What are the specific methods for preventing lung cancer

Lung cancer is a disease that makes many people feel miserable. It brings heavy pressure to patients, and their bodies and minds are devastated by the disease. The family also bears a huge burden. Therefore, it is of great significance to do a good job in preventing lung cancer. Today, I will introduce several measures to prevent lung cancer, hoping to help you:

The first measure: To prevent lung cancer, you must strictly control smoking. Smoking not only increases your chances of getting lung cancer, but also causes coronary heart disease, tracheitis, emphysema and other diseases. There are more than 2,000 harmful substances in cigarettes, the most important of which are tar and carbon monoxide, and the addictive substance is nicotine. The longer you smoke and the more you smoke, the greater the harm of smoking. Passive smoking is also harmful to your health.

A person who smokes 15 to 20 cigarettes a day is 14 times more likely to die from lung cancer, oral cancer or laryngeal cancer than a non-smoker. Smoking is the main cause of chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and chronic lung disease itself also increases the risk of lung cancer.

The second measure: To prevent lung cancer, chest CT screening is a necessary means. Due to the lack of early symptoms of lung cancer, it is not easy to be detected early. At this time, the most effective method is to do regular chest CT screening. Avoid obvious irritating cough, blood in sputum or coughing up blood, chest pain, shortness of breath and other symptoms when you go to the hospital for treatment. It has already reached the local middle or late stage, then the best time for treatment has been lost, resulting in the treatment not being able to achieve the desired effect. This is an unsettling reality. However, if you can develop the habit of preventing lung cancer, early detection and early diagnosis, the vast majority of early lung cancer can be clinically cured. Therefore, annual chest X-rays combined with chest spiral CT scans can help to detect early lung cancer in a timely manner and can significantly reduce the mortality rate of lung cancer.