Health Center / Reported by Lin Yunxuan
▲ A vegetarian woman for many years regularly eats pickles and heavy salt on the 1st and 15th day of the Lunar New Year, which leads to gastric cancer. (Schematic diagram / retrieved from Pixabay)
People who like heavy flavors should pay attention, excessive salt intake can place a “bomb” in the body. A grandmother has been a vegetarian for 65 years on the 1st and 15th day of the Lunar New Year, but lost 6 kg in six months and complained of stomach pains every day, went to the doctor and was diagnosed with stage 3 gastric cancer. related.
Hepatobiliary gastroenterologist Zhang Zhenrong in “The doctor is hot“The program shared a case. An 80-year-old grandmother was taken to her daughter for medical treatment. She has been a vegetarian every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year for 65 years. She lost 6 kilograms in six months and complained of stomach pains every day , unable to eat. Zhang Zhenrong bluntly said that the grandmother not only looked thin but also quite pale, which means that the anemia is very severe. According to the gastroscopy, it was found that it was the third stage of gastric cancer .Although the operation was successful, she died within six months due to poor diet.Zhen Zhenrong revealed that this devoted grandmother eats “porridge with pickled cucumber, pickled cucumber or salted egg” every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year . eat a lot of food regularly for a long time.” to eat”.
Zhang Zhenrong explained that studies have found that high-concentration salt can double the risk of gastric cancer, because high-concentration salt can damage and corrode the gastric mucosa, making it easier for the stomach to absorb ingested carcinogens. increasing the risk of gastric cancer. Additionally, high levels of salt, which is often added to pickled or processed meats, often contain high concentrations of nitrites, which can also lead to stomach cancer. And in Taiwan, many people over the age of 50 have pylori bacteria in their stomachs. If they are salty and the gastric mucosa is damaged, it will be easier for the pylori bacteria to attach to the gastric mucosa and increase the risk of gastric cancer.
