How can hepatitis B patients prevent liver cancer

Liver cancer is a huge threat to human health, but it takes a long time for the disease to develop. In this process, the hepatitis B virus plays a role in fueling the disease. If many hepatitis B patients cannot receive timely and accurate treatment, they are very likely to develop liver cancer. Why do hepatitis B patients develop liver cancer? Here is a brief introduction:

Why do hepatitis B patients develop liver cancer?

1. The hepatitis B virus is hepatotropic. It hides in the liver and waits for an opportunity to invade other organs of the body. The hepatotropic nature of the hepatitis B virus is the triggering factor for the virus to induce liver disease. The onset of hepatitis B is closely related to the immune status of the patient's body. The presence of the hepatitis B virus is the root cause of the persistence, fluctuation, deterioration and recurrence of hepatitis B patients.

2. Hepatitis B virus genes can integrate with related genes in the nucleus of liver cells. When the X gene integrates with genes in the nucleus of liver cells, it can lead to primary liver cancer. This is also one of the important causes of liver cancer.

3. The hepatitis B virus mainly invades liver cells. When the liver cells are infected, the hepatitis B virus will use some protrusions on the outer shell of the liver cells to attach to the surface of the liver cells. After some core genes of the hepatitis B virus enter the liver cells, the genes of the virus can freely control the normal activities of the liver cells, forcing the liver cells to produce more viruses, causing the liver cells to gradually weaken and die. After the liver cells die, the hepatitis B virus will be released from the liver cells and continue to infect other healthy liver cells. This process is often completed in just a few hours. After repeated repeated occurrences, the patient's liver will be increasingly damaged, and the original normal liver cells will gradually be replaced by extensively fibrotic liver cells, leading to cirrhosis and even liver cancer.

Daily factors that may cause hepatitis B to turn into liver cancer

1. Alcoholism. Long-term alcoholism can promote the occurrence of cirrhosis or liver cancer in people who are positive for hepatitis B surface antigen.

2. Stale cooking oil: Stale animal and vegetable oils are toxic and may cause cancer.

3. Moldy food. Eating moldy food can cause mold spores to invade the blood or respiratory tract and cause physical illness. Moldy food often contains aflatoxin. Long-term intake of aflatoxin can cause liver cancer.

4. Ignore. If hepatitis B patients do not pay attention to treatment and are left alone, the hepatitis B virus will continue to infect and replicate, inflammation will promote liver fibrosis, and finally lead to cirrhosis and even liver cancer. Therefore, hepatitis B patients and their families should go to the hospital for routine examinations regularly, regularly check serum transaminases, do a "two-and-a-half" test every six months to a year, do a fetal alpha-fetoprotein test, and do a B-ultrasound once a year.

5. Drug abuse. Drug abuse can cause great damage to the liver. Faced with the increasing number of drug types, patients must be cautious in treatment and use drugs regularly to avoid blind use of drugs.

From the above introduction, we know that the possibility of hepatitis B patients developing liver cancer is still very high, and we must pay great attention to it. In life, we must pay attention to many aspects such as eating habits and food hygiene, do not drink alcohol, do not eat rotten and moldy food, and avoid hepatitis B virus infection. Once infected with hepatitis B virus, timely treatment is required to avoid the development of liver disease.