From a stomach cancer case, doctors warn about hot pot eating habits

CHINA - The male patient often chose hot pot for meals with guests. Recently, he lost weight, felt tired, and went to the doctor and was diagnosed with stage 2 stomach cancer.

Winter is the peak time when people like to gather together to enjoy hot pot. However, eating too much hot pot is not good for your health.

Gastroenterologist Wang Weidao recently shared about one of his cases. The 50-year-old Chinese man was diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux 10 years ago. Every time he went for a check-up, the patient refused to have an endoscopy. Instead, he bought medicine on his own and took it for the past 2 years.

But recently, he felt tired, lost weight, and had black stools, so he decided to go to the hospital. At this time, the male patient was forced to have a gastroscopy, which discovered a tumor. The biopsy results showed that it was stage 2 cancer. The patient will have to undergo surgery immediately and be monitored in the coming time.

Hot pot is a popular choice in winter. Illustration: Ban Mai

According to China Times , the patient was a company manager and often went out to eat to entertain guests. He often chose to go to hot pot restaurants.

Stomach cancer and diet are linked. Salty foods, grilled foods and pickled foods are the three main risk factors. Hot pot is a dish that contains a lot of fat and salt, especially harmful to those who like to sip water.

Aboluowang page also warns that some common habits when eating hot pot are not good for health, especially the stomach, such as continuously boiling, eating rare food, and adding too much spicy chili.

Dr. Vuong informed that stomach cancer does not have many signs in the early stages. After that, the patient may show symptoms such as gastroesophageal reflux, loss of appetite, indigestion and swelling in the lower abdomen. However, most patients will not take it seriously and think that these are common symptoms of digestive diseases.

Late stage symptoms of stomach cancer include vomiting, abdominal pain, bloody stools, ascites, jaundice, weight loss. In case of edema, the patient may gain weight.

According to Dr. Vuong, if you want to avoid stomach cancer, you need to eat less salty, grilled, and sour foods. In cases where Helicobacter pylori infection is detected, it must be treated thoroughly, especially for people with a family history of stomach cancer. The risk of digestive tract cancer in the same family increases because everyone has similar living and eating habits.

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