Aunt Zhang is 55 years old and has been retired for several years. She usually pays great attention to health care.

Since being diagnosed with high blood pressure 6 years ago,she insists on eating vegetarian food every day and is a well-known vegetarian in the community< /span>, and other people often ask her for recipes.

Although the menopause has come, Aunt Zhang did not experience any discomfort. Even during the previous physical examination, she found some endocrine disorders, but she did not take it too seriously.

Since last month, Aunt Zhang has been feeling bloated from time to time. A few days ago, I met a friend while shopping for groceries.Aunt Zhang asked if she was losing weight and why she lost a lot of weight, which made Zhang Auntie was very upset. So she quickly asked her son to take leave to take her to the hospital for a physical examination.

Who knows or not, the test results show that pancreatic cancer has even reached an advanced stage. Aunt Zhang’s hand can’t help shaking while holding the report, and she can’t understand why If you are a vegetarian every day, how can you still get pancreatic cancer?

At this time, my son suddenly remembered something, “Isn’t that Apple founder Steve Jobs also a vegetarian?, he seems to have pancreatic cancer too…”

Auntie Zhang burst into tears, she never thought that it was because of her vegetarian diet Suffering from pancreatic cancer…

Can long-term vegetarianism really cause pancreatic cancer? The incidence of pancreatic cancer is increasing year by year, is it related to vegetarianism?

1. Is the high incidence of pancreatic cancer related to long-term vegetarianism?

In the past 25 years, the global burden of pancreatic cancer has doubled. According to the data released by the National Cancer Center, the annual incidence of pancreatic cancer in my country is about 4.29 per 100,000 people, compared with 15%. Years ago, there was a sharp upward trend.

Is the high incidence of pancreatic cancer really caused by long-term vegetarianism? of course not.

In contrast, a study published in the National Cancer Graduate Journal of the United States analyzed risk factors for pancreatic cancer in more than 530,000 participants and found that: A healthy, high-quality diet reduces the risk of pancreatic cancer by 15%.

This shows that people who eat a healthy diet have a lower risk of pancreatic cancer. Long-term vegetarianism is not directly related to the high incidence of pancreatic cancer, but it should be noted that long-term vegetarianism is actually not as healthy as everyone imagines.

For humans, the preference of a certain food means the nutrition of other food will not be satisfied.

When a long-term vegetarian diet, the human body will have various malnutrition, such as protein, iron, calcium, vitamin D and other deficiencies , the body will experience weakness in the limbs, nervousness, low immunity, and low bone density.

Studies have found that long-term vegetarians may increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke, and the risk of coronary heart disease may be higher than animal-based foods.

Second, if you don’t want to get into pancreatic cancer, 5 habits should be corrected as soon as possible

The status of pancreatic cancer in tumors can be said to be equivalent to the existence of a “king”. The degree of ferocity cannot be described as “desperate”.

Patients with advanced pancreatic cancer have a very poor prognosis, the five-year survival rate is only about 0.1%, and the symptoms of early pancreatic cancer are not typical and are easily ignored by people, which is one of the reasons why pancreatic cancer is difficult to treat. What factors are associated with the occurrence of pancreatic cancer?

1. Smoking

Relevant studies have shown that smokers are more likely to suffer from pancreatic cancer. The probability of cancer is 2-2.5 times that of non-smokers. The nicotine in cigarettes affects the secretion of the pancreas. Carcinogens flow into the bile duct along the bloodstream, and then flow back into the pancreatic duct, causing the pancreatic duct epithelial cells to become cancerous.

2. Alcoholism

Alcohol can not only directly damage the pancreas, but also indirectly stimulate the secretion of pancreatic fluid, causing pancreatitis. Over time, it will stimulate the pancreatic tissue and make it cancerous.

3. Eating too much oil

A high-fat, high-calorie diet is not only easy It increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and also easily leads to pancreatic lesions and promotes the occurrence of pancreatic cancer.

4. Uncontrolled blood sugar

Clinically found that the number of pancreatic cancer patients before confirmation People with diabetes tend to have an onset of diabetes every month, and while there is currently no direct evidence of an association between diabetes and pancreatic cancer, people with diabetes tend to be more likely than the general population to develop pancreatic cancer.

5, Take drugs indiscriminately

Some diuretics, estrogens, vitamin D and other drugs, if not used carefully, will also damage the pancreas and cause pancreatic diseases.

Third, pancreatic cancer is easy to “disguise” as a stomach disease, don’t ignore it if you find abnormalities

< p>The pancreas has a special location and is close to other organs. Once lesions occur, it is easy to invade the surrounding organs, resulting in some symptoms similar to “gastrointestinal distress”. These “obstructive methods” allow patients and patients to face pancreatic cancer. At times, it is often thought that other organs have pathological changes, leading to a delay in the disease.

Pancreatic cancer is most likely to be confused with stomach disease. This is because when the pancreas becomes cancerous, it can cause insufficient pancreatic endocrine and lead to weight loss.This symptom is easy for patients to think that it is a loss of appetite, nausea, and abdominal distension caused by stomach problems.

The typical symptoms of pancreatic cancer mainly include the following. When these signals are found, it is recommended to exclude the cause as soon as possible:

< li>Poor appetite

Studies have found a lack of appetite, changes in bowel habits, strong nausea, physical innocence Weight loss is a common symptom of early pancreatic cancer.

• epigastric discomfort

60% of pancreatic cancer patients have epigastric pain and stuffy feeling at the time of diagnosis. The feeling is not persistent, sometimes absent, usually at night. The pain can involve the chest, back, and can be relieved when the body is bent.

• jaundice

jaundice is common in the late clinical stage of pancreatic cancer , but there are also 14% of patients with jaundice and abdominal pain of varying degrees.

Pancreatic cancer is difficult to self-judgment through symptoms. Currently, the only way to detect it early is to conduct regular screening through professional examinations.

Therefore, it is suggested that people around the age of 45-50 should pay attention to early screening. CT MRI is the most important screening method for pancreatic cancer, but a special CT for the pancreas is required. , Multiphase CT scan.

With the pace of life, many people suffer a lot in work and study Stress affects the immune system, the secretion of the pancreas is disordered, and the metabolic level in the body is not coordinated, which makes the pancreas bear too much weight.

It can be seen that to prevent pancreatic cancer, it is very important to maintain a good attitude and exercise properly.

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