The two main causes of esophageal cancer

Esophageal cancer is a common malignant tumor that causes great damage to the patient's physical and mental health, seriously affecting their normal life and work. Understanding the various causes of esophageal cancer and taking targeted preventive measures can effectively reduce the incidence of the disease and fundamentally eliminate the health damage caused by the disease to the human body. So, what are the causes of esophageal cancer?

1. Bad eating habits are the main cause of esophageal cancer

People who like to eat spicy or overly hot food for a long time, such as hot soup noodles and boiled fish, are a high-risk group for esophageal cancer. The pathogenic mechanism of spicy and other irritating substances is that long-term intake of irritating foods will cause adverse stimulation and damage to the esophageal epithelial tissue and mucosa, promote local susceptibility to carcinogens, and then lead to esophageal inflammation, and even induce local tissue lesions, causing esophageal cancer.

2. An unreasonable diet can induce esophageal cancer

Long-term unreasonable diet structure is likely to lead to the lack of nutrients in the body, causing hyperplasia or lesions of the esophageal mucosa, thereby inducing the onset of esophageal cancer. The body's lack of nutrients is mainly manifested in three aspects, namely, insufficient intake of animal protein; deficiency of vitamin A, especially vitamin A, B vitamins and vitamin C; and insufficient intake of mineral content.