In recent years, the Internet often uses "battle nut" and "killing hammer" to describe those who like to chew betel nut, such as Liu Hui, one of the "Four Kings of the North", and former professional player "DANK1NG" are all betel nut lovers.
However, these playful appellations downplay the dangers of betel nut.
Three of the former "betel nut giants" have now passed away, and the last one had his tongue cut off to save his life.
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Betel nut with cigarette is harmless
Fu Song, a singer who became famous at a young age, participated in "Youth Bao Qingtian" in the year he graduated from the Hunan Opera Academy, and was invited to sing at the Asian Paralympic Association after his debut, and his future was once bright.
In 2021, Fu Song was diagnosed with oral cancer, although he actively cooperated with the treatment and even cut off the right side of his face.
However, the pain of oral cancer is still tormenting Fu Song's will, Fu Song does not want to give up the hope of his life, and fights against the pain every day.
While enduring the pain, Fu Song also insisted on warning netizens to stay away from betel nut on the Internet, and he used his personal experience to show everyone the harm of betel nut, but some people still disagreed.
In the end, Fu Song still failed to overcome the pain, only a year after the diagnosis, he passed away with unwillingness and regret, only 36 years old, but oral cancer is still ruthlessly harvesting life.
In 2021, a man named "Robin. Van Persie", because of tongue cancer caused by long-term betel nut chewing, he had more than half of his tongue removed in order to survive, but he was still entangled in pain every day after the operation.
At first, he was very optimistic, planning to quit all smoking, alcohol and betel nut at once, and embrace a healthy life from then on, but due to the operation, he could only eat liquids.
This caused him to lose 40 pounds and his physical fitness was extremely reduced, but he was still persisting in order to survive, and unfortunately his condition recurred again.
But his family can no longer afford the second operation, so he can only go back to his hometown for treatment, and he has tears in his eyes in the video, perhaps regretting his "indulgence" of 4 packs of betel nuts a day.
Some netizens shared their feelings with him in the comment area, at this time he had already said that he was about to be unable to bear it, and under the encouragement of netizens, he thought that his son would go to college next year.
This made him lift his spirits again and actively fight against the illness, but after persevering for two months, he said that he could no longer bear it, and he had lost 20 pounds again after falling to 100 pounds.
But with the hope of his family and the encouragement of netizens, he finally insisted on receiving treatment, but he still couldn't carry it, and on April 2, 2023, the netizen passed away.
Perhaps this is also a relief for him who has suffered from illness, but his departure is undoubtedly a heavy blow to his family.
In January 2024, this netizen's account was suddenly updated, and it turned out that her wife used his account to post a video, perhaps because she missed it too much, and netizens in the comment area sent comfort and blessings.
As a specialty of Hunan, betel nut has caused many Hunan people to suffer from oral cancer, and Internet celebrity Ah Hong is also one of them, as a native of Hunan, he chewed betel nut for more than ten years.
As a result, he had tongue cancer, fortunately his symptoms were not particularly serious, and there were no major sequelae after the operation, but he was deeply impressed by the treatment process.
He added the word "Rebirth" to his account name, saying: "During the treatment, I experienced life and death and torture, I can't advise everyone to quit betel nut but try to eat less."
After experiencing the dangers of betel nut firsthand, he understood what was important, and he shared his experience and experience online, and he also found many patients to speak with him.
He insisted on sharing his anti-cancer experience with netizens day after day, popularizing the dangers of betel nut to netizens, and won the recognition of many netizens, but some netizens thought that he was just for the heat.
In the face of netizens' doubts, he did not get angry, but patiently explained that this was just his own spontaneous action, without any interest adulteration, and the surgical scar on his body was the best proof of the harm of betel nut.
To some extent, betel nut is not much different from "D product", it is very easy to make people addicted, and even produce a sense of dependence, and in many countries betel nut has been identified as a first-class carcinogen.
Even many countries have banned the sale of betel nut, and long-term chewing of betel nut can lead to oral problems, which may deteriorate into oral cancer if the symptoms are severe.
Lessons learned
The president of the Hunan Provincial Stomatological Association once said in an interview that 45 of the 50 patients in the hospital were oral cancers, and after investigation, it was found that 44 of the 45 oral cancers were due to betel nut chewing.
Although it cannot be proved that you will not get oral cancer without eating betel nut, eating betel nut will greatly increase the probability of oral cancer, but there are still many people who insist on eating betel nut knowing that betel nut is harmful.
There are countless examples of the harm of betel nut on the Internet, but there are still many young people who like "betel nut with cigarettes, boundless mana", and even "betel nut soaking wine, the more you drink, the more you have".
Their understanding of betel nut is still too one-sided, but what is more serious is that there is no age limit on the sale of betel nut at present, which will lead to many teenagers being poisoned by betel nut.
Even in places like the stationery store at the entrance of the school, there are betel nut shelves, and it is conceivable that the sale of betel nut is pervasive, and young people lack awareness and are likely to be inadvertently poisoned by betel nut.
As the flowers of the motherland and the pillars of the future, young people must not be ruined by betel nut and their dazzling future should be ruined, and the relevant departments should intervene to keep them away from the hidden danger of being infected with betel nut.
Chewing betel nut can refresh you, but the harm it brings to the human body is huge, for us, life is always the first important, if we don't have a healthy life, then nothing will be relevant to us.
The bloody lessons are still vividly in my mind, and I hope that everyone can take this as a warning, break free from the shackles of betel nut as soon as possible, and embark on a healthy life.
These former betel nut fanatics realized the dangers of betel nut after cutting their faces and tongues because of betel nut.
But there is no regret medicine in the world, and they can only use their own personal experience to warn future generations.
References:
Guangming Network - "Non-food! Multi-departmental call to prevent minors from chewing betel nut"——2024-04-27
Dahe.com - "A 36-year-old male singer died of cancer and advised netizens to stay away from this" - 2022-09-14
Douyin account - "Robin. Van Persie"