Will eating instant noodles for a month really cause stomach cancer?

A report that "a female student preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination developed stomach cancer after eating instant noodles for a month" has attracted the attention and heated discussion of many netizens, especially those preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination. So, will eating instant noodles for a month really lead to stomach cancer? What are the reasons that make young people vulnerable to stomach cancer?

Generally speaking, eating instant noodles occasionally will not cause cancer. Even if you eat instant noodles for a month, you may not get stomach cancer as long as you are not picky eaters and have a regular work and rest schedule. Because cancer is also a chronic disease, it takes time to get cancer. Even if you get cancer, early detection and early treatment will have a better prognosis.

Special reminder to friends who are preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination: stress and irregular work and rest are two easily overlooked risk factors for gastric cancer. Gastric disease is closely related to psychological factors. When people are tired or under too much work pressure, they will suffer from gastrointestinal indigestion, gastric ulcers, gastritis, etc., and severe gastric ulcers are considered to be precancerous lesions of gastric tumors. Staying up late for a long time will reduce the body's resistance, giving cancer an opportunity to take advantage. Therefore, postgraduate entrance examination candidates need to improve their review efficiency and must not be too stressed or have an irregular work and rest schedule.

The occurrence of gastric cancer is indeed related to diet. Irregular diet will reduce the protective and repair ability of the gastric mucosa, and the gastric contents are prone to Helicobacter pylori infection, causing problems in the digestive system. Helicobacter pylori infection also greatly increases the risk of gastric cancer.

The early symptoms of gastric cancer are hidden and often similar to those of gastritis and peptic ulcer. If you experience upper abdominal discomfort, dull pain in the heart, a feeling of fullness after eating, loss of appetite, weight loss, fatigue, frequent vomiting of overnight food and gastric juice without bile, black tarry stools and other symptoms, you should seek medical attention as soon as possible without delay.

For people at high risk of gastric cancer, such as those with chronic atrophic gastritis, gastric ulcer, gastric polyps and pernicious anemia, those who have undergone subtotal gastrectomy and those with a family history of gastric cancer, it is recommended to have a gastroscopy every two years for early detection and early treatment.