In the cognition of many people, they always feel that diseases are divided into major diseases and minor diseases, especially when some small problems are found in the physical examination, they always feel that this small problem is not serious and are not in a hurry, or they are too lazy to care about these small problems.
As everyone knows, this kind of thinking is extremely wrong, because there are many major diseases in clinical practice that are developed from minor diseases. Many small problems are actually a kind of early warning signs, if you ignore it or do not pay attention to it, this small problem may become a potential "time bomb", and eventually develop into a serious illness or even cancer.
As the saying goes, a minor illness loses a cow, and a major illness sells a building. Although this sentence sounds a bit exaggerated, only those who have really experienced it know how warning this sentence is, which also tells us that we must find it early.
From gastritis to stomach cancer, only one year!
The following story can be said to be very representative, and I hope everyone can read it carefully.
Mr. Chen, 58 years old, had symptoms such as vague pain in his upper abdomen, loss of appetite and belching a few years ago, and his family advised him to go to the hospital for examination, but he always felt that he was suffering from "indigestion" and did not take it seriously. Two years ago, the symptoms became more and more severe, and he finally couldn't bear it anymore before he went for a check-up, and then he was diagnosed with chronic atrophic gastritis.
The doctor advised him to be active** and to have regular check-ups. After taking the medicine for a period of time, Mr. Chen's symptoms were significantly relieved, although sometimes he still felt a little bloated, but overall it was fine, so he forgot about the regular follow-up that the doctor said.
It wasn't until a while ago that he felt obvious abdominal distension and abdominal pain, and the whole person was obviously emaciated, and even had symptoms of anemia, so he remembered to go for a follow-up. As a result, this re-examination was incorrect, and the original chronic atrophic gastritis has now developed into stomach cancer. Although he was annoyed at the moment, it had happened, there was no regret medicine in this world, and Mr. Chen finally paid the price for his carelessness and negligence.
The 6 small diseases that are most likely to become cancerous!
Gastrointestinal polyps.
Clinically, there are many gastrointestinal cancers that evolve from polyps. The so-called gastrointestinal polyps refer to any visible overgrowth of tissue from the mucosal surface of the gastrointestinal tract to the cavity, generally including inflammatory polyps, hyperplastic polyps, adenomatous polyps and missed neoplastic polyps.
In particular, adenomatous polyps, as their size increases, the probability of cancerization will also increase, and the overall cancerous rate is as high as 10-20%. Therefore, as long as a polyp is found during gastrointestinal endoscopy, it is best to remove even a small adenoma in time.
Varicose veins of the lower extremities.
Varicose veins of the lower limbs is a disease that can be detected by appearance, but because varicose veins are not painful or itchy in the early stage and do not have much impact on life, many people will selectively ignore it even if they find that they have varicose veins of the lower limbs.
As everyone knows, if you leave varicose veins untreated, the condition will continue to worsen, and a series of complications such as pigmentation, calf ulcers, and deep vein thrombosis may occur in the process. Venous thrombosis, in particular, may cause pulmonary embolism once it falls off, causing serious consequences that are difficult to reverse.
Fatty liver. Early fatty liver is generally not painful or itchy, so most people do not pay attention to it. As everyone knows, the liver is a detoxification organ, and when fat is continuously deposited, it may affect the liver's ability to process toxins and induce a variety of diseases.
For example, when long-term hepatocyte steatosis occurs, it will lead to hepatocyte aplasia, and then liver fibrosis, and once it develops further, liver cirrhosis and liver cancer will be formed. Data shows that people with fatty liver disease have a full 1 percent higher cancer incidence compared to people who don't have fatty liver32 times. Therefore, do not take fatty liver disease lightly to avoid more serious consequences.
Chronic inflammation. According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, about one-sixth of the world's cancers are caused by bacterial and viral infections, which are collectively referred to as "inflammation" in clinical terms.
The reason why chronic inflammation causes cancer is that in the development of inflammation, there will be repeated cell damage and repair, and cell repair requires cell proliferation, which in turn requires cell proliferation. The more cells there are, the greater the probability that DNA will be wrong in the replication process, and the probability of cancer cells will increase, and it will slowly develop into cancer over time.
For example, the chronic atrophic gastritis we mentioned above may develop into gastric cancer; There are also chronic pancreatitis that can develop into pancreatic cancer, and chronic ulcerative colitis can develop into bowel cancer, and so on.
Of course, we don't need to be too anxious and worried after the onset of chronic inflammation, because not all inflammation leads to cancer. If the intervention can be done at an early stage when inflammation is detected, the probability of developing cancer is still very small.
Gallstones. Gallstones are a very common disease, including many people around me who have gallstones, because they are common, and because they don't seem to be very harmful, they are easy to ignore.
In fact, gallbladder stones really cannot be taken lightly, if not timely**, it will not only increase the pain of the patient, increase the difficulty of surgery**, and even have the possibility of cancer. In particular, the following types of gallstone patients should be surgically removed in time:
Frequent attacks of cholecystitis, stones 25cm, the gallbladder is full of stones and the gallbladder wall is significantly thickened and irregularly thickened.
Recurrent mouth sores.
Mouth sores are experienced by almost everyone, and those who have experienced the pain of canker sores will probably never want to experience it a second time. In real life, there are some people who often have mouth ulcers, and the ulcers here start to ulcer again just a few days later.
For this kind of population, the possibility of Behcet's disease should be considered first, if Behcet's disease is ruled out, and the ulcer has not healed for more than 3 weeks, and there is an obvious hard lump at the ulcer, then it should be taken seriously.
Many minor illnesses seem to be insignificant, and they don't seem to be a big problem, but major illnesses are often developed from minor illnesses in our negligence, and after discovering the disease, what we need to do is not panic and not ignore. Always remember one truth: prevention is greater than **!