How to protect the esophagus

The food we eat every day must pass through the esophagus and enter the stomach so that it can be digested and absorbed by the body. The esophagus is like a road. If symptoms of disease appear, it cannot reach the stomach well. It has a great impact on physical health. Severe esophageal diseases may also pose a great threat to life safety. So how do you protect your esophagus? Let us introduce it in detail below.

1. Don’t eat too fast or too hot

We have to eat every day, but some of us always like to eat hot food. In fact, if the food is too hot, it will cause great damage to our esophagus.

To prevent esophageal cancer, the first thing to do is to avoid eating too fast and overeating. Do not eat or drink too hot food or strong alcohol to avoid irritation and damage to the esophageal mucosa. At the same time, you should also pay attention to oral hygiene and not smoke.

2. Avoid eating foods with high nitrosamine content

Nitrosamines are highly carcinogenic, so you should eat less pickled foods such as sauerkraut and kimchi, and less smoked, grilled, bacon and other foods that are overly smoked or fried.

In daily life, you must never eat moldy or rotten peanuts, rice, sorghum, etc., as they will not only harm your body but may also cause cancer.

3. Timely treatment of esophageal and oral diseases

Such as chronic esophagitis, reflux esophagitis, esophageal leukoplakia, polyps, diverticula, etc.

4. Improve dietary nutrition structure

Avoid the deficiency of certain vitamins or trace elements. The food should be diversified and the nutritional structure should be rationalized, which is beneficial to the prevention of esophageal cancer.

5. Regular inspections for specific groups

Residents with a high incidence of esophageal cancer, people who have moved from high-incidence areas to low-incidence areas, and high-risk groups with family clustering and genetic tendencies should undergo regular esophageal cancer screening.

The above introduction on how to protect the esophagus is very comprehensive. In our daily life, we can carry out targeted protection according to our actual situation. Protecting your esophagus is very important for your health. In addition, if symptoms of esophageal disease occur, effective treatment and control must be carried out in a timely manner.