[Article content: from readers' contributions]
Zhang Wei is a sales manager, and lately, he has been feeling in poor physical condition, always getting tired easily, and coughing twice from time to time.
One day, he suddenly felt a dull pain in his right shoulder and back, and even breathing became a little difficult, so he decided to go to the hospital for a check-up.
After receiving the consultation, Dr. Shen of the Department of Thoracic Surgery carefully inquired about Zhang Wei's medical history and symptoms, and then recommended that he have a chest CT scan.
After the results came in, Dr. Shen found a small shadow in the lower lobe of Zhang Wei's right lung, which was thought to be an early lung lesion.
"Mr. Zhang, have you recently felt shoulder and back pain, accompanied by cough and shortness of breath?" Dr. Shen asked.
Zhang Wei nodded: "Yes, I did feel a faint pain in my right shoulder and back some time ago, and I thought it was a stiff neck." Does it have something to do with the lungs?"
"When the phrenic nerve is irritated by a lung lesion, there may be a dull or dull pain in the shoulder and back. If there is retrosternal pain, vague intercostal pain, or even as far as the abdomen, it may also indicate a problem with the lungs. "
Hearing this, Zhang Wei couldn't help but get nervous: "Then what kind of lung disease do I have?"
Dr. Shen reassured, "Don't worry too much, judging from the current situation, your lung lesions are still in the early stages. I initially suspect chronic bronchitis or early emphysema, but further tests are needed to confirm the diagnosis. "
Next, under the advice of the doctor, Zhang Wei did pulmonary function, bronchoscopy and other examinations. The results confirmed that Zhang Wei suffered from chronic bronchitis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
"Mr. Zhang, your situation may be related to long-term smoking and frequent late nights. "The harmful substances in cigarettes can damage the respiratory tract and cause chronic inflammation; Staying up late weakens the body's immunity and aggravates inflammation. "
Zhang Wei suddenly realized that he remembered that he had smoked for 20 years, with an average of 1 pack of cigarettes a day; After working for so many years, staying up late is even more commonplace. It seems that bad habits are the culprit!
Dr. Shen warned Zhang Wei that if he wants to control his condition, he must get rid of the bad habits of smoking and staying up late, learn to work and rest reasonably, exercise more, and improve his own resistance.
After hearing this, Zhang Wei nodded again and again, saying that he would strictly follow the doctor's instructions, adjust his lifestyle, and actively cooperate with the treatment. He is deeply aware that lung health is closely related to lifestyle habits, and only by taking good care of his lungs can he have a healthy future.
Through Zhang Wei's story, we once again realize that the early signs of lung disease are often manifested in subtle physical changes. For example, shoulder and back pain, vague pain behind the sternum, intercostal discomfort, or even abdominal pain may be the lungs asking us for help.
In fact, the lungs are closely related to many organs and tissues throughout the body. For example, the phrenic nerve is distributed in the lungs, heart, liver, stomach and other organs, and once the lung lesion stimulates the nerve, there may be shoulder and back pain, precordial discomfort and other manifestations; In the advanced stage, lung cancer may also metastasize to the liver, bones, brain and other parts, causing pain in the corresponding parts.
In short, every part of the body is transmitting health signals, and the key is to learn to listen and interpret them.
Not all lung diseases present with significant painful symptoms. Many chronic lung diseases may only have mild symptoms such as cough and shortness of breath in the early stage, which are easy to be overlooked.
Therefore, even if there is no pain or discomfort, it is necessary to develop a good habit of regular physical examination, so that lung problems can be detected in time and the disease can be strangled in the "cradle".
We should also be vigilant against adverse factors that affect lung health, such as smoking, staying up late, air pollution, frequent colds, etc.
In particular, smoking is recognized as the "number one killer" of damage to the respiratory system, which not only causes chronic bronchitis, emphysema and other diseases, but also greatly increases the risk of lung cancer. To love your lungs is to have the courage to say "no" to tobacco and be a "smoke-resisting warrior".
Only when the lungs are good can the body be good, and if the body is good, the mood can be good. Let's start from the bits and pieces of life, take care of our "air purifier", make the tree of life evergreen, and the road of life is always smooth!
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