Someone asked, can you tell from the complexion on your face that you have cancer? What changes on the face suggest that cancer is possible?
looks at the complexion, this is the "looking" of traditional Chinese medicine (traditional medicine) looking at, listening, asking and touching. Modern medicine (Western medicine) has visual touch listening, and " visual diagnosis " is one of the means to collect disease information.
Can you tell that you have cancer by looking at the complexion on your face? It is possible, but unreliable, because most symptoms are not specific and are not unique to a certain tumor. Other non-tumor diseases will also have similar symptoms. It is difficult for you to judge whether you have a tumor through this manifestation. In addition, many tumors may not show any signs. You cannot think that you have no tumor just because you have no symptoms, nor can you think that you have a tumor if you have some symptoms.
In this way, is external manifestations of no value? Of course not. If this is the case, it will go to another extreme. Although it is difficult to know what causes it, no matter what causes it, you should pay attention to it and find out the cause. It may be caused by tumors or non-tumor diseases.
symptoms include subjective feelings of the parties involved, and objectively seen or touched through visual visuals. The latter can be seen by the parties involved themselves, or seen by others (doctors, family and friends, etc.). Obviously, due to the lack of clothing covering the face, head and neck, it is most likely to be discovered if there are any abnormalities. : Of course, it is impossible to tell whether you have cancer at once by looking at the complexion on your face. It’s not that simple, but sometimes it can provide clues for further diagnosis.
The abnormal appearance of the facial appearance can be seen in the following aspects:
1 is the abnormal appearance of the skin directly caused by facial skin tumors.
It is obvious that the tumor occurs in the skin, or other cancers metastasize to the skin, and of course there will be abnormal skin. Mainly:
1, skin basal cell carcinoma mostly occurs on the head and face, usually mostly in nodules type, often manifested as papules or nodules, accompanied by capillary dilation, may be accompanied by erosion or ulcers, and may sometimes appear as white or scar-like lesions of the same color as the skin. Nodular basal cell carcinoma is typically manifested as raised pearl-like nodules, while superficial basal cell carcinoma is mostly flaky erythema, similar to dermatitis ; pigmented basal cell carcinoma looks like melanoma, but is mostly pearl-like nodules.
2, Skin squamous cell carcinoma also mostly occurs on the head and face, and the main affected areas are the forehead, face, ears, scalp, neck and back of the hands. The vermilion area of the lower lip is another common area. Invasive skin squamous cell carcinoma usually manifests as raised keratinous papules, sometimes with excessive keratinization in the center or ulcers or hard scabs.
3. Melanoma of the skin on the face, abnormal skin pigmented nevus, such as asymmetrical, irregular edges or notches, serrated, abnormal color (filthy black, brown, brown, blue, pink and other different colors), enlarge and bulge, and further develop satellite foci and repeated non-healing ulcers.
4, primary skin lymphoma, lymphoma involves the skin, and other cancers have skin metastasis, which can manifest as skin nodules, nodules, ulcers and ulcers.
2 is a manifestation caused by non-skin cancer infiltration invasion of adjacent facial skin and subcutaneous soft tissue, blood vessels, nerves, etc.
1, extraocular protrusion, facial swelling, facial skin ulceration, incomplete bite, difficulty opening , etc., may be malignant tumors of the nasal cavity and sinus , salivary gland malignant tumors, oropharyngeal carcinoma, Burkitt lymphoma involves the orbit or eyeballs. nasopharyngeal carcinoma compresses or invades the brain nerves, and ptosis and eyeball fixation occurs. When nasopharyngeal carcinoma invades the ipsilateral cervical sympathetic nerves, damage is manifested as Horer's syndrome, which is manifested as narrowing of the lesion fission on the diseased side, shrinking the pupil, intraocular and less juice or no sweat on the diseased side.It is particularly worth mentioning that when local lesions of NK/T cell lymphoma in the nasal cavity are widely invaded, eye protrusion , facial swelling, hard palate perforation, cranial nerve paralysis, foul odor, etc.,
2, symptoms caused by blood vessel invasion or compression, such as thyroid cancer , jugular vein invasion, jugular vein , facial edema, etc. Lung cancer, lymphoma, mediastinal tumor, , etc. compress superior vena cava , which leads to superior vena cava syndrome, which may include facial swelling, congestion and anger in the inferior cervical chest vein.
3. Some brain tumors may experience lesions on the side of the eyeball and facial paralysis, and facial muscle twitching .
3 is yellow skin on the face, that is, jaundice of the skin and mucous membranes.
jaundice is caused by increased serum bilirubin concentration due to bilirubin metabolism disorder. It is clinically manifested as the sclera, mucosa, skin and other tissues being dyed yellow, of course, including yellowing of the skin/mucosa on the face, which may be accompanied by itching of the skin and scratches. It is mainly seen in liver cancer , gallbladder cholangiocarcinoma, duodenal cancer , pancreatic cancer and various cancer liver metastasis.
4 is the abnormal manifestation of metabolic lesions caused by malignant tumors on the skin. If the GH adenoma (growth hormone secretory cell adenoma) in
1 and pituitary adenoma occurs after puberty, it can be manifested as acromegaly, hypertrophy of the patient's bones and cartilage, widening of the head and face, high zygomatic bones, poor bite, widening of the teeth, thick nose and lips, etc.
2, ACTH adenomas (corticotropin secretion cell adenoma) in pituitary adenomas are typically manifested as fat metabolism disorders and abnormal distribution, full moon face, buffalo back, supraclavicular fat pad, centripetal obesity , etc.; sexual dysfunction, male acne, female body hair increase, beard growth, Adam's apple enlargement, etc.
3, various neuroendocrine tumors and metabolic paratumor syndrome of certain tumors, some of which will manifest on the skin (of course, including facial skin).
5 is the consumptive manifestation caused by the continuous growth of cancer or the chronic blood loss caused by anemia manifestation on the facial skin.
Tumors continue to grow. To a certain extent, because the growth of the tumor consumes the body's nutrition and long-term chronic blood loss causes anemia, there will be malnutrition and anemia symptoms such as weight loss and pale complexion, especially gastrointestinal tumors ( gastric cancer , intestinal cancer, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, etc.), but it is obvious that it is not just gastrointestinal tumors. If all cancers are not controlled and continue to grow and develop, they will eventually have this consumable manifestation. The patient's face is bloodless, dark, and poor complexion.
