Victims often face heartburn throat cancer

Suffer from regular bouts of heartburn people 78% more likely to become victims of throat cancer. To reduce this risk, they need to take antacids regularly, as scientists have found from Brown University in the United States.

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US researchers found that frequent heartburn   causes the formation of certain cells in the esophagus, which is a higher probability to become malignant. Because of this, the risk of heartburn sufferers become victims of people Throat Cancer   is increased by 78%. But this risk can be reduced by 41%, if you regularly take medication from the group of antacids.

Scientists have observed the 631 patients with oncological diseases. We had 468 throat cancer And at 163 - tumors of the vocal cords. All patients completed the questionnaire, which among other things said about the number of attacks heartburn and smoking, drinking and family history of cancer. Among the victims of heartburn risk of cancer of the throat and vocal cords grew by 78%, regardless of whether these people are smokers, abused and whether alcohol or not.

Heartburn causes leakage of gastric juice from the stomach into the esophagus. In itself it is not dangerous - burned by stomach acid esophageal cells then heal yourself. However, regular exposure juice can lead to a kind of protective layer of cells - a condition in medicine called Barrett's esophagus. The protective layer consists of abnormal cells that survive the gastric juice, but more often in the future become cancerous.

As a result, from 5% to 10% of the victims of Barrett's esophagus eventually become victims of neoplastic diseases of the esophagus, so it is important to seize this disorder at an early stage. Barrett's esophagus can be treated well, can not be said about cancer of the esophagus to the survival of only 13%. At throat cancer survival rate is much higher, but in this case, the health consequences can be dire. (READ MORE)

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