If you have throat cancer, can it be contagious to others?

Is laryngeal cancer contagious? In recent years, the incidence of laryngeal cancer has increased. Some people have not had time to find and treat laryngeal cancer in the early stages, which has seriously affected their lives. So, is laryngeal cancer contagious? Let's find out.

The main symptoms of laryngeal cancer are hoarseness, dyspnea, cough, dysphagia, cervical lymph node metastasis, etc. The main causes of laryngeal cancer are smoking, drinking, air pollution, occupational factors (long-term exposure to toxic chemicals such as mustard gas, asbestos, nickel, etc.), viral infections, etc.

So, let's take a look at this: Is laryngeal cancer contagious?

Laryngeal cancer is just a type of squamous cell carcinoma, not an infectious disease, and is not contagious. It can be said that all cancers are not contagious, because cancer is not an infectious disease, nor does it fall into the category of infectious diseases.

The cause of laryngeal cancer is still unclear. However, the incidence of laryngeal cancer is closely related to certain bad living habits. Surveys have found that people who smoke and drink a lot are more likely to develop laryngeal cancer. Symptoms vary depending on the vocal part of the tumor. Hoarseness may occur in the early stages of vocal cord cancer, while supraglottic cancer often manifests as discomfort in the throat or foreign body freezing, pain, and is often not obvious, which can easily delay diagnosis. Excessive use of the vocal cords (mostly due to occupational reasons) and long-term consumption of betel nuts will increase the chance of laryngeal cancer. Laryngeal cancer patients are mainly middle-aged and elderly people, and men are more likely to develop laryngeal cancer than women.

Furthermore, cancer is not currently classified as an infectious disease in the world, and no isolation measures are taken for patients treated for infectious diseases. Cancer is not contagious. In simple terms, contagion is the transmission of a disease from one person to another through some means. Contagion requires three conditions: a source of infection, a transmission route, and a susceptible population. None of the three can be missing. Clinical data proves that cancer patients themselves are not the source of infection.

The above is the introduction to whether laryngeal cancer is contagious. If you find the initial symptoms of laryngeal cancer, you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time, and formulate a treatment plan suitable for you according to your condition, and actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment. I hope the above content can help you.