10 WAYS TO PREVENT LUNG CANCER

Lung cancer is one of the most dangerous cancers as it spreads rapidly and don’t give much time for better treatment. Lung cancer causes the cells to make tumors and spread through the bloodline of the victim. People having Lung cancer have infected cells in the airways of the Lungs. It is likely easier to get Lung cancer than other forms of cancer because it is directly related to our environment. Though we can make some precautions and measures to reduce the chances of being the victim of Lung cancer. Some of the Prevention of Lung cancer are given below:

1) Stop smoking, Stop Cancer:

Most of the lung cancer cases are those people who have a smoking habit or history. Tobacco smoke produce 4000 different toxic and chemical compounds which are dangerous to Lungs and other body parts. Quitting the Cigarettes, Pipes, Cigars and Tobacco can be the first and most important step in the prevention of Lung Cancer.

2)Avoid Secondhand Smoking:

You aren’t a smoker but still you can get Lung cancer because your company is full of smokers. When you spend most of time with a smoker then there are likely more chances to get exposed to the tobacco smoke. It leads the development of Lung cancer rapidly. Trying to avoid the environment with tobacco fumes can be a Lung cancer prevention tips.

3)Test your places for Radon gas:

Radon gas is naturally found so, it is necessary to check for the radon gas at your place whether it is your residence or workplace.

4) Regular Checkups:

People who don’t care of having regular checkups have great chances of falling victim of the Lung cancer due to polluted environment or other causes. Regular checkups can help in prevention of Lung cancer in its early stages so that it may be cured.

5) Healthy Food:

Unhygienic and unhealthy food may lead the development of Lung cancer indirectly. Germs taken with unhygienic food weakens your immune system and cause the diseases including Lung cancer and Stomach cancer. Eating lots of vegetables and fruits helps strengthen your immune system to fight against the germs.

6) Exercise:

Daily exercise and walk increase the metabolism in the body and smoothen the blood flow. It also helps strengthening the blood cells to resist against the cancerous germs.

7) Precautions at workplace:

Many of the people get Lung cancer due to inhaling many hazardous chemicals at their workplaces. Most people don’t take prevention at their workplace against deadly chemicals and got attacked by radiations of those chemicals. Taking proper prevention against those radiations can reduce the chances of getting lung cancer.

8) Avoid air pollution:

In today’s world, where the pollution is severely increased because of the increasing population. In this polluted environment chances of getting sick are more than ever. Because of inhaling polluted air, Lung Diseases are very common and because of those diseases lung cancer can cause very commonly.

9) Quit Alcohol Consumption:

Alcohol consumption is very common in our society, in spite of knowing that consumption of alcohol and other liquor is dangerous to our health. Consuming alcohol makes the immune system weaker and invites the diseases to attack. Lung cancer and Stomach cancer is very common in those who consume alcohol.

10) Genetics:

Have a family history of Lung cancer can raise the risk for you to get Lung cancer, if your first-degree relative is having Lung cancer than this doubles the risk of developing the disease in you. We cannot change our genetics but we can take precautions that can help us in finding and curing the disease. Now with the availability of a lung screening tool, anyone with genetic lung cancer history can diagnose and cure the lung cancer.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

SUNNY AKPAN IS A YOUNG MEDICAL SCIENTIST WHO STUDY AND RESEARCH VARIOUS DISEASES THAT AFFLICTED HUMAN BEINGS, THEIR CAUSES AND HOW THEY CAN BE PREVENTED.YOU CAN CONNECT WITH HIM ON FACEBOOK OR TWITTER.