The 49-year-old Master Lin took his 73-year-old mother to see high blood pressure, and when he finished measuring the blood pressure of the old lady and handing it to Mr. Lin after prescribing the prescription, I found that Mr. Lin's palm was red.
I said: Master Lin usually likes to drink bars?
Master Lin said: How do you know?
I said: Liver is not good? Drink less, or don't drink?
Master Lin said: Liver is not good? I haven't checked it, but I do usually like to drink a little, and I drink it every day these days in the New Year.
I said: Your palm is red, which is called the palm of the liver, indicating that the liver is not good, it is best to check liver function and liver ultrasound.
Subsequently, Master Lin hung up the number of a gastroenterology director, who suggested that he first do an abdominal ultrasound and draw blood to test liver function. Abdominal ultrasound reports cirrhosis, and liver function is severely impaired by blood tests. Master Lin called someone to take his mother home, and Master Lin himself was left in the gastroenterology department and hospitalized...
If cirrhosis is not detected in time, complications such as upper gastrointestinal bleeding, hepatic encephalopathy, secondary infection, hypersplenism, ascites, and cancer may occur in the advanced stage, endangering our lives.
First, what is the role of the liver and common liver diseases
The liver is the largest digestive gland in the human body, the liver secretes bile to help digest the diet; the liver stores and burns fat in the body, storing fat-soluble vitamin storage organs; the liver is the largest detoxification organ of the human body. Experiments have shown that animals can only survive for more than 50 hours at most after the liver is completely removed.
Common liver diseases include hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver abscess, primary liver cancer, etc., and the mortality rate of cirrhosis in clinical stage 5 is the highest, more than 60%. Patients with advanced liver cancer often survive only half a year to one and a half years.
Second, when the body appears these 3 manifestations, first of all, it is highly suspected that the liver is not good:
1. Red palms---- liver palms
Healthy people have rosy palms, while people with liver disease have flaky hyperemia at the base of the thumb and little finger of the palm, or red spots and plaques that become pale after compression. This kind of performance medicine gives a proper noun called "liver palm", that is, a kind of palm performance unique to liver palm disease, because of this, I saw Master Lin's palm appear liver, at that time suspected that his liver function was not good, and the examination results also confirmed my judgment.
2. Red long-legged mole --- spider mole
In the face, neck, chest, shoulders and upper limbs, etc., there are often small red dots with many long legs, just like the red spider; there is a red dot in the middle, surrounded by blood, when the toothpick, matchstick at one end of the pressure on the center of the mole, the total mole disappears, and after release, it will appear again, resembling a spider, so it is called a spider mole. Spider annular nevi is also a manifestation peculiar to liver disease. Statistics have shown that 85% of people with spider moles on the surface of the body can have liver tissue lesions of varying degrees.
3. Yellowish or dull and colorless
When liver disease has been combined with jaundice, then the sclera, mucous membranes, skin and other tissues are dyed yellow, that is, the appearance of the face is yellow, and the white eyes are yellow. Or with the damage of liver function, the complexion is dull, dull, the skin is rough and dry, and the appearance of a "bronze" face is the most common cause of cirrhosis.
4. Poor appetite, nausea
People with poor liver function may also be manifested as loss of appetite, typically anorexia, nausea and vomiting, such as eating fried foods and fatty foods before. But now that you suddenly encounter greasy food and you are nauseated and want to vomit, then you must also highly suspect that the liver is not good.
Third, a better recommendation is a physical examination
Although the above 4 manifestations can initially determine whether there is a problem with the liver, this method is not accurate, or this judgment is relatively lagging behind. That is to say, when the liver disease is already aggravated, the above 4 points may appear. For all diseases, we recommend early detection, early control and early treatment; so how can we detect liver problems early?
For example, many people have fatty livers, and most of the mild fatty livers have no performance and no harm in the short term. But if fatty liver is not found, do not actively control, eat healthy, and insist on exercise, then mild fatty liver may be aggravated, develop into severe fatty liver, and even cirrhosis.
Therefore, it is recommended that everyone can check the body every year, liver ultrasound and liver function, especially those who drink alcohol for a long time, take medicine for a long time, do not control their diet, and stay up late for a long time.
Fourth, the best advice is to prevent first and protect the liver
The best treatment for all diseases is not a panacea, not a high-tech procedure, but prevention. Common causes of liver damage are hepatitis, alcoholism, staying up late, taking medicines, and obesity.
Therefore, in our daily life, we should be vaccinated against hepatitis; abstain from alcohol and limit alcohol; avoid staying up late; insist on exercise to control weight; any drugs should be taken under the guidance of a doctor, especially long-term chronic disease drugs, and have the condition to check the body every year.
We reiterate once again that the best treatment is prevention, be careful with the liver!
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