Health Essay
Throat Cancer Throat cancer is a disease in which cancer cells grow in an unusual way in the throat. Cancer occurs when cells in the body divide with no control. If cells keep dividing uncontrollably when new cells aren’t needed, mass of tissue form and continues to turn into cancer. Signs of throat cancer would be; trouble breathing or speaking, frequent headaches, pain or ringing in the ears, trouble swallowing, ear pain. There are many different types of throat cancer; Nasopharyngeal, Orophayngeal, Hypopharyngeal, Glottis, Supraglottic, and Subglottic cancer. Risks of throat cancer would be if; you’re 40 or older, smoke or use of tobacco, alcohol, family history or genetic predisposition, diet low in fruits or vegetables, suppressed immune system, infection caused by Epstein-Barr virus and Genital Warts. Other risk for this cancer would be exposure to certain materials like nickel refining, woodworking, and working with textile fibers. Many people out in the world are really gullible by the persuasions advertisers do to sell their products such as cigarettes, tobacco, and alcohol. Many famous people had throat cancer to and even if they weren’t around bad influence. 4.Yul Brynner was a film actor and he was hit with throat cancer since 1980’s he’s been trying to help out those who have throat cancer. Yul’s wife continued with the foundation and in 2001 the name was changed to oral and this event continues to happen every year. Throat cancer is most likely to be men and 3 percent of the United States is cancer and throat cancer would be less. Almost 30-38,000 cases of head and neck cancers happen within a year. Since 1988 to 2001 throat cancer has increased from 0.8 up to 2.6 and in 2020 there will be more people with throat cancer. Throat cancers caused by a virus transmitted during oral sex have increased significantly in the United States in recent years. The trend may be attributable to increases in oral sex, particularly