How to prevent gastric stump cancer

The incidence of gastric stump cancer is getting higher and higher, but the cause is unknown. It may be related to a variety of factors, such as lifestyle, diet, environmental factors, genetic quality, mental factors, etc. How to prevent gastric stump cancer is particularly important. To prevent gastric cancer, you must develop good eating habits. In addition, you should not ignore some details in daily life, which may lead to the aggravation of gastric stump cancer.

1. Eat less or no pickled vegetables

Pickles contain a lot of nitrite and secondary amines, which can synthesize nitrosamine compounds under the action of suitable acidity or bacteria in the stomach. These compounds are strong carcinogens. Therefore, food should be fresh and refrigerated.

2. Avoid or eat less smoked and fried food

Smoked fish and smoked meat contain a lot of carcinogens, such as 3-4 benzopyrene and cyclopentane. Fried, baked, burnt food and reused high-temperature cooking oil also contain such carcinogens and should be consumed as little as possible.

3. Do not eat moldy food

In daily life, we often encounter moldy and spoiled food. Mold is caused by contaminating molds. Some of the molds are toxin-producing fungi and are strong carcinogens. At the same time, certain foods produce a large amount of nitrite and secondary amines under the action of toxin-producing fungi. After entering the body, under certain conditions, the stomach can synthesize nitrosamine compounds and cause cancer.

4. Don’t smoke and drink less

Smoking is also related to gastric cancer. Smoking contains a variety of carcinogenic or cancer-promoting substances such as benzopyrene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and dibenzocarbazole, which are one of the causes of esophageal cancer and gastric cancer. Although alcohol itself is not a carcinogen, strong alcohol can irritate the gastric mucosa, damage mucosal tissue, and promote the absorption of carcinogens. If you drink and smoke at the same time, the harm is even greater because alcohol can enhance the permeability of cell membranes, thereby enhancing the absorption of carcinogens in smoke.

5. Develop good eating habits

If you eat irregularly, overeat, or eat too fast or too hot, it will damage your stomach and have a certain relationship with the occurrence of gastric cancer. At the same time, high salt intake and sulking during meals are also related to gastric cancer.

6. Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits

Eat more foods containing vitamins A, B, and E, and increase protein intake appropriately to help protect the gastric mucosa.

7. Protect the sanitation of drinking water

Because polluted water sources contain a variety of carcinogenic metal ions, you must use regular tap water, and try to use well water in rural areas.

8. Actively treat precancerous lesions

Atrophic gastritis is closely related to gastric cancer and is a precancerous lesion. Gastric cancer that develops from gastric ulcer accounts for 5 to 10 percent. Multiple adenomatous polyps of the stomach are more likely to become cancerous than single polyps. Polyps with a diameter of more than 2 cm show a tendency to become malignant. Pernicious anemia is also related to gastric cancer. Therefore, people with atrophic gastritis, gastric ulcer, multiple adenomatous polyps of the stomach, and pernicious anemia must go to the hospital for regular checkups and treatment to eliminate precancerous lesions and prevent the occurrence of gastric cancer.