Why is liver cancer so common? These reasons are very common

In recent years, the incidence of liver cancer is getting higher and higher. According to a survey report, liver cancer ranks sixth among all cancers, and the number of deaths among liver cancer patients in China ranks first in the world. The mortality rate is second only to lung cancer. Many people may wonder why the incidence of liver cancer is so high. In fact, the high incidence of liver cancer is mainly related to some common causes in life.

Why is liver cancer so common?

1. Viral hepatitis causes

Viral hepatitis infection is the main cause of liver cancer. There are many people with hepatitis in life. A survey shows that one in every 14 people is a hepatitis virus carrier. Since viral hepatitis is a contagious inflammation, many people do not have a correct understanding and protection against viral hepatitis, which leads to people around them not taking measures when viral hepatitis occurs, thus increasing the chance of liver cancer.

2. Long-term drinking

Long-term drinking is also a common phenomenon. Most people drink when they are entertaining or sad, but they don’t know that alcohol will be decomposed and metabolized in the liver after entering the body. Because alcohol has certain toxicity, these toxins will hinder the decomposition and metabolism of fatty acids by liver cells, causing a large amount of fat to accumulate in the liver and cause alcoholic fatty liver. The more you drink, the more serious the fatty liver phenomenon will be. After fatty liver occurs, it will gradually develop into cirrhosis and finally turn into liver cancer.

3. Other factors

Frequent intake of aflatoxin and drinking contaminated water are also the main causes of liver cancer. In daily life, many people are reluctant to throw away some leftover food and will save it for the next day. There is aflatoxin in the leftovers. If you often eat these leftovers, it will cause aflatoxin to induce liver cancer. Or if some moldy food is not thrown away and eaten, it will also increase the chance of liver cancer. In addition, the current environmental pollution is relatively serious. If you often drink some contaminated water, it will also increase the burden on the liver, damage liver cells and cause lesions.

In addition, many people like to eat raw fish and drink raw water, which are also the causes of liver cancer. Chen Huaiyu, chief physician of the Liver Disease Center of Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, once said in an interview that if you often drink raw water or eat raw fish, you will be infected with liver flukes, which will cause continuous damage to the liver and induce liver cancer.

In general, is there a reason why the incidence of liver cancer is getting higher and higher? Most of the reasons are related to some factors in daily life, so we should pay attention to these factors in daily life, especially for people with poor liver. Only by understanding the factors and staying away from them can we avoid liver cancer and let liver cancer bring life-threatening worries.