Experts uncover the truth behind the joint cancer between husband and wife

64-year-old teacher Huo had unfortunately got advanced lung cancer. He had surgery and radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the hospital. Since Mr. Huo's hospitalization began, his wife has been escorting his beside him every day, taking good care of him, and washing his face with tears all the time. He is extremely sad. Six months later, Mr. Huo’s wife was also found to have suffered from lung cancer. The teacher's son asked his doctor, "My father is suffering from lung cancer. It has nothing to do with his 40-year history of smoking. But my mother doesn't smoke or drink. How can she get lung cancer?"

Doctors explained that “husband cancer” like Huo’s has been a phenomenon that has gradually become of concern to the medical community in recent years. This may be because husbands and wives have lived together for a long time because they share the same way of life and they share the same Under carcinogenic risk factors, carcinogenic factors often endanger both parties in the same way and may induce the same or different cancers. When her husband smokes, his wife will suffer from passive smoking; eating at the same table, bad eating habits will also harm both parties; cohabitation, environmental carcinogenic factors will be harmful to both parties. Gastrointestinal cancer is very common in couple cancers. It is more common in families who like to eat spicy foods and pickle foods. In addition, negative psychological factors may also be the cause of "marital cancer." If one of the spouses is suffering from cancer, the other is bound to be in anxious and anxious. The mental and physical pressure will increase dramatically, the immune function will decline sharply, and the potential carcinogenic factors in the body will soon become active. The chance of suffering from cancer is greatly increased.

In fact, most preventable cancers are related to human behavior. If people choose a healthy lifestyle, many cancers can be prevented. To communicate with others, to maintain a good mood, not to smoke, not to drink too much, to keep exercising, to eat less meat, to fry, to mold, pickle and smoke food, to control weight, etc. can reduce the risk of cancer. (Zhao Chenghui)