Culprit behind head and thyroid cancers!!

Cancer kills around millions of people every year. Head and cancers in the neck region are the most common ones amongst all cancers that include thyroid cancer, mouth cancer, and brain tumor and several areas nasal passages, sinuses, mouth, throat, larynx (voice box), swallowing passages and salivary glands 

Head and neck cancers are mainly due to faulty habits like smoking and drinking alcohol. Oral cancers are mainly due to chewing tobacco. 

Cancers in the head and neck region are difficult to treat as they involve the brain a vital organ. The highest priority in cancers belongs to head and neck cancers. These cancers are highly preventable as prevention can fight the disease.

That habitual to smoking and chewing tobacco should quit it as soon as possible.Poor lifestyle choices and genes drag the person towards cancer. HealthEver Health care services in India provide a convenient tool to access your smoking risk.  

There are around 7000 chemicals in the tobacco smoke, 250 are known to be harmful, including hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide, and ammonia. Cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products vary widely in their content of nicotine, cancer-causing substances, and other toxicants. 

Certain chemicals in tobacco smoke damage an important gene called p53.Poisons in cigarette smoke weaken the body’s immune system, making it harder to kill cancer cells. When this happens, cancer cells keep on multiplying. 

Poisons in tobacco smoke can damage or change a cell's DNA. DNA is controls a cell's normal growth and function. When DNA is damaged, a cell can begin growing out of control and create a cancer tumor. As cancers in the head and neck are difficult to treat early diagnosis help in early treatment and finally early cure of the disease.