habits in our lives can lead to various diseases in the body? Therefore, for a disease like rectal cancer, we need to develop good living habits in our daily lives to prevent the occurrence of rectal cancer.