Can facial features diagnose cancer? Reminder: There are 6 faces, which may be an alarm of disease or cancer
Sister Zhu from Zhejiang was eating in a noodle restaurant when a man suddenly came up and asked, "Has your complexion changed in the past few years?"
At first, Sister Zhu thought she was a charlatan and ignored him, but the man said that he was a doctor. Looking at Sister Zhu's face, he suspected that she had a tumor in her brain, and left him behind before leaving. Contact information, told Sister Zhu to go to the hospital for an examination.
Sister Zhu panicked instantly, and found time to go to the hospital the next day. After the examination results came out, it was really shocking: growth hormone pituitary adenoma was diagnosed!
Later, Sister Zhu contacted the "savior". It turned out that the man was a neurosurgery doctor at the People's Hospital of Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province.
He happened to be eating at a noodle restaurant at that time, and he inadvertently saw that Sister Zhu's "face" was different from ordinary people - her lips and nose were particularly thick, her frontal bone was particularly prominent, her fingers were thick and her skin was rough , which was very similar to the symptoms of growth hormone pituitary adenoma. Similar, so out of good intentions, I stepped forward to remind Sister Zhu.
"I think your face seems to be a disaster of blood and light." In some TV dramas, the role of "living fairy" is often said to the protagonist. Is that person's face really related to the disease?
1. Can "judging a person by appearance" be able to see the signs of cancer, is it reliable?
Zhuang Xianghua, deputy director and chief physician of the Endocrinology Department of the Second Hospital of Shandong University, also had the same experience. Last August, when she was shopping in the supermarket, she happened to see Mr. Wang with a wide nose, thick lips, hypertrophy of hands and feet, and protruding chin, which looked like typical acromegaly.
In order to dispel the doubts of the other party, Dr. Zhuang stepped forward to identify himself, and then took out his work card to remind Mr. Wang to go to the hospital for an examination as soon as possible.
Although Mr. Wang was very surprised, he went to the hospital for an examination. As Dr. Zhuang said, he was diagnosed with pituitary growth hormone tumor.
Later, after treatment, Mr. Wang successfully removed the pituitary tumor, and the hormone level returned to normal.
Whether a person is in good health or not will be shown on his face. In 2020, researchers from Tsinghua University and Peking Union Medical College published a study in the European Heart Journal.
They used artificial intelligence to analyze four selfies of the top, front and two sides of the head for heart disease screening, with a sensitivity of 80% and a specificity of 54% .
In short, coronary artery disease can be detected by analyzing photos of people with deep learning. Among them, the information related to coronary artery disease that can be extracted from the cheek part is the most .
At the same time, the researchers pointed out that this algorithm has two potential application scenarios:
One is to apply it to pre-diagnosis prediction in hospitals and other professional institutions, which can increase the positive diagnosis rate and reduce the occurrence of over-medication; the other is to apply it to early screening of high-risk groups in the community to remind them to seek medical treatment as soon as possible .
2. There are 6 faces, alert to the possibility of cancer or disease
From the above content, we can see that some changes in the face may hide the signal of some diseases. If these abnormalities are discovered as early as possible and seek medical treatment in time, they can "save lives".
1. Yellow complexion
If you have a yellow complexion, you should be alert to liver and gallbladder diseases. The specific symptoms are yellowing of the face, eyes, skin, and urine , which may be related to the disorder of bilirubin metabolism in the body, resulting in an abnormal increase and yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes.
2. Dull and dull complexion
Dull and dull complexion, be alert to chronic liver disease. Liver function damage will affect endocrine, leading to endocrine disorders, skin pigmentation, dullness, dryness, roughness, and lack of elasticity .
3. Protruding eyeballs
If the eyeballs are protruding, the expression is excited, irritable and irritable, you should be alert to hyperthyroidism, that is, hyperthyroidism. Hyperthyroidism is caused by excessive secretion of thyroid hormones. The sympathetic nerves are overexcited, which will lead to abnormal eye muscle activity and make the eyeballs protrude.
4. Purple lips
Lips are purple, be wary of visceral diseases. Purple lips, medically known as cyanosis, is caused by decreased oxygen saturation in the blood, and is related to heart failure, cardiac insufficiency, congenital heart disease and other diseases .
5. A grayish-white ring appears in the eyeball
There is a grayish-white or white turbid ring on the edge of the cornea of the eyeball , with a diameter of about 1-2mm. It may be the corneal senile ring, which is common in the elderly. Be alert to arteriosclerosis.
6. Facial swelling and neck thickening
The face is swollen, the neck is thicker, be careful of heart disease! Facial edema is mainly manifested as facial swelling and muscle relaxation. Pressing with fingers will cause indentations, and the indentations cannot rebound . The thickening of the neck may be related to abnormal increases in blood pressure, blood lipids, blood sugar and other indicators.
Of course, it does not mean that the above symptoms appear, which means that you are sick. What we should pay attention to is that once abnormal symptoms appear in the body, we must seek medical treatment in time to find out the cause.
3. Why is it not recommended to wear makeup when you go to the hospital for an examination?
Finally, I would like to remind everyone: Some women love beauty, and they wear makeup when they go to the hospital for examination, which will have a certain impact on the doctor's diagnosis.
Because facial complexion and lip color are part of the basis for doctors to judge diseases . Especially for Chinese medicine, "look, smell and ask" is one of the main means to check the disease. If you put on makeup, it is easy to mislead the doctor and affect the diagnosis. In addition, when seeking medical treatment, it is recommended to do the following two things less:
1. Spray perfume
Viscera produce different odors during physiological activities or pathological changes, through which doctors may preliminarily determine the type of disease. If you spray perfume, it will cover up the smell of the body itself, and you may miss the opportunity to detect the disease in time .
2. Eat "dyed" food
"Dyeing" foods such as milk, bayberry, oranges, and dragon fruit will change the color of the tongue coating. Doctors can observe the patient's physical health through the tongue coating. If they eat "dyed" food, it will cause false impressions and make diagnosis more difficult.
Some people are lucky, having a meal at a noodle shop or shopping in a supermarket can meet a doctor with medical ethics, but not everyone is so "lucky", so we must learn to protect ourselves, if we find ourselves in the mirror If your face is abnormal, you should be vigilant.
When you feel unwell, don't hold on. You should seek medical attention in time to avoid delaying the condition.
References
[1] "Sister, you may have a tumor in your brain!" Shaoxing Aunt encountered a strange incident and found a tumor by looking at her face. Zhejiang Elderly News. 2022-11-16
[2] "Health is written on the face!" These 8 "signs" on the face may be a problem with the body! ". Health Times. 2022-10-25
[3] "Doctor judges a woman has a tumor by looking at her face"! 9 "Faces" Are Symptoms of Disease". Life Times. 2022-11-16
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