How your daily activities cause the risk of cancer!!
Are you a frequent flyer?
We all know that smoking, drinking, overeating , some dairy products, sugar, dietary risks, high body mass index, low fruit and vegetable intake, lack of physical activities and modern hybridized wheat can pave the way for increasing cancer. Accordingly to World Health Organisation, cancer is the second leading cause of death globally and one in six deaths is due to cancer. In 2018 alone, an estimate of 9.8 million deaths globally and cancer is the second leading cause of deaths in United States..
In the ordinary language, cancer is the rapid development of abnormal cells and spread to other organs . This nature is called metastasis. Cancer is a large group of diseases affecting any part of the body and other terms are malignant tumors or neoplasms. The most common causes of cancer deaths are cancers of lungs, breast, liver ,stomach and colorectal.
Now let’s focus on the daily activates which may increase the growth of cancer.
Are you a frequent flyer!!
As per the journal, Environmental Health,” the study looked at cancer diagnoses reported by flight attendants and compared those rates with cancer rates for people with similar socioeconomic status in non-flying occupations.”
It has been known that female flight attendants are prone to the higher risk of breast cancers as compared to other professionals. The reason could be the typical work environment of flight attendants as that of the general public. It is also a known fact that frequent flyers have a chance of four times more likely to get non-melanoma skin cancer. Researchers found that women and men on cabin crews have higher rates of many types of cancer, which includes cancers of the breast, cervix, skin, thyroid and uterus, as well as gastrointestinal system cancers, which include colon, stomach, esophageal, liver and pancreatic cancers.
. The main reason is at high altitude, cosmic ionizing radiation damages DNA and cabin crews receive the highest doze of this carcinogenic agent. The ionizing radiation is at much more higher rate in the atmosphere as compared to the ground level.
There are many preventive measures such as controlling weight, enough sleep, healthy exercise, control on alcoholic drinks, avoid exposure to hazardous chemicals, exposure to radiations like mammograms, X-rays, CT Scans, PET scans , try to breastfeed your baby, try to avoid HRT, Oral Contraceptives etc ; always try to stay in the shade during day times, cover your arms and legs with clothing, wear a hat which covers the entire head, wear sunglasses which block UVA and UVB rays during day time, and observe any abnormal moles etc.
Always try to follow the World Water Therapy Day rules.
http://www.worldwatertherapyday.org/
(Author Murli Menon is a Health & Global Education teacher, Information Scientist, Founder of World Water Therapy Day, United Nations Awardee, water activist and researcher & a committed social worker. Email: [email protected])