What is the main cause of lung cancer

summary

Lung cancer is a more terrible disease, my uncle suffered from lung cancer, this disease in daily life often appear systemic edema symptoms, serious when there will be hemoptysis symptoms, and recently hemoptysis frequency has become more and more, under the advice of the family, through the way of surgery to treat the effect is relatively good, with a certain degree of improvement Now I will tell you about the main cause of lung cancer.

What is the main cause of lung cancer

Cause 1: the incidence of lung cancer in radioactive uranium and fluorspar miners exposed to inert gas radon and decaying uranium by-products is significantly higher than that in other people, but the incidence of lung cancer in ionizing radiation workers will not increase.

Etiology 2: in patients with chronic pulmonary infection such as tuberculosis and bronchiectasis, bronchial epithelium may metaplasia into squamous epithelium in the process of chronic infection, and eventually lead to cancer, but this kind of situation is relatively rare.

Etiological factor three: the incidence rate of lung cancer in developed countries is high. The city is higher than the rural area. The factory and mining area is higher than the residential area. The main reason is that the pollution of the atmosphere is caused by harmful substances such as benzopyrene carcinogenic hydrocarbon and other harmful substances produced by burning oil and coal and internal combustion engine after the burning of industrial and transportation areas.

matters needing attention

For patients with lung cancer this disease, should be early to the regular hospital for examination and treatment, in daily life should timely correct bad habits, in diet should avoid contact with spicy stimulating food, can eat some fresh fruits and vegetables, must quit smoking and alcohol, can be appropriate for some physical exercise, so as to improve their body Quality, to achieve the role of health care.