Through a person's hand, you can see the disease, do you believe it?
Presumably, everyone will immediately think of feudal superstition, after all, ancient science and technology are not developed enough, and many things that are difficult to explain are brushed over with superstition.
Because of this, there are many so-called hand-telling industries, even in modern society, there are many people who believe. Therefore, when it comes to seeing the disease of the hand, everyone immediately thinks of superstition.
But in fact, there are diseases that may manifest themselves through a person's hand, such as liver disease.
It should be known that the liver involves a considerable range of functions, its basic function is metabolism and detoxification, but it has a complex biotransformation process, which involves the digestive system, endocrine system, coagulation system and other aspects.
Therefore, after the liver is sick, it may affect the patient's hands, resulting in a typical symptom, which is: liver palm!
So the question is, what exactly is the liver palm, and how to find it?
When it comes to the palm of the liver, we must first talk about liver function, which plays a role in balancing endocrine, and there are many hormones that need to be inactivated in the liver, including estrogen.
Whether male or female, there is a gland called an adrenal gland in the body, which produces estrogen and maintains a certain balance with the androgens in the body, thereby maintaining the normal physiological and life functions of the body. In addition, the ovarian organs in the female body also produce moderate amounts of estrogen.
After these hormones are secreted, they travel throughout the body with blood circulation, and eventually decompose and inactivate in the liver.
Once the patient has a more serious liver disease, such as chronic liver disease to the stage of liver cirrhosis decompensation, or after the liver cancer has entered the middle and advanced stages.
Due to the continuous decline of liver function, the inactivation and metabolism of estrogen will be hindered to varying degrees.
However, the adrenal glands and ovaries are still secreting hormones, and over time, estrogen will accumulate in large quantities in the body. This hormone has the effect of stimulating the expansion and congestion of capillary blood vessels, and eventually forms the palm of the liver.
There is a clear difference between the palm of the liver and the palm of a healthy person, and there will be a large number of dark red spots and plaques in the large and small fish interichthys on both sides of the patient's palms, as well as the palm surface of the patient's fingertips, and their color looks like cinnabar.
When pressure is applied to it, it immediately turns pale, and when the pressure is lifted, it appears red again.
If you look closely at these small plaques, you will find a large number of dotted, patchy arterioles that expand and connect into sheets. In some patients, not only similar changes appear in the palms of the hands, but also in the soles of the feet.
However, the point that needs to be emphasized here is that the appearance of liver palms is not necessarily a signal of the arrival of liver disease, and some healthy people in the clinic also have liver palms, such as pregnant women, adolescent girls, lactating women, etc.
Because it is, after all, a symptom of excessive estrogen secretion or metabolic disorders, it cannot be seen as an absolute symptom of liver disease.
Therefore, after the emergence of liver palms, it is also necessary to consider many aspects, such as whether the patient has a history of drinking alcohol, whether there is a family history of liver disease, and whether there are other symptoms.
If liver disease is suspected to be causing the palmar, the next step of testing is required, including liver function screening, liver scans, imaging tests, etc., so that the diagnosis can be confirmed.