These 6 'minor illnesses' may be early warnings of the advent of cancer, try not to delay it into a 'serious illness'

Mr. Zhang, 40 years old, went to the hospital last week because of low back pain. During this period, he told the doctor that he had kidney stones and hoped to prescribe some painkillers and take them home.

However, after the first physical examination, the doctor suggested that Mr. Zhang do a B-ultrasound to check the liver, gallbladder and kidneys. But Mr. Zhang disagreed, insisting that his discomfort was caused by a kidney stone attack.

Therefore, the doctor checked again and found that the percussion pain in Mr. Zhang's bilateral lower back was not obvious, and it was not a typical low back pain caused by kidney stones .

When Mr. Zhang heard this, he immediately became angry, "What's the matter with your doctor? Are you trying to trick me? If you ask me to prescribe medicine, I will prescribe it, and if you can't see it, I will change a doctor."

After speaking, an unexpected picture appeared: Mr. Zhang was too excited, with shortness of breath, palpitation, and pale face. He was directly sent to the emergency room. After an electrocardiogram, he was diagnosed with myocardial infarction.

Fortunately, because the person was in the hospital and the rescue was timely, Mr. Zhang saved his life.

1. Why do we need major inspections for "minor illnesses"?

I don’t know if you have ever encountered such a situation: you just feel a little cold, but you go to the hospital, but the doctor arranges various tests for you to do. It’s an electrocardiogram, a blood draw or a CT. Hundreds of them are gone, so is this a "pit"?

A reporter from Banyuetan interviewed many people and found that the public's general view of the hospital is "too many inspection items", and some people even suspect that doctors will profit from it and take a cut of the inspection fee , so they will always recommend patients to do inspections.

So why do "minor illnesses" require major inspections? Are doctors really trying to profit from it?

In response, a doctor from a tertiary hospital in Beijing responded: "This is really a bit unfair. For my hospital, our wages are not linked to inspection fees, drug fees, etc. Moreover, the prices of various inspection items in the hospital are all It is clearly stipulated, so there is no purpose of over-examination by overexamining patients.”

In fact, the reason why doctors ask some patients to do major examinations is because the precursors of some major diseases are some seemingly ordinary "minor illnesses" , so patients are asked to do a few more examinations to ensure that the diagnosis is not missed.

Huang Hongwei, chief physician of the Department of Urology of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, said: The occurrence of a disease is often caused by multiple factors, and different diseases may have the same symptoms . Targeted treatment.

In addition, Zhang Hongxuan, a doctor at Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, also said: Some patients come to the hospital for medical treatment due to repeated coughing or even hemoptysis. From our point of view, pneumonia, asthma and even lung cancer may be considered, so patients are recommended to do chest CT, etc. examine. However, many patients do not understand it and think that they are just ordinary flu, which eventually leads to disagreements.

Therefore, even a "minor illness" sometimes needs to be checked. In order to better solve the disease, the only way between doctors and nurses is to strengthen the communication between doctors and patients and establish a trusting relationship.

2. Don't be careless about 6 kinds of "minor illnesses", beware of dragging them into serious illnesses

In fact, many cancers are in the late stage as soon as they are discovered, because the symptoms in the early stage are not obvious, and they are all common "minor diseases". Don't ignore it easily.

1. Hematochezia

Hematochezia may be hemorrhoids or colon cancer. Pay attention to the distinction. Blood in the stool caused by colon cancer is often characterized by the mixture of blood and stool, and the color is dark red.

In addition, bowel cancer is often accompanied by more irregular bowel movements, a sudden increase in the number of farts and stinky, paroxysmal abdominal pain and other discomforts.

2. Oral ulcers

Many diseases can be caused, such as simple oral ulcers; or gastrointestinal diseases can also be caused, mostly indigestion and other discomfort.

But be wary of oral ulcers caused by cancer, and be careful if there are oral ulcers with unclear borders, depressions in the middle, and uneven edges .

3. Shoulder pain

Shoulder pain may also be an early warning of cancer, such as liver cancer. Once the tumor invades the right diaphragm, it can involve the surrounding nerves, resulting in right shoulder pain.

There is also lung cancer, especially a tumor that occurs in the apex of the lung. Once the surrounding part of the pleura is compressed, it will also cause pain in the shoulder joint and shoulder and back muscles.

4. Itchy skin

Malignant tumors can also cause itching to varying degrees, such as pancreatic tumors, which can cause jaundice, which can cause skin discoloration and yellowing.

5. Cough, hemoptysis

If you have this kind of performance for a long time, you should be careful about lung cancer. The first symptom of many lung cancer patients is irritating cough. Especially the cough that lasts for a long time, more than 3 weeks, or even coughs up blood. Many patients also have hoarseness, throat tightness and other discomfort.

6. Kidney stones

If kidney stones are not treated in time, under long-term chronic stimulation, it will lead to an inflammatory reaction and then induce kidney cancer.

Therefore, don't think that "minor illness" is not in the way. If the "minor illness" is not resolved in time, it may be dragged into a serious illness.

3. These inspections are actually unnecessary, they are wasting money

Some people don't go to the top three hospitals for inspections, but some specialized medical examination institutions. These inspection institutions mostly "bundle" multiple inspection items in the form of packages. In fact, some inspections are just a waste of money.

1. Prostate ultrasound to check for prostate cancer

Screening is mainly to detect early-stage cancer, and prostate ultrasound can't do this at all, or even make a diagnosis, so don't waste money on it. PSA is the most convenient and sensitive method for early screening of prostate cancer specificity.

2. X-rays for lung cancer

The detection rate of X-ray film for early lung cancer is relatively low, and CT is the best choice, which can detect tumors of 1cm or even 0.8cm in time.

3. CT scan for breast cancer

The sensitivity of CT for breast cancer is not high, and the specificity of breast cancer is not strong.

4. Laboratory indicators to check gastric cancer

Laboratory indicators can be used for the initial screening of gastric diseases, but for gastric cancer, if one’s heart is not enough, gastroscope is the first choice for gastric cancer screening and diagnosis.

Reasonable examination is the basis for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, so in order to better solve the disease problem, try to avoid being "pit".

References:

[1] "Why do you need a major checkup for minor illnesses? The patient complains, the doctor is helpless! ". Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. 2018-09-17

[2] "These seven "minor diseases" are easy to turn into cancer, so they should not be taken lightly! ". Health Times. 2022-06-09

[3] "Don't be deceived again! There is no need to do these 7 physical examination items, and all the money spent is a waste of money". Popular Science China. 2021-07-31

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