Throat Cancer: Common Cause

Throat cancer is a strange kind of sickness in the rural areas of the Philippines. It is only in the urban area or places where refrigerator and water coolers are common that the problem is also becoming a common word.

The common cause of throat cancer according to the Mayo Clinic is due to cell mutations in the throat, (The Throat cancer occurs when cells in your throat develop genetic mutations. These mutations cause cells to grow uncontrollably and continue living after healthy cells would normally die. The accumulating cells can form a tumor in your throat.
It's not clear what causes the mutation that causes throat cancer...Mayo Clinic)

However, it is interesting that their concentration is about the mutation of cells and not the real cause before the mutation that causes cancer, and the company’s advice, “You can reduce your risk of throat cancer by not smoking, not chewing tobacco, and limiting alcohol use” is even far to satisfactory.


Well, long time ago, my mother taught me what are the basic things to avoid in taking care of my throat from sore throat, inflammations, and losing the voice.

These were her simple advice that she learned from her mother who learned it first from her mother...and so on.

In general, never drink ice cold water, and any other drinks; as much as possible take room temperature water or water put away in a clay jar
When it is hot, drink hot tea, coffee, or simply warm to hot water
When it is hot and you drink ice-cold water, it will encourage more drinking which results to bloating, unexplained feeling of queasiness, and sore throat, throat inflammation and losing your voice.

How about drinking alcohol? In my experience, the alcohol does not cause the problem, but the ice added to the alcohol drink is the reason. For the case of beer, the ice-cold ones always cause problem in my throat. However, some people may still be affected by the strong taste of the alcohol, so, it's not bad if observation is done.

And smoking? Smoking dries the throat, so, there is a big chance the skin lining of the throat will be irritated and become inflamed.