Is it true that chewing betel nut is easy to cause cancer?

Seeing this topic reminds me of a lecture on carcinogenesis of betel nut last year, which benefited me a lot, so I tell you clearly that betel nut is carcinogenic, it's true!

In fact, there are many people around us who like to chew betel nuts. Seeing that all kinds of betel nuts are sold in supermarkets, some people always think that the disease is far away from us. If you go to the stomatology and oncology departments of major hospitals to see how many people suffer from eat areca every day, it will be shocking. Those patients were speechless with pain and couldn't open their mouths. Some even cut off their tongues and beat their arms to make up for it. From then on, they had no taste, and they could not taste the ups and downs. The pain is hard to describe in words. They all have the same hobby, chewing betel nuts.

Let's take a look at the carcinogenic process of betel nut:

Betel nut mainly increases the risk of oral cancer. Our oral wall is mainly protected by oral mucosa. Areca nut is hard in texture. When chewing in the mouth, it will scratch our oral mucosa and form a wound, which will seriously affect eating.

Although we all have the ability to repair ourselves, the repair speed is far less than the destruction speed of betel nut. After a long time, the oral mucosa will become fibrotic and the oral wall will become hard. When the wall of your mouth hardens, your opening will be limited. You can't open and close your mouth at will like a normal person, your mouth will become tight and you can't even eat.

If our oral cavity is in such an environment for a long time, in the process of incremental repair of mucosal cells, inflammation, oral ulcer, shedding, necrosis, and even pathological changes become cancer cells, which is what we call "oral cancer."

And people who chew betel nuts at ordinary times also have the habit of smoking, and the consequences can be imagined. Therefore, I sincerely hope that people who chew betel nuts will wake up soon. In fact, quitting betel nut is easier than quitting smoking and drinking, and it is not so addictive. The key depends on your determination.