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Less Head Cancer — I’ll Drink My Tea To That

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From the “I’m Really Trying Not To Say ‘I Told You So’” Department: Head and neck cancers will give you headaches (surprize!) If you already get one kind of headache, you’ll be more prone to getting another. One of the fears of those dealing with headaches is that the chronic pain is the sign of something worse — like head cancer. Well, if you don’t drink alchohol or have been on the wagon for at least 20 years, you have one less headache to worry about.

The Latest Study

It shouldn’t come a big shock to know that drinking too much is bad for you. But usually the warnings are given so you can avoid cirrhosis, hangovers and waking up with strange tattoos. Now, you can also had a much incresed risk of head and neck cancers because of too much booze.

A study done by Canada’s Centre For Addiction And Mental Health showed that even with cutting out the booze for two years, your risks for getting mouth, esophagus and larynx cancers plummets.

What gets the cancerous growths in the head and neck are usually soft tissues. Smoking, of course, also greatly increases your chance of getting soft tissue cancers. This is not the same as growing brain tumors. But even if your cancer is in the throat or the mouth, it will give you nasty headaches.

If you want to avoid this, just quit drinking, or at least cut down to one drink a day and drink with food. If you are thinking about having a big boozy bash on your 21st, think again, when you still have a pain free head left to think clearly with.

What This Means

Doctors are aware that their clients expect and deserve privacy. If you confess to your doctor that you are dependent on booze to get through the day, they will not be shocked. They can give you discreet help, tips and contacts to organizations for further help.

Also, if you have constant headaches and really don’t know why, don’t just think they will go away on their own. Get them checked out by a doctor. Not only can this give early enough treatment to head and neck cancers to prevent them from becoming lethal, but you can get effective pain relief.

And, if you are a teetotaler like myself, you have one less worry to deal with.

Hope this helps.


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