Can't help but mutter: What changes can be made to your fingers, they will become thicker when you eat fat?
What I want to talk about today is not the problem of fat and thin fingers, a woman in Guangdong was diagnosed with cancer because of her finger problems, so it is still necessary to observe her fingers if you have nothing to do!
Ms. Jiang, from Guangdong, who works as a real estate agent, noticed that the ends of her fingers were different from those of others, and they looked a little more swollen.
Later, a doctor accidentally observed the symptom and advised her to see a doctor as soon as possible.
After examination, Ms. Jiang had a tumor of about 4 cm in her lungs, and the doctor diagnosed lung cancer as early in the middle stage.
So why does lung cancer make the ends of the fingers swollen? It doesn't seem like there's any connection between the two, right?
The end of the finger is swollen, and the medical term is clubbing, also known as mallet finger or drumstick finger.
Clubbing is characterized by a thickened, clubbing-like enlargement of the first segment of the finger or toe, a protruding and bent nail, often accompanied by pain, and a change in the color of the finger or toe tip.
Hippocrates was the first to document the presence of clubbing in patients with pulmonary suppuration, but it was not until the late 19th century that clinicians began to take this sign seriously.
Suspicion of these 3 disorders is high
Clubbing is a clinical sign that does not cause any discomfort in itself, so it is easy to be overlooked, but it is a signal for many diseases, and once clubbing appears, the following 3 types of diseases are highly suspected.
Lung cancer is also a respiratory disease, many lung cancer patients in the early and middle stage of clubbing, experts believe that this is lung lesions hypoxia, caused by other tissues hypoxia, long-term hypoxia will lead to abnormal thickening of the finger tail tissue.
In addition to lung cancer, clubbing can also occur in respiratory diseases such as bronchiectasis, lung abscess, diffuse pulmonary interstitial fibrosis, pneumoconiosis, and open tuberculosis.
► People who smoke for a long time, are over 40 years old, have underlying lung diseases, and have a family history of lung cancer, even if there is no obvious discomfort in the respiratory tract, once they find that they have clubbing, they should be highly vigilant and go for a lung examination in time.
2. Cardiovascular disease
Some patients with congenital heart disease will also have clubbing, such as cyanotic congenital heart disease, subacute infective endocarditis, etc.
3. Digestive system diseases
Diseases such as colon cancer, chronic ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, sprue, cirrhosis, and intestinal tuberculosis sometimes present with clubbing.
In addition to these conditions, chronic pyelonephritis, hyperthyroidism, chronic myeloid leukemia, or some drug poisoning may also cause clubbing.
Clubbing itself is not a disease, but it is an outward manifestation of some diseases, so it is important to learn to judge what kind of finger is clubbing!
1. Look at the diamond-shaped void
The middle fingers of both hands are facing each other back, and the end joints are close to the fingers. If there is a diamond-shaped gap at the base of the two fingers, it is normal; If the void becomes smaller or disappears, clubbing may occur.
2. Upper angle measurement method
There is a basal angle on the front of the finger, between the nail surface and the skin at the end, and the angle is less than 160° in normal people, but the upper angle of early clubbing nails is often greater than 180°.
Once the above two conditions are found, it is recommended to go to the hospital as soon as possible to find out the cause, and the specific department to go to can be judged according to other diseases.
● If you have clear symptoms or a history of disease, go to the corresponding department, such as respiratory medicine, cardiovascular, gastroenterology, oncology, etc.;
● If it is just a simple clubbing and there is no discomfort, you can go to the orthopedic department or dermatology department for further examination according to the doctor's diagnosis;
● If you feel unwell, but you can't say clearly, you can go for a comprehensive physical examination.
Does the appearance of clubbing fingers necessarily indicate illness? Not!
Clubbing itself is not uncommon, and many people have clubbing, but no related disease has been detected.
Clubbing is just a sign of a disease, and its appearance is a reminder to pay attention to the health of the body.
Especially for middle-aged and elderly people who are a little unwell and are always used to enduring, when they find that their body is abnormal, it is the most correct choice to diagnose in time.
Some diseases (especially tumors) do not have obvious specific symptoms at the beginning, which is why many cancer patients, once diagnosed, often miss the best time for treatment.
Just like Ms. Jiang at the beginning of the article, if she hadn't listened to other people's reminders to go to the hospital for a check-up in time, it might have been really late if it had dragged on for a few months......
