Is esophageal diverticulum serious?

Esophageal diverticulum generally refers to a benign lesion, but it also has a relatively large impact on people and often causes difficulty in swallowing. As a patient, you should pay attention to dietary adjustments and regular check-ups. In terms of diet, you should pay attention to eating small meals frequently, avoid eating overheated foods, etc. In daily life, you should strengthen the prevention of esophageal cancer. Let's take a look at this aspect.

Is esophageal diverticulum serious?

Esophageal cancer is a malignant tumor, while esophageal diverticulum is a benign lesion. The two are completely different diseases. Esophageal diverticulum will not become malignant. Regular check-ups are sufficient if there are no symptoms, and no special treatment is required.

What good habits can you develop to prevent esophageal cancer?

1. Pay attention to the hygiene of drinking water

Drinking water is one of the main sources of carcinogenic nitrosamines and their precursors entering the human body. The water quality of filtered and disinfected tap water is better.

2. Change bad eating and living habits

Bad eating and living habits are related to the incidence of esophageal cancer, including smoking, drinking, often eating sauerkraut, small fish with thorns, moldy food, eating too fast and other reasons. Not eating three meals on time is positively correlated with esophageal cancer; eating vegetables, fruits, and soy products frequently is negatively correlated with esophageal cancer.

3. Pay attention to balanced nutrition

What are the common methods to prevent esophageal cancer in life? Dietary adjustment is also an effective way to prevent esophageal cancer. It is recommended to eat more vegetables, fruits and oily plants, and consume balanced vitamins A, B2, C, E, carotene, selenium, etc. from food.

4. Do not eat moldy or spoiled food

The measures to prevent grain mildew are as follows: first, choose high-quality varieties to prevent lodging and insect infestation; second, harvest, thresh, dry and store grain quickly; third, strengthen grain warehouse management, pay attention to ventilation and drying, and the temperature should be controlled at 13. C and relative humidity should be maintained at 70%~75%. Severely contaminated food should not be eaten but can be used for other purposes.

5. Actively treat severe esophageal epithelial hyperplasia and esophagitis

Severe hyperplasia of the esophageal epithelium is a precancerous lesion of the esophagus. The lesion has a two-way transformation nature, part of which can be transformed into cancer and part of which can be transformed into normal. Therefore, treating severe esophageal epithelial hyperplasia can promote its transformation to normal and reduce the occurrence of esophageal cancer.