8 & quot;body self-examination" method, at home to detect potential body problems

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As the saying goes, the body is the essence of health. A healthy body is especially important for people of any age group. Whether a person is healthy or not, apart from regular medical checkups, one can also insist on self-examinations to check every part of the body for early detection of abnormalities and early treatment.

How to check the health of the body?

1. Skin

Observe every part of the body with a mirror in a well-lit place, not neglecting the hidden parts of the body, including under the armpits, scalp and toes and fingers. Find out which part of the body has birthmarks and spots, focusing on the moles on the body. If the moles have irregular shape, fast growth rate in a short period of time, mixed with multiple colors and unclear borders, etc., you also need to seek immediate medical attention.

2 、 Breast

Do breast self-examination 2, 3 days after menstruation. Stand in front of the mirror after each shower and take a close look at the shape and skin of both breasts, whether there are nipple depressions, orange peel-like changes, etc.; squeeze the nipples with your hands to see if there is any overflow. Lie flat on your back and put 5 fingers together to touch around the breast and under the armpit and at the collarbone. If you feel a lump or nodule, whether or not there is pain, you also need to seek early medical attention.

3 、 Lymph

Lymph nodes are located in many parts of the body. Once the external pathogenic bacteria invade or cancer cells appear, they will activate the lymphocytes, making the lymph nodes swollen and painful, soft or hard in texture, and lymph node rupture. Superficial lymph nodes can be self-examined by hand, including the groin, under the armpit and the neck. The specific self-examination method is to gently examine the lymph nodes with the index, ring and middle fingers to feel the size and texture of the lymph nodes and whether there are lumps.

4 、 Vessels

Hold one hand tightly for 30 seconds and time it from the moment of release to see how long it takes for the palm color to return to normal. If the palm can quickly return to normal color within 5 seconds, it indicates healthy blood vessels, vascular elasticity and good vascular endothelial function; if the palm color gradually recovers in more than 20 seconds, it indicates abnormal vascular endothelial function and poor vascular elasticity, etc.

5 、 Thyroid gland

Touch the neck with your hand after each shower, if you feel a round lump in the neck, the lump is larger than 2cm in diameter, there is a single nodule and the surface is not smooth, the lump is growing faster, you also need to seek immediate medical attention.

6 、 Prostate gland

You can get a general idea of the health of the prostate through urination. If there is frequent urination, painful urination or difficulty in urination, hematuria, etc., you should go to the hospital early to check the prostate gland and to check for prostate disease.

7. Osteoporosis

In addition to regular bone density checks, you can also observe more physical changes. Especially for postmenopausal women, observe whether there are loose teeth, whether the back spine is deformed, whether there is unstable walking, whether the nails become soft, etc.

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8. Heart

For young people the state of heart function can be understood by touching the pulse; elderly people can assess heart function by the 6-minute walk test method. It is worth reminding that people with poor heart function should not take the 6-minute walk test method to avoid inducing heart failure.

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As long as the test finds abnormalities, it is also necessary to choose a regular hospital to do a comprehensive examination to rule out the possibility of disease. It is worth mentioning that one should not blindly judge the disease through self-examination, nor should one buy drugs from pharmacies on one's own. The correct method is to use medical means to make a clear diagnosis and use the correct drugs under the guidance of a professional doctor, so that the condition can recover quickly.


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