Eat areca's harm is more than a little, which will have a great impact on oral cavity and blood pressure:
Oral ulcer/periodontitis Areca nut is hard and contains arecoline and other substances. If you chew it regularly, it may cause damage to the oral mucosa, and gradually ulcers will appear. Not only that, but also easy to scratch the gums, leading to periodontitis.
Everyone thinks of dental calculus. Eating hard food for a long time is definitely bad for your teeth. Hard objects and teeth are prone to dental caries due to excessive wear, and it is also easy to blacken teeth, and even lead to a large number of dental plaque, and finally form dental calculus.
Oral cancer is no exaggeration. Many people really can't stop eat areca. Especially in the process of continuous chewing, oral mucosa reacts with arecoline and various nitrosamines, which will make oral mucosa fibrosis and gradually induce oral cancer.
A friend of mine in Zhejiang likes to chew betel nut. He chewed betel nut for three years, and then he was diagnosed with oral cancer. He said that he was fine at first, but later he found that the oral mucosa was white and had that kind of lichen-like white spot, which was not taken seriously at that time and was not treated. Later, I continued to chew betel nut, and with the stimulation of smoking, I was finally diagnosed.
Then why eat it when you know it will cause cancer?
Let's look at the ingredients of betel nut, which contain acetylcholine, fat, sugar and benzoic acid. The reason of addiction is that eat areca can release a lot of acetylcholine, which causes excitement and pleasure. But everyone ignores that this ingredient will also lead to an accelerated heartbeat and an increase in blood pressure, which is really bad for the body.
I also found relevant information on the Internet. There are many patients with oral cancer in Hunan Cancer Hospital. Nine out of ten oral cancers are caused by chewing betel nut for a long time. Besides oral cancer, it will increase the risk of other cancers. Because arecoline and arecoline in areca catechu have potential carcinogenicity.
Moreover, in the Chinese Journal of Stomatological Research, I once read an article, the general content of which was: The researchers made statistics on the areas with large consumption of betel nuts and conducted a linear survey on oral diseases in this area, and found that chewing betel nuts was related to oral cancer. Moreover, scientists in the United States and Japan extracted areca alkaloids and did experiments on mice. Scientists feed rats betel nut alkaloid water every day. Later, the experimental mice developed cancer.
Although betel nut is regarded as a good medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine, it has rich nutritional and medicinal value, but it also has many hazards and cannot be eaten in large quantities.
Areca catechu is considered to be the fourth largest stimulant in the world after caffeine, alcohol and tobacco. Long-term consumption of betel nut is really addictive, so how to quit?
First of all, quitting betel nut, like quitting smoking and drinking, requires enough determination and perseverance, which is the most important thing. You can choose "substitution method" and "gradual subtraction method".
For example, when you are addicted to betel nut, you can use chewing gum instead of betel nut, or you can divide a piece of betel nut into three parts and eat only one third at a time to gradually reduce your dependence on betel nut.
Secondly, you can also consider a cup of coffee to divert your attention. The taste of coffee can also deceive your taste. When you think of eat areca, try drinking coffee.
If all these methods fail, it is recommended to see a doctor, and the symptoms can be relieved through medication, psychology and guidance. The basic process of treatment is to help addicts get through the acute withdrawal period and solve the symptoms of physiological dependence. It usually takes more than 10-20 days, and the effect is good ~