What are the causes of gastric cancer

The incidence of gastric cancer varies in different regions. For example, in some Western countries, because they pay attention to physical maintenance and have healthy eating habits, the incidence of gastric cancer is relatively low. Experts point out that, on the contrary, many young people in our country are beginning to show early symptoms of gastric cancer, and young people should pay more attention to the causes of gastric cancer.

What causes of gastric cancer are easily overlooked by young people?

Young people are more susceptible to gastric cancer, which is closely related to their living and working habits. The most common point is that young people like to stay up late, and when they stay up late, they naturally develop the habit of eating late-night snacks frequently, which is actually very harmful.

Why is it easy to cause gastric cancer if you often eat late at night? First of all, the life span of gastric mucosal epithelial cells is very short. They need to be renewed every 2 to 3 days. This regeneration and repair process usually takes place at night when the gastrointestinal tract is resting. If you often eat at night, the gastrointestinal tract will not get the necessary rest, and the repair of its mucosa will not be able to proceed smoothly.

Secondly, when you sleep at night, the midnight snack stays in the stomach for a long time, which can promote the secretion of gastric juice and irritate the gastric mucosa. Over time, it can easily lead to erosion and ulcers of the gastric mucosa, and weakened resistance. If the food contains carcinogens, such as often eating fried, barbecued, pan-fried, and cured foods, it will stay in the stomach for a long time, which is more likely to cause adverse effects on the mucosa, and then lead to gastric cancer.

In addition, experts also pointed out that in addition to smoking and drinking, other bad habits have also become the cause of stomach cancer in young people. In order to rush, they eat too fast or eat too much, which often increases the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. There are also young people who like to eat hot pot and "spicy hot pot", which also creates conditions for the occurrence of stomach cancer. Irregular life, full meals, often skipping breakfast, sometimes overeating, often driving at night, irregular life, provide a "good" soil for the occurrence of stomach cancer.

Gastric cancer patients should pay attention to the fact that environment and diet have a great influence on whether a person will develop gastric cancer. This can be concluded from the statistical data of gastric cancer patients in Japan. Because Japan pays great attention to environmental and dietary issues, their gastric cancer incidence rate is also decreasing year by year. This is something we need to learn.