Is there any harm in eating too much betel nut?

Eating too much betel nut is harmful and useless. Areca catechu contains a lot of arecoline, which is cytotoxic. The reaction between oral mucosa and alkaloids contained in betel nut will lead to oral mucosa fibrosis and leukoplakia, and even cause cancer in severe cases.

Apart from Taiwan Province Province, betel nut chewing is also popular in Hainan, Hunan and parts of Guangdong. Experts warned that eat areca is not good for health and should control the amount of eat areca.

People who have the habit of chewing betel nut should go to the hospital in time to check if there are signs such as chronic oral ulcers, white spots and dark spots on the oral mucosa, and rule out the possibility of cancer.

Long-term chewing betel nut will lead to oral submucosal fibrosis, which not only causes oral mucosa sclerosis and affects normal oral function, but also is a precancerous state. Areca catechu has a special taste, which is easy to feel excited and comfortable after eating, but it contains a lot of arecoline and alkaloids.

It is cytotoxic, and the reaction between oral mucosa and alkaloids contained in betel nut will lead to oral mucosal fibrosis, with clinical manifestations of difficulty in opening mouth, numbness and ulcer, which may stimulate canceration over time.

Canceration is just one of the most serious hazards of chewing betel nut. Calcium and betel nut juice in betel nut are easy to form stones when soaked in the mouth for a long time; Rough areca nut may also induce a variety of periodontal diseases.