4 Ways Of Preventing Breast And Cervical Cancer In Nigeria

Records show that 14.1 million adults worldwide were diagnosed with cancer in 2012 while 8. 2 million people died from cancer in the same year. Nigeria records about 100,000 new cancer cases yearly. Currently, Nigeria has about 2 million cancer cases and the common cancer cases in Nigeria include breast and cervical cancer.

In a new report by Lancet, a medical Journal, it shows that about 800,000 women die of breast and cervical cancers yearly and that 90 per cent of these deaths occur in developing countries, including Nigeria.

Cancer in itself is a deadly and dangerous disease, but thankfully Cervical and Breast cancer are preventable and treatable.

Here are some methods to prevent cancer:

• Being overweight: As it is not nearly stressed enough, not watching your weight can highly increase the risk you have of getting cancer. It is highly stressed that we should follow the WHO standard of a proper weight standard or speak to your doctor.

 

• Taking unhealthy diet: What we take in internally is what will showcase on our physical appearance. Eating healthy fruits, vegetables, less of junk and processed foods and staying properly hydrated all the time could reduce the risk of contacting cancer.

 

• Lack of physical activity: The Center For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC) recommends that adults engage in moderate-intense physical activities at least 5 days of the week to keep cancer at bay.

 

•  Harmful use of alcohol and tobacco: it is highly recommended for people who smoke and drink to cease from this habit because they multiply the risk for certain cancers, because tobacco and alcohol work together to damage the cells of the body. For example, alcohol makes it easier for the mouth and throat to absorb the cancer–causing chemicals in tobacco.

The Journal urged the Federal and State governments to team up to work with certain health professionals found in each country to  sufficiently fund cancer control programmes, to put in place functional plans to prevent the disease as well as provide treatment, and care to patients. They shared with Nigerians that the disease is very treatable and they should not just resort to a life of misery.