Cancer is something to fear not to understand

February 4, World Cancer Awareness Day has been celebrated since 2000 by the Union for Cancer Control (UICC).

One million people die of various types of cancer on this planet every year. This number is more than the total number of deaths caused by AIDS, malaria and TB. Seventy percent of cancer deaths occur in poor and middle-income countries.

The World Health Organization (WHO) fears that if individual and collective awareness is not increased, in the years after the year 2030, annual deaths from cancer may reach 1 million to 15 million.

It is said that if smoking, alcohol addiction, inadequate nutrition and lack of exercise are controlled, cancer deaths can be reduced by 40%, if cancer is caught at an early stage, another third of lives can be saved. If the individual and collective economic losses of cancer spread are added, the annual volume is up to one trillion dollars.

Just as leprosy and then tuberculosis were considered equal to the death penalty. But today it is common practice to treat both diseases as treatable.

Similarly, in today’s age, getting cancer does not necessarily mean that one will die. Successful treatment of many types of cancer is more possible than ever due to willpower, lifestyle and advances in modern medical equipment, drugs and diagnostics.

Cancer means that a group of human cells become rebellious or start to grow or spread in an abnormal manner and form a lump (tumor) anywhere. Except for blood cancer (leukemia) and spinal cord. Except for bone marrow cancer, all cancers grow and spread in the form of tumors.

If not diagnosed in time, these tumors start affecting the surrounding healthy cells or get involved in the blood and get access to other parts of the body and start hijacking the function of these organs.

There are three types of tumors. First, harmless small tumors that grow very slowly but stay in one place instead of spreading. The second type is malignant tumors.

They grow rapidly and spread to other parts of the body to form more groups and drag healthy cells and muscles along with them. The third type is pre-malignant tumors. They do not spread cancer by themselves but in a favorable environment. Can also spread.

You may not be able to avoid some of the factors that increase the likelihood of developing cancer, such as industrial and environmental pollution or genetic problems. However, some factors can be controlled by making your lifestyle flexible and helping to change this. The chances of cancer can be reduced by one third.

For example, the cancer risks for liver, stomach, intestines, chest, mouth and throat can increase three times due to alcohol consumption. Being overweight and obese increases the risk of up to 12 types of cancer, including pancreatic cancer.

Eating red meat, processed meat (market burgers, etc.), high salt intake and low consumption of fruits and vegetables make the environment favorable for cancer attack. The chances of cancer in the chest and stomach are reduced.

Tobacco can invite almost the same types of cancer. Because tobacco or cigarette smoke, processed with toxic chemicals, passes through the mouth and stays in the lungs and reaches every part of the body through the blood vessels. On the shoulders of this tobacco, there is also a palanquin in which lung cancers are full. Currently, twenty-two percent of all cancer deaths are caused by the processed products used in cigarettes, paan, gutka, etc. There is tobacco.

It is generally believed that people with brown or dark skin are less likely to develop skin cancer than other people. In fact, it is not. We all need to protect ourselves from the sun’s ultraviolet rays. While various radiations including X-rays and gamma rays can easily attract cancer.

Industries where workers are constantly exposed to chemicals. If these workers do not have protective equipment and special clothing, then this chemical atmosphere shows its colors in the form of various cancers. For example, complaints of bladder cancer have been found among chemical dye industry workers. Asbestos industry can cause lung cancer.

Viruses and microbes can also cause changes in body cells that can eventually lead to cancer.

For example, persistent hepatitis B and C, persistent inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract weakens the cells to the point where they can develop into any type of cancer. They account for about 20 percent of cancer deaths. Is.

Thus, there are hundreds of types of cancers. They are more common and five or six types of cancer are more common. How to diagnose them. Guessing should be avoided because there are many early symptoms. Many diseases are common.

A regular yearly check-up is pretty much a guarantee that I don’t have cancer, at least as of today, and if I do, it’s most likely in a curable stage.

From this point, the responsibility of the state begins, which, if it is unable to correct the environment or is unable to provide daily quality food at affordable prices, then at least it should make general arrangements to prevent intemperance and disorder. The cause of the spread of the world’s biggest disease, cancer, can be better diagnosed.

It is hoped that the speed of research and discovery in medical science is increasing. Better and cheaper treatment of most common cancers will be possible. Just don’t panic. Cancer is a difficult disease, but it is incurable. no way.

You just need to avoid being a half-wit or a paragon, because cancer is one of those problems you can’t joke about, or take lightly.

Dealing with cancer requires as much patience, presence of mind and seriousness as dealing with a terrorist attack.

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