These habits can increase the risk of liver cancer

Abuse of alcohol, antibiotics, staying up late ... affects liver function, lowers the body's immunity, and carries a potential risk of disease.

According to professor, Dr. Nguyen Ba Duc, former Director of Central K Hospital, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Cancer Society, bad habits will be a short path to liver damage.

Eat raw fish

The reason is that in the liver fluke of some live fish with Opisthorchis viverrini , when it enters the human body, they cause disease by mutating harmful cells, stimulating tumor growth, copper. inhibits cell apoptosis.

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Eating raw fish increases the risk of liver cancer.

Types of fish with high risk of causing liver fluke: high toad fish, black toad fish, white trimester (carp family), spotted seahorses, corbel fish, yellow snapper .

Eat preserved foods for long, damp mold

Aflatoxin in mold foods is one of the dangerous pathogens, they are suitable for growth and development in high temperature environment, hot and humid climate. For long-term foods and cereals, unsafe storage procedures cause the production of aflatoxin toxins, and frequent use of aflatoxin contaminated food will increase the risk of disease.

Use poor quality toilet paper

Toilet paper is one of the essential items in everyday life. The scientists pointed out that recycled toilet paper many times have the ability to contain E.coli bacteria, hepatitis B virus, often use talcum powder, fluorescent to whiten.

Drink a lot of alcohol

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Drinking a lot of alcohol is a habit that causes liver cancer.

Alcohol contains a lot of toxic substances to the liver. However, people who have a habit of drinking alcohol are less concerned about their health, do not have regular checkups, leading to the detection of late-stage disease, with abdominal pain in the lower left flank. jaundice, ascites .

  • The habit of staying up too late

From 23h to 1am is the time when the liver begins to filter and eliminate toxins in the body. From 1:00 am, you need to sleep deeply so that the liver can get the best treatment. Around 3-5 am, the liver will complete the process of purification and rest, 5-7 am is the golden time to wake up, personal hygiene to the body to flush toxins out. The fact that you stay up too late affects the detox and resting processes of the liver.

Nervous stress, long term stress

When the body is under prolonged stress, psychological instability will directly affect liver function, reduce the body's immunity, long term will lead to high risk of cancer.

Misuse of antibiotics

When the body uses too much antibiotics, the liver will need to metabolize and detoxify, gradually affecting the liver function.

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Update 20 December 2019
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