A man was rejected on a blind date because of a change in his palm! Do you have any of these symptoms?

"Slow down on your blind date, you should go to the hospital for a check-up!"

A 32-year-old man in Hangzhou went on a blind date with a girl from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. The girl's father took the man's pulse and examined his palms, and then told him to go to the hospital to check his liver function. Sure enough, the diagnosis was early cirrhosis and abnormal liver function.

You should know that if cirrhosis is not treated in time, it is very likely to turn into liver cancer, with disastrous consequences.

In response to this, netizens have been asking for "blind dates".

In fact, we don’t have to travel thousands of miles to see an old Chinese doctor, because when there is a problem with the liver, it will release some "help" signals, which we can also discover as long as we observe the changes in our own bodies carefully.

The palm of the blind date man above looks like this, a typical sign of liver damage, also known as liver palm.

This is because when the liver becomes sick, its metabolic capacity decreases, the estrogen level in the body continues to rise, and the capillaries expand when stimulated. This manifests on the palms as congestion in the thenar and hypothenar eminences, which appear abnormally red.

And this kind of red is somewhat special: when you press the thenar and hypothenar eminences, the color immediately turns white, and after releasing it, it will quickly become engorged and turn red again.

A spider nevus is a nevus with a small red dot in the center and many fine red threads radiating around it, resembling a spider. It is also called a crab claw in traditional Chinese medicine.

This is also a manifestation of capillary dilation. The cause of its occurrence is the same as that of liver palm, which is caused by increased estrogen levels. The characteristic is that the mole will disappear when pressed, and will quickly become congested and reappear after releasing it.

Spider nevi usually occur on the neck and face, and less frequently on the shoulders, arms, back of the hands, etc. They may appear alone or in multiples.

However, spider nevi can also be seen in normal people, almost all of them appear alone, while patients with acute hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver disease will have multiple or sudden increases in a short period of time. Therefore, when this happens, you should go to the hospital for a physical examination in time.

If you find that the skin on your face, body, and hands is gradually becoming darker and yellower, and even your nails and whites of your eyes are turning yellow, it is very likely that there is a problem with your liver or gallbladder.

When suffering from liver and gallbladder diseases such as viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer, acute suppurative cholangitis, etc., liver cells are damaged, the ability to absorb, bind and secrete bilirubin will be reduced, and the bilirubin concentration in the blood will increase relatively, which will cause yellowing of the sclera, skin, mucous membranes and other tissues.

Of course, if you eat a large amount of vegetables and fruits rich in carotene, such as carrots and tangerines, in a short period of time, and your body fails to metabolize them in time, your skin may turn yellow. However, this situation will recover quickly after improving your diet.

When liver function declines and bile secretion is impaired, bile stasis may occur, and bile salts in bile combined with bilirubin may flow back into the blood and circulate throughout the body. When bile salts are deposited in the skin, they will stimulate the sensory nerve endings in the skin, causing itching all over the body.

Moreover, this kind of itching is very stubborn and generally will not be relieved on its own. Even if some antipruritic drugs are taken orally or applied externally, they can only provide temporary relief and are prone to recurrence. However, not all patients with liver disease will experience skin itching.

It is normal for urine to be dark when you drink less water, but if the color of urine remains brown or dark yellow when you drink a normal amount of water, you should pay attention.

Because when the bilirubin concentration in the body increases, some bilirubin will be metabolized through urine, so frequent and abnormally dark urine may mean that the bilirubin content in it is elevated, which should alert you to whether there is a problem with the liver.

When liver cells are damaged for a long time, it will affect the blood circulation of the whole body, leading to increased venous pressure. Body fluid may accumulate in the abdomen and legs, forming fluid retention and edema. Therefore, if you find edema in your legs, feet, and abdomen, it is best to go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.

Seeing this, you may have a question: Why do we have to judge liver problems based on physical symptoms and appearances? Won’t liver disease hurt?

The liver really doesn't feel pain! This is because it lacks pain nerves, and it is also the "model worker" in our body. Only about 1/3 of it is needed to meet the normal functioning of the human body. That is, when some liver cells become sick, other liver cells can still function normally.

It is precisely because of the liver's characteristic of "not telling when it hurts and continuing to work when it is sick" that many early liver diseases are ignored, and by the time something is found to be wrong, they may have progressed to liver cancer.

Therefore, observe your body more often when you have nothing to do. If you find any of the above 6 symptoms, you should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible to avoid missing the best time to treat the disease!

Source: Doctor Youlai