Often naturally pirosis increase risk of throat cancer

Often naturally pirosis increase risk of throat cancer

People who experience frequent heartburn pirosis or likely to have an increased risk of cancer of the throat and vocal cords are higher , even if they do not smoke or drink alcohol , according to new research .

Pirosis or Heartburn is a burning sensation that is often felt in the abdomen , chest , and can continue to spread up to the neck . Interestingly , some types of antacids like Prilosec , Nexium , and Prevacid are known to prevent this type of cancer .

" There is some controversy over whether heartburn associated with risk of cancer of the larynx or pharynx . We found that heartburn can indeed increase the risk of throat cancer . There are at least 78 percent of cancer-related improvement in people who often experience severe heartburn , " said lead researcher Scott Langevin of Brown University in Providence , RI

These results were found to researchers after they compared 600 patients with cancer of the throat and vocal cords with more than 1,300 people with no history of having cancer . All patients were asked about their experience heartburn , smoking and alcohol drinking , and family history of cancer .

In addition , because of head and neck cancer is usually caused by HPV ( human papillomavirus ) researchers tested all the participants with viral antigens .

The result , researchers found that participants who were not heavy smokers and drinkers of alcohol , but often experience heartburn have an increased risk of throat cancer by 78 percent , as reported by U.S. News ( 23 / ​​05 ) .

Researchers also found that taking antacid , cancer risk can be decreased to 41 percent . Even so researchers do not yet know the performance of antacid in preventing and lowering the risk of throat cancer . They suggest that further research should be conducted regarding the effects of antacid to throat cancer