The octogenarian uncle's chest inexplicably "became larger", and he was stunned after understanding the cause of the disease

What is the use of a man's chest? Speaking of this problem, many people will joke that in addition to distinguishing between the positive and negative sides, coaxing children is too small. In fact, the chest of men and women is exactly the same in internal structure, so many "problems" about the chest, men are not spared.

Uncle Li, 80 years old, was found to have silicosis and chest wall tuberculosis because he worked in the coal mine for many years. After symptomatic treatment, at present, Uncle Li's condition has improved significantly.

Two months ago, Uncle Li, who lives in Shaoyang City, found a bulge the size of a pigeon's egg in his breast on his right chest when he was taking a bath, but if it was not painful or itchy, he did not pay attention to it.

Unexpectedly, after a period of time, the original slightly raised chest not only did not disappear but also became larger, becoming a lump the size of a duck egg, as if his breasts had developed, accompanied by some pain, thinking of buying some medicine to apply, should soon be better. Unexpectedly, after a few days, the medicine was also applied, but the pain became more and more serious.

Uncle Li was a little worried, but he was embarrassed to tell others, so he hid this "unspeakable thing" in his heart. It wasn't until a month ago that Uncle Li really couldn't bear the double pressure of body and mind, so he secretly told his son about it.

Hearing that his father had such a "bizarre" problem, Uncle Li's son quickly dragged him to the local hospital for treatment, and found that Uncle Li had a suspicious lesion on his right chest, and his chest was constantly getting larger, which was also caused by this lesion. Subsequently, under the recommendation of the doctor, Uncle Li was transferred to the General Department of Hunan Chest Hospital for treatment.

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After being admitted to the hospital, the doctor learned after questioning that Uncle Li had worked in the coal mine for nearly 40 years and suffered from silicosis. For three years, Uncle Li has been experiencing repeated symptoms such as cough, sputum production, and shortness of breath. In view of Uncle Li's condition, Zheng Zheng, director of the Comprehensive Department, led the medical team to conduct a detailed examination for him, and through a puncture biopsy of the chest mass, the medical staff found Tuberculosis bacteria in Uncle Li's tissue specimen. Eventually, Uncle Li was diagnosed with chest wall tuberculosis, silicosis, chronic bronchitis, lung infection and other diseases.

In this regard, the comprehensive medical team has formulated a personalized treatment plan for Uncle Li, and after careful care, at present, the lump on the right side of Uncle Li's chest wall has been significantly reduced.

"The patient's lesions are posterior to the breast glands, which look like breast masses, but are actually tuberculosis lesions of the ribs, sternum, and soft tissues of the chest wall secondary to lung or pleural tuberculosis infection." On December 14, Zheng Zheng introduced that chest wall tuberculosis is a secondary tuberculosis infection, and chest wall pain, chest cavity abscess, as well as fever, night sweats, fatigue and other symptoms often occur after the disease.

Zheng Zheng said that in recent years, with the increase in the incidence of tuberculosis, chest wall tuberculosis has also shown an upward trend. When tuberculosis bacteria are present in droplets or sputum in the droplets or sputum of patients with chest wall tuberculosis secondary to tuberculosis, they are in the active period, they are contagious and must be paid attention to.

When the body's immunity declines, suffering from long-term chronic diseases, such as diabetes, it can also induce chest wall tuberculosis. Zheng Zheng reminded that if you find a lump or nodule of unknown cause in the body, it is not very hard to touch, the skin color is normal or slightly red, the skin is not hot, you should go to the regular tuberculosis specialist hospital in time to check for extrapulmonary tuberculosis, and for patients who have been diagnosed with tuberculosis, they should go to a professional tuberculosis hospital as soon as possible to receive anti-tuberculosis treatment, so as not to spread to other tissues and organs and be invaded by tuberculosis bacteria.

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Author: Chen Wen Yang Zhengqiang

Editor-in-charge: Tang Xiongluo

Producer: Hunan Chest Hospital