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"Is eating too much barbecue really cause cancer?" asked Li Hua, who flipped through the lamb skewers in his hand while staring at his friend Zhang Min by the fire.
Zhang Min looked at his phone with a surprised expression: "Do you know, there is an article here that says that not only barbecue, but even some small reactions while sleeping may also be a sign of cancer." ”
"Oh? That sounds a bit bizarre, let's elaborate. Li Hua asked curiously.
Zhang Min smiled mischievously: "Actually, some studies have shown that some seemingly ordinary physiological reactions, such as night sweating, sleep disruption, and pain in dreams, may suggest abnormalities in the body. ”
Li Hua is a psychological counselor, and most of the cases he usually comes into contact with are mental illnesses, and he is also skeptical of these medical knowledge.
The two chatted while eating, and the topic slowly shifted from the dangers of barbecue to a deeper health topic.
"What are the three reactions you are talking about?" asked Li Hua curiously.
Zhang Min then explained: "First, sweating at night.
Under normal circumstances, people should not sweat a lot during sleep when the temperature is right and they are in good health.
If environmental factors and a thick quilt are ruled out, this may be a sign of an abnormality in the lymphatic system.
You know, the lymphatic system is closely tied to our immune system, and its abnormalities are often related to a weakened ability of the body to fight off internal malignant cells. ”
"Second, sleep disruption.
Sudden changes in sleep quality, such as frequent awakenings, can be related to physical or psychological stress, but they can also be physical alarms.
For example, people with prostate and bladder cancer often have sleep disruptions due to frequent nocturia. ”
"Third, the pain in the dream.
Although many times this is just part of the dream, if you feel pain in the dream on a regular basis, especially if it is repeated in a particular area, then it may be an early warning of pathological changes in that area. ”
Li Hua pondered, this information was both novel and important to him.
He thinks that if these subtle physical signals can be noticed earlier, the disease may be detected earlier, so that there will be more time and options for treatment.
"However, what you are talking about here are some possibilities, is there any specific case or data to support it?" Li Hua asked.
Zhang Min nodded: "Indeed, for example, a survey on night sweating showed that more than 50% of the lymphoma patients who participated in the survey experienced night sweating at the beginning of the disease.
This figure accounts for less than 5% of the general population. ”
Similarly, studies of sleep disruption have shown that up to 40% of patients with prostate and bladder cancer report nocturia problems, much higher than healthy men of the same age.
Although these data cannot directly prove the causal relationship, they are enough to cause us to pay close attention. ”
"As for pain in dreams, there are relatively few studies in this area, but there are reports that people with certain chronic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, experience severe joint pain in dreams early in the onset of the disease. ”
Li Hua was deeply interested in this topic and decided to pay more attention to and learn from this aspect in his own work.
At the end of the day, Zhang Min was left with a question:
"If these subtle sleep changes are really linked to cancer, then how can we raise public awareness of these early warning signs without causing excessive panic?"
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