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"Your fingers look like clubbing, so it's best to go to the hospital and get your lungs checked. ”
Mr. Lau, a real estate agent, saw that day a doctor client saw his big fingers, asked him about some other symptoms, and advised him to go to the hospital for examination.
Mr. Liu went to the hospital for an examination with the mentality of "I would rather believe it than not", and the result was that he was really diagnosed with early lung cancer and underwent surgery in time, and Mr. Liu is very grateful to this doctor since then.
Not everyone is as lucky as Mr. Liu, previously reported in the news that a man found that his fingers were thicker and his nails were deformed at first, and he didn't care about it, but then he suddenly had a high fever that didn't go away, and he couldn't be cured, and when he went to the hospital, he was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
It is rumored on the Internet that lung cancer can be predicted by looking at the finger, and many people think that clubbing is a signal of lung cancer, is this really the case?
1. If there is "clubbing", must it be lung cancer?
In medicine, the enlarged fingers and toes are called clubbing, but finger clubbing is more common than the toes.
Wang Qian, attending physician of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, pointed out that due to the chronic hypoxia and hypoxia of the body, metabolic disorders are triggered, which causes the tell capillaries of the terminal limbs to dilate, and painless hyperplasia occurs, forming acromegaly, thus forming clubbing.
Professor Zheng Junmeng, director of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, pointed out that if you feel that your fingers are abnormal, you can use the Schamroth sign examination method to test yourself, that is, the nail surface and the back of the joint of the distal middle finger of the two hands are fitted together, and if the diamond-shaped gap between the two nails becomes smaller or disappears, it may be clubbing.
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Dr. Wang Qian pointed out that many diseases can cause clubbing, but 75%-80% are caused by lung diseases, 10%-15% are caused by cardiovascular diseases, and the rest may be caused by genetic or other diseases.
1. Lung cancer
If clubbing occurs after middle age, and there is a history of long-term heavy smoking, or if there is a history of lung cancer in an immediate family member, accompanied by symptoms such as cough and unexplained chest pain, it is necessary to be alert to lung cancer.
2. Congenital heart disease
If clubbing occurs at an early age, and there are purple lips and squatting (a forced position, the legs are flexed, squatting for a while, and then returning to normal walking) appear at a young age, you should be alert to congenital heart disease and need to see a doctor in time.
3. Pulmonary infectious diseases
Clubbing, accompanied by long-term chronic cough, a large amount of purulent sputum, bloodshot sputum and other symptoms, should be suspicious of lung abscess, bronchiectasis and other lung infectious diseases.
4. Infective endocarditis
In addition to clubbing, if there are symptoms such as skin bleeding spots, intermittent fever, splenomegaly, and embolism of the limbs, you should be alert to infective endocarditis and should be hospitalized as soon as possible.
Dr. Wang Qian reminds that the discovery of clubbing does not mean that the disease has been diagnosed, and if the body is not unwell, it is recommended to have a timely examination, and if the examination does not find the disease, there is no need to worry too much.
2. There are 4 abnormalities in the fingers, which may be a sign of cancer
As an important part of the human body, the hands are inseparable from eating, writing, and dressing.
1. Colorless or white nails appear on the fingers
Zhang Zhengrong, deputy chief physician of the Department of Oncology of the First People's Hospital of Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, pointed out that the appearance of white nails or colorless nails may be caused by liver cancer.
2. Finger mole mutation
Pan Zhanhe, deputy chief physician of the Department of Oncology of Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University, reminded that if the black mole on the finger appears abnormally large, bleeding, itching, color change, etc., it is necessary to be vigilant against melanoma.
3. Swelling and pain in the end knuckles
Dr. Zhang Zhengrong reminded that if bone cancer can be detected early, bone damage and complications can be avoided.
4. Muscle weakness and numbness of fingers
Dr. Zhang Zhengrong pointed out that finger numbness and muscle weakness may be caused by neuroendocrine tumors, which may affect the nervous system and cause physical movement disorders.
3. Hands are a health barometer, and you will be given four hands-on exercises
Deng Yuxia, a specially invited expert of China Traditional Chinese Medicine News, pointed out that as the saying goes, "ten fingers connect the heart", in fact, there is a certain truth.
From the perspective of TCM meridians, each finger is connected to the corresponding viscera through the meridians, and these viscera are connected to the heart, so there is a saying that ten fingers are connected to the heart.
In Western medicine, all ten fingers have abundant nerves, and no matter which finger is injured, it may be reflected to the pain center of the brain through the nerves, resulting in a sense of pain.
As a barometer of health, hands should be maintained well, and the four hand health exercises given by experts may as well be done.
Rub your hands with chopsticks: There are many acupuncture points on the hands, and you can use chopsticks to repeatedly rub your palms until they are slightly warm, so as to have the effect of massaging your hands.
Rubbing the root of the palm to protect the lower coke: The acupuncture points at the root of the palm correspond to the genitourinary system, and often rubbing the root of the palm helps to protect the organs of the lower coke, and can also facilitate urine and maintain yang energy.
Massage fingers to nourish the five organs: each palm corresponds to different organs of the human body, and targeted finger massage is also conducive to the health of the five organs of the human body.
Rubbing the tiger's mouth to regulate qi and blood: There is a Hegu acupoint at the tiger's mouth in the palm of the hand, and massaging the Hegu acupoint can increase lung capacity, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and improve human immunity.
The hands of the human body have many functions, clubbing fingers should be alert to diseases, and some other symptoms of the fingers may also be a sign of cancer.
Resources:
[1] "The woman's fingers became thicker, and it turned out to be lung cancer when she found out!With these symptoms, the disease may be quietly approaching...".Popular Science China.2022-04-17
[2] "Beware of cancer when this "line" appears on the hand?Oncologist: You must be careful when these 3 changes occur in your fingers!", Health Times.2023-08-10
[3] "[Health] Whether the body is good or not, you can know by looking at your hands!Send you four hands health exercises!", Guangdong Health Information.2019-01-07
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