How to prevent liver cancer To prevent liver cancer, stay away from this kind of food

"The most obvious symptoms of liver cancer are loss of appetite, yellow complexion, upper abdominal pain, bloating, etc." Coughing is not a common symptom of liver cancer. In reality, many netizens ignore the symptoms of liver cancer, which leads to delayed treatment. The following is a summary of the most common early symptoms of liver cancer.

1. Loss of appetite Loss of appetite is one of the common symptoms of fatty liver. If you have a loss of appetite for a long time, in addition to suspected gastritis and other diseases, you should also consider the possibility of fatty liver.

2. Nausea, vomiting, and abdominal distension. Mild fatty liver disease with liver damage may be accompanied by nausea, aversion to oil, upper abdominal distension, and other discomforts. Nausea often occurs alone.

3. Fatigue. Moderate or severe fatty liver may cause fatigue and easy fatigue.

4. Spider nevus. It is a vascular nevus formed by the branching expansion of the terminal arterioles of the skin. It looks like a spider, so it is called spider nevus. It often appears on the face, neck, back of the hand, upper arm, chest and shoulder. The diameter can be as large as a needle tip to several centimeters. When checking, press the center of the nevus with your fingertips or cotton swabs, and its radiating "small blood vessel network" will fade, and reappear after the pressure is removed. It is most common in patients with acute or chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis, but it can also be seen in some patients with fatty liver.

5. Vitamin deficiency. Fatty liver is caused by fat accumulation and vitamin deficiency in the diet, so people are prone to multiple vitamin deficiencies. Clinically, peripheral neuritis, glossitis, angular cheilitis, skin ecchymosis, hyperkeratosis, etc. can be seen. A few people may also have gastrointestinal bleeding, gingival bleeding, epistaxis, etc.

6. Endocrine disorders. Some people with severe fatty liver may have symptoms such as breast development in men, testicular atrophy, erectile dysfunction, menorrhagia and amenorrhea in women, and weight loss or gain in patients.

7. Jaundice. Jaundice is caused by bilirubin metabolism disorder in the body, which leads to increased bilirubin concentration in the blood, which penetrates into the tissues and stains the sclera, mucous membranes and skin yellow. In fatty liver, the jaundice is often hepatocellular, which is often accompanied by symptoms such as fatigue, tiredness and loss of appetite. A small number of patients with fatty liver will have mild jaundice, which will subside after the fat in the liver is cleared.

Liver cancer is a cancer with a high mortality rate, and the incidence of liver cancer has been on the rise in recent years. Liver cancer seriously endangers our health and life safety. In order to avoid this threat, we must prevent liver cancer in time in our daily lives, learn more about liver cancer knowledge, and avoid liver cancer.

To prevent liver cancer, we should start from the following points:

1. Pay attention to drinking water safety. A. Some drinking water is often contaminated by polychlorinated biphenyls, chloroform, etc. B. Blue-green algae growing in ponds are strong carcinogenic plants C. Infection with Clonorchis sinensis can stimulate bile duct epithelial hyperplasia and lead to primary bile duct cancer.

2. Throw away moldy food at home, especially moldy corn and peanuts, because these foods contain aflatoxin, and aflatoxin B1, a metabolite of aflatoxin, can cause liver cancer. It is recommended to eat more fresh food.

3. Stay away from obesity, avoid diabetes, and maintain a reasonable weight, because obesity and diabetes are important risk factors for liver cancer.

4. Long-term alcohol abuse is the number one killer of liver damage. After alcohol enters the human body, it is mainly decomposed and metabolized in the liver. The toxicity of alcohol to liver cells causes liver cells to have obstacles in the decomposition and metabolism of fatty acids, causing fat deposition in the liver and resulting in fatty liver. The more alcohol you drink, the more serious the fatty liver will be. It can also induce liver fibrosis, and then cause cirrhosis and even liver cancer.

5. Viral hepatitis is the most important factor in the pathogenesis of primary liver cancer. There are about 120 million HBsAg-positive people in China, making it the country with the highest incidence of liver cancer in the world. In particular, hepatitis B and C viruses are closely related to the onset of liver cancer. The presence of cirrhosis is a common feature of most hepatocellular carcinomas. About 70% of primary liver cancers occur on the basis of cirrhosis, and most of them develop from chronic hepatitis B and C.

6. Regular physical examinations can help us detect the symptoms of liver cancer early. Regular physical examinations are recommended, especially for high-risk groups (patients with hepatitis B or C). It is best to have alpha-fetoprotein (AFp) testing or B-ultrasound every six months to check for cancer.

7. Learn to do self-examination. We know that digestive tract symptoms are common among the symptoms of liver disease. If you experience nausea, weakness, vomiting, or loss of appetite, you must pay enough attention and go to the hospital for examination in time to avoid the occurrence of liver cancer.