Patient's question:
I have a colleague who has been suffering from hepatitis and has always paid close attention to health care. Lately, he suddenly developed jaundice, lost his appetite, and experienced some pain in the liver area. When he went to the hospital for a check-up, it was found that he had liver cancer. Did this hepatitis cause it? Does having hepatitis really lead to liver cancer?Doctor's answer:
There are many causes of liver cancer, including hepatitis viruses. A small portion of the causes are due to hepatitis, which is further divided into many types. In some high-prevalence areas of liver cancer, there are many patients carrying hepatitis B, so there is a certain causal relationship between the two, and we need to pay attention. Eating moldy or burnt food, as the aflatoxin contained in such food is a carcinogen. Moldy food is very likely to cause liver cancer. In the human body, the liver, the largest chemical factory in the body, is needed to detoxify. The acetaldehyde produced during this decomposition and metabolism process is extremely toxic to the human body.