Everyone is very afraid of liver cancer, but which group of people are more likely to get liver cancer than normal people?
It is actually helpful for the prevention of liver cancer if you get to know more about it. So this article will introduce to you the group of people who are more likely to get liver cancer.
People with family history of liver cancer
On the one hand, many hereditary diseases that damage the liver, such as pigmentation disease and glycogen storage disease, will develop into cirrhosis, and the incidence of liver cancer is also very high; on the other hand, it is believed that the familial clustering of liver cancer is mainly caused by the hepatitis B virus. There is currently no evidence that liver cancer is hereditary.
Patients with cirrhosis
More than 50% of patients with cirrhosis develop cancer, and most of them are patients with poor improvement in liver function and frequent complications such as ascites.
Long-term alcoholism causes liver cancer
Long-term alcoholism can significantly damage liver cells and lead to malnutrition. The liver is prone to cirrhosis, which can develop into liver cancer on the basis of cirrhosis.
Of course, in addition to the above-mentioned dietary factors, hepatitis B, parasitic diseases in the liver (such as Clonorchis sinensis), and genetic susceptibility are also closely related to the occurrence of liver cancer.
Eating food contaminated by Aspergillus flavus
More than 50 years ago, a farm in the UK fed turkeys with peanut cakes that were moldy due to Aspergillus flavus, causing 100,000 chicks to die quickly.
Epidemiological studies have shown that the geographical distribution of liver cancer in my country is basically consistent with the distribution of aflatoxin contamination.
Excessive intake of nitrosamine compounds
Dimethylnitrosamine has been isolated from the food of residents in South Africa, a high-incidence area for liver cancer. Such compounds can also cause other tumors such as esophageal cancer. Therefore, nitrosamine compounds are also classified as one of the causes of liver cancer.
These groups of people introduced above are all very likely to suffer from liver cancer. Therefore, after understanding these, we must do a good job of prevention in life. For those causes that can be avoided, please pay more attention.