Tips for preventing nasopharyngeal cancer

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma has become a major killer that endangers society and people's health. In order to reduce the incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and avoid the troubles caused by nasopharyngeal carcinoma, the following are some tips on preventing nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Lifestyle

1. Try to avoid physical overwork: such as heavy physical labor, staying up late, excessive exercise, etc., because these can cause the body's internal environment to become unbalanced, reduce resistance, and promote the recurrence or metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

2. Pay attention to oral hygiene: rinse your mouth frequently every day during treatment and rinse your nasopharyngeal cavity when necessary.

3. Be alert to symptoms: If you find blood in your nasal discharge or blood in your nasal discharge after sniffing, or if you have unexplained swollen lymph nodes in your neck or effusion in your middle ear, you should have a detailed nasopharyngeal examination to ensure early detection and treatment.

4. Daily care: Pay attention to weather changes, keep warm, prevent colds, and maintain nose and throat hygiene to prevent viral infections.

5. Others: Try to avoid breathing harmful fumes, such as kerosene lamp gas, insecticide aerosols, etc., and actively quit smoking and drinking.

Diet

Nasopharyngeal cancer patients should have a balanced diet, eat more vegetables and fruits, eat less or no salted fish, pickles, smoked meat, cured meat and other foods containing nitrosamines, avoid spicy and dry foods, and avoid excessive drinking. Especially during radiotherapy and chemotherapy, patients often experience dry mouth and throat, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, this is due to deficiency of qi and yin, and intense heat and toxicity. Therefore, spicy and dry foods should be avoided. The diet should be light, and it is best to choose easily digestible, nutritious and delicious food.

Tips: Eating salted fish frequently may lead to nasopharyngeal cancer

Salted fish is a food that directly causes cancer, especially nasopharyngeal cancer. Nitrosamines have been proven to be serious carcinogens. The carcinogen nitrosamines in salted fish are produced before or during the salting and drying process. If you often eat this kind of salted fish, you are likely to develop nasopharyngeal cancer or other cancers.