9 Tips to Prevent Lung Cancer

I'll tell you about the causes, symptoms, and prevention methods of lung cancer. This is related to things that lung cancer patients absolutely must avoid, but even if you're not a lung cancer patient, paying attention to these aspects is crucial for lung cancer prevention. So please remember and put it into practice.

1. Smoking

The first is smoking. Cigarettes contain over 400 toxic substances. In particular, there are nicotine, carbon monoxide, and tar, which are fatal to the lungs. Just touching these components to the lungs greatly increases the risk of developing cancer. The best way to reduce the risk of lung cancer is to avoid both direct and secondhand smoking.

It is generally known that 85% of lung cancers are caused by smoking, and that smoking increases the risk of lung cancer by 13 times. The moment you quit smoking, the damaged lung tissue reportedly begins to gradually improve on its own. Quitting smoking can significantly reduce the risk of developing lung cancer.

2. Fine Dust

Fine dust can pose a fatal risk to the lungs. Especially, the finer the dust particles in the polluted air, the worse it is. These fine dust particles are so small that the nose and tonsils cannot defend against them. These tiny particles enter the lungs and stick to them, causing lung inflammation.

If this lung inflammation increases, the lungs will not be able to function properly, and the possibility of triggering lung cancer becomes very high. Fine dust is said to be 9 times more dangerous indoors than outdoors. Therefore, frequent ventilation indoors and the use of good air purifiers may be helpful.
3. Cooking Habits
Among female lung cancer patients, 87.6% did not smoke. Among them, if ventilation is not provided when cooking or a range hood is not turned on, the risk of lung cancer is said to increase by up to 5 times. In particular, when using oil for frying or stir-frying, ventilation must be provided. It is better to turn on the range hood 5 minutes before cooking rather than during cooking.

4. Smartphone

The fourth is the smartphone. The problem is not the smartphone itself but the posture when using it. When using a smartphone, people often hunch their shoulders and back. In such cases, the lung space and thoracic cavity become narrower by about 20%, and the amount of oxygen stored in the lungs decreases, threatening not only the lungs but also overall health.

5. Alcohol

Alcohol is a cause of liver cancer, but it can also be a cause of lung cancer. It has been found that women who drink alcohol two to three or more times a week have a 24.7% higher risk of developing lung cancer compared to women who drink less than three times a week. In general cases, it is even more dangerous.

6. Ventilation

Due to fine dust and air pollution, people often hesitate to ventilate, but even on days with severe fine dust, it is good to ventilate when cleaning. The concentration of fine dust in a typical home is about 40, but it rises to 2090 when using a vacuum cleaner.

This indicates a level far higher than the 'very bad' level for fine dust. Therefore, it is advisable to increase the use of mops when cleaning, and if you have used a vacuum cleaner in an environment with high levels of fine dust, ventilate for 3 to 5 minutes.

7. Mouth Breathing

If you breathe through your mouth instead of your nose, over 1,000 toxins that have not been filtered through your nose enter your body directly. These toxins can be far more dangerous than cigarettes, and especially bacteria, viruses, and bacteria in the air enter the body through the mouth.

8. Eating Quickly

Eating quickly is not only bad for the health of the stomach but also very bad for the lungs. When you eat, the epiglottis at the back of your throat folds down to allow food to pass into the esophagus. When you breathe, the epiglottis opens upwards to allow air to enter the lungs. This happens even more frequently when you eat quickly. Food can enter the lungs instead of the esophagus, leading to aspiration pneumonia.

9. Sleeping with Dentures

Many elderly people sleep with their dentures in due to laziness or forgetfulness. However, sleeping with dentures increases the risk of pneumonia by more than two times, according to research.

Researchers at Nihon University in Japan conducted an experiment on 524 elderly people aged 85 and older who had symptoms of pneumonia or died from pneumonia. The study found that the group who slept with dentures had a pneumonia risk that was up to 2 to 3 times higher.

I hope that those who have lung cancer or want to prevent it will carefully consider the several habits I've mentioned today and put them into practice.