Smoked meat; Cancer causing carcinogens
When it comes to smoked meat people get really thrilled and feel the taste before it is served to you in a plate and off course why shouldn’t one be,welive in the state where we have been consuming and preserving the smoked meat from inception. We are consuming the smoked meat in various ways, be in traditionally made Yumtar(mix of smoked meat& chilly),Peke-Pila (traditional Apatani smoked meat dish) ,Dinkhyo (smoked meat),driedfish, smoked bamboo shootetc.and one should know that, these are the reason that is causing cancer in the state in high speed.
Smoked meat, red meat or fish mostly dished in slimy oil, and cloaked with mixture of salt, chili powder and spices, before it is heated directly over fire is one of the most common causes of cancer of the food pipe in the state. Our state has the tradition and habit of preserving and eating smoked meat, which is reason behind Cancer, Dr. S.Tsering, (i/c TCC Cum SNO (CCP)) from TomoRiba Institute of health & Medical Science (TRIHMS) said.
“Our tribal food habit is very bad; a little change can abate the risk of rising cancer rate in the state.” Dr.Dr. S.Tsering added.
It’s very dangerous when a person directly cook meat or fish over fire. This is because it gets covered with cancer causing carcinogens, which is more dangerous than even smoking or consumption of alcohol according to the doctors. Arunachal has different patterns of cancer as compared to that of the mainland. Where in the mainland we mostly find tobacco infected cancer, but in Arunachal we have some countable people affected to cancer through tobacco product consumption as compared to smoked food.
This cancer prevalence is more in the villages where people consume smoked food like, Fish, Meat, and Vegetables etc. People from the villages have no idea about Cancer, its affect and symptoms. The day when they know about the disease, it’s too late for the treatment. Thus the need of hour is to make people aware about the dreadful cause of cancer.
According to the Population Based Cancer Registry (PBCR) total number of new cases registered in the year 2011/2015 is 2291. Under the free treatment for Chemotherapy, total number of people registered in the year 2011/2015 was 194 and the major surgeries done in the last 2011/2015 is 294. These are only the registered figure. Most of the time people don’t go to hospitals for checkup and die unregistered in the PBCR.
Due to the hepatitis –b infection and its long run the chances of liver cancer grows high. Arunachal Pradesh has the most number of Stomach Cancer and then the liver cancer. Abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, weakness anemia, black stool, are some of the symptoms. Hepatitis –B is the main cause of Liver cancer, and is very prevalent in the state. The prevalence rate of hepatitis –b is the highest in the state compared to all the other states in India almost 12%, which is the highest.
There is always difference in expected and diagnose, the state aspect around 2500 cancer infected every year. But due to the ignorance and no access to the hospital, most of the cancer cases are not registered,Dr. S.Tsering said. The cost factor is very constant and high when it comes to treatment.But now government of Arunachal Pradesh is providing free treatment in Surgery, radiation and chemotherapy (you have to pay Rs 50/- only for registration fee) this is only the APST of the state.
The state had inaugurated its first Tertiary Cancer Center with highly equipped equipment’s, Barberton Cobalt Therapy machine, Samsung Digital Radiology (X-ray machine) and Samsung ultrasound (High end) machine in the month April 10th 2017. The people can now have the privilege to treat the disease on free of cost from surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. By the installation of these high tech machines has subsequently helped the cancer patient from high cost of treatment and to travel long interstate for treatment. But this has not reduced the increasing Cancer rate in the state.
What alarming is the rise in the Cancer rate in the state every year? Is the state creating enough awareness among the people about cancer?
Cancer like disease will not end with just inaugurating or providing medical facilities. People should be made aware about the causes and symptoms of cancer through various communication means.Doctors and scientist has been always looking for better ways to care for people infected with cancer but it’s us to create awareness among the people. By the means of workshop, awareness camps, public announcement and news journals the dreadful disease can be minimized to the lowest.
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