What causes throat cancer

When laryngeal cancer occurs, many patients will feel pain in the throat, and it will also cause discomfort in the lower throat area, which is extremely harmful to the patient's body. We should be alert to the factors of this disease. So, what are the causes of laryngeal cancer?

Western medicine causes:

1. Excessive smoking and drinking: According to statistics from most experts, more than 90% of laryngeal cancer patients have a history of smoking and drinking, especially those who smoke and drink together. This is because the benzopyrene in tobacco tar produced when tobacco is burned has a carcinogenic effect; tobacco smoke can stop or slow the movement of cilia, and also cause mucosal edema and congestion, epithelial hyperplasia, thickening, and squamous metaplasia, which become the basis for carcinogenesis.

2. Chronic inflammatory stimulation, such as chronic laryngitis, chronic respiratory tract inflammation, etc.

3. Air pollution: Harmful dust or exhaust gas in the air, such as sulfur dioxide, chromium, arsenic, nitrogen mustard, etc., can cause respiratory cancer.

4. Viral infection: Viral infection is closely related to cancer, but it is not yet fully understood. It is generally believed that viruses can change the nature of normal cells and cause abnormal division. Viruses can attach to genes and be passed on to the next generation of cells, causing them to become malignant.

5. Precancerous lesions: Benign tumors of the larynx, such as laryngeal papilloma, recur many times, and some statistics show that about 5% of them become malignant. Laryngeal keratosis is also prone to cancer.

6. Carcinogenicity caused by radiation: Using radiation to treat neck tumors may cause cancer of the larynx, hypopharynx or upper esophagus.

Causes in Traditional Chinese Medicine:

The occurrence of throat fungus is due to excessive smoking and drinking, addiction to spicy and hot food, fatigue from pronunciation, residual evil from throat disease, or polluted air.