Pulmonary nodules turned into heart knots, don't be anxious......
"Ever since the lung nodule was detected, I was very anxious, and I had a slight cough and I thought that it was not a malignant lung nodule. As soon as my chest hurts, I wonder if the nodules have grown again? I think about it every day, and I can't sleep at night. ”
Isn't this talking about you? Pulmonary nodules in outpatient clinics are prone to 2 extremes:
The first is to get off the track of life and see a doctor wholeheartedly.
Some people think they have lung cancer after discovering lung nodules, and they frequently do CT in a short period of time. A CT scan at a hospital can also lead to too much radiation in a short period of time.
The second is to apply a one-size-fits-all approach regardless of benign or malignant.
Some patients choose surgery because they are really worried and choose to have the nodule removed, regardless of whether it is benign or malignant. This overtreatment
As a result, many benign nodules are mistakenly cut and lung function decreases after surgery.
If there is a problem in the future and surgery is needed, the opportunity for early surgical resection will be lost.
It is clear that neither of these phases is desirable. So how can you alleviate anxiety?
First, understand who your real enemy is.
Is it a pulmonary nodule, or is it simply psychological anxiety?
According to statistics, the detection rate of pulmonary nodules has increased to 8% to 51%. 96.4% of the pulmonary nodules found in the physical examination were benign. Therefore, if your nodule is not at risk of malignancy after being judged by a professional doctor, then you should adjust your mentality.
Second, "effective follow-up" should be achieved.
After the nodule is found, the nature of the nodule should be determined first, and for the nodules with low risk or unnecessary surgical intervention, the nodules should be intervened by traditional Chinese medicine, so as not to delay the passive follow-up and miss the best conservative treatment period.
I hope that you will not let the lung nodule become a knot in your heart.
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