The man likes to eat pickled products and has the habit of smoking and drinking. He suffered from stomach pain for many years before he was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer. (Image/unsplash)
A 40-year-old man in Ningbo City, mainland China, usually likes to eat pickles, pickled products, smoke, and drink alcohol. However, as the days went by, his stomach pain became more and more serious, so he had to go to the pharmacy to buy stomach medicine to treat it on his own. , to his surprise, the stomach disease not only did not improve, but also made him in pain so much that he could not eat. He rushed to the hospital for treatment and found out that there was a 5 cm diameter tumor in his stomach, which was tested as late-stage gastric cancer. The phenomenon of liver metastasis.
According to reports from mainland Chinese media, a 40-year-old man surnamed Liu makes a living by farming. He likes to make pickled products from radishes and mustard greens in the fields, and enjoys them for three meals a day. However, starting from a certain day, he often felt stomach cramps after meals. Uncomfortable, and he just regarded this symptom as indigestion, thinking that he was still young, so he ignored it and continued his normal life. Over the past few years, his appetite became worse and worse, and the pain after meals would keep him awake all night. He had no choice but to seek medical treatment at the gastroenterology department.
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After a gastroscopy, it was found that Liu Nan had an advanced gastric cancer tumor with a diameter of 5 cm in his stomach, and it had metastasized to the liver. He also received 4 courses of chemotherapy, and the stomach tumor was successfully reduced by 80%, and the liver metastasis was also eliminated. disappeared, and finally received additional radical surgery for gastric cancer, ending all treatments. Now, 5 years after the operation, Mr. Liu has quit smoking and drinking, and no longer eats his favorite pickles. He will also tell his neighbors with sincerity, “Please follow my example and stop eating like this.”
In this regard, Yu Weiming, the gastroenterologist who initially treated Liu Nan, also reminded that pickled foods contain a lot of nitrites. Long-term consumption will irritate the gastric mucosa, causing dysfunction, congestion, edema and even erosion, and increase the risk of gastric mucosal cancer. Opportunities, and because early gastric cancer has no obvious symptoms and patients with digestive tract tumors tend to become younger, regular examinations, early diagnosis, and early treatment are the keys to improving survival rates.
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2023-11-07 05:40:31
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