To think there’s a worrying increase in cancer in young people?

[Dandelionclocks]

Okay so I guess it’s because I’ve seen a lot of younger people on TikTok with cancer diagnosis. But I’ve also seen it in the news a lot more recently.
Colon cancer seems more prevalent in young people which at one point was a disease of the over 60s.
I was following a woman the same age as me on TikTok (33) and she tragically recently lost her battle with colon cancer. And then I’ve seen more and more and it’s worrying me.

Has anyone else thought the same or am I overreacting?

I also feel like a lot of young people (18-25 year olds, specially women) are being diagnosed with crohns and colitis. Wonder what that’s about

Rates are up 24% since the early 90s? That's quite a lot, as a proportion. I assume diet as well.

Tik tok algorithm. The more you watch, share, like, comment on such content the more similar comment it will pump into your feed

If you are truly concerned look up some healthcare and disease statistics based on real surveys or hospital admission/diagnosis data etc

Yes

My great great grandmother died of "wasting disease" when she was in her 40s . She became unwell during her third pregnancy with a terrible cough and shoulder pains and was encouraged to smoke more to bring up whatever was in her airway! 3 years later, in 1932, thin, coughing up blood, she died. On a makeshift bed on the of her living room, being looked after by my 11 year old great grandmother. No NHS and they couldn't afford an emergency doctor. The doctors who came to take her away said it was probably TB. They had recommended that my great grandfather bought pink tablets for a penny and a health tonic for sixpence from the chemist and hoped they'd help her. Obviously they didn't. I think it was cocaine or heroin based from what my great grandmother remembered of it.

She either died of the TB that snatched a lot of young people at the time or of lung cancer that took as many people as it still does and nobody could do anything about either

Chernobyl impact? And of more widespread nuclear testing? It was what we were warned of in the 80s/ 90s.

I don’t know but I follow a few women around my age on social media who have bowel cancer and they all seem to have been lifelong vegetarians. That got me thinking this morning, to the point I started reading about it. Study findings seem to vary.

There is an increase in bowel cancer between the ages 20-50. There are also a lot of people who may have genetic mutations like lynch syndrome that means you can develop bowel cancer at a younger age. Usually there’s a family history but the the genetic mutation can happen at any point in the family.

“An estimated 175,000 people have Lynch syndrome in the UK but fewer than 5% of individuals know they have the condition”

I myself had found a precancerous growth in my colon during a colonoscopy and I’m only 34. I’m slim build and eat well, no processed foods, rarely eat red meat, don’t drink or smoke.

……..micro-plastics?