Perhaps not really a decision not to accept nuance. The truth is that medicine can be very simple or incredibly complex … if you look a little on certain signs of our body. Many diseases result in some manifestations in some parts of our anatomy, and is often not difficult to detect, and can help control disease in some cases may be important.
The hands, for example, can act as true body sensors, detectors pathological changes. And yet, we’re talking about, perhaps, the body part most accessible to the vision we have.
Let’s see what some of these signs affect our hands and that can mask illness:
- Swollen Fingers: In addition to foods rich in salt, which can help build up fluid in the body, PMS can too. But also an alteration of the thyroid. Specifically, hypothyroidism. And what difference has this disease? Is it really serious? Initially it involves a whole metabolism going slower than normal. Thus, it is normal in this disease constipation, bradycardia (the heart has a frequency of contractions less than usual), a significant weight gain (secondary latter to spend less energy metabolism), decreased libido, fatigue … but also are typical symptoms of hypothyroidism an accumulation of cholesterol in blood may be dangerous to our arteries. In advanced cases, especially in children diagnosed early in the first months, mental retardation can influence important (this is becoming less common, since there is a neonatal diagnostic test to detect this condition).
- Palms red: The can be seen in cases of eczema, a chronic skin disorder of periodic appearance and often worse during times of stress. Avoiding it is relatively easy if you know the substance from which it originates. If not, certain measures such as avoiding contact with chemicals, or use gloves in the garden, or as we clean at home can be very helpful. But if things do not improve, we may be actually an allergic reaction to something that we’re playing (jewelry, nickel) or taking (certain antibiotics can also lead to this picture, although in this case the irritation is usually limited to the palms). How to know if it is eczema or an allergy? There are skin tests, performed in centers prepared and conducted by an allergist, who are trying to determine whether one or other abnormalities.
- Nails that is pale when pressed, especially if this continues for a pale or two minutes after pressing the nail. Are clear indicators of anemia, usually iron deficiency (especially in women with menstrual cycles, i.e., not in postmenopausal women). In this sense, another sign known to the public, and meaning similar to that described is the presence of pallor at the conjunctiva (part of red mucosa that surrounds the eyeballs).
- Fingertips blue, numb, which appear suddenly, especially in the presence of a cold environment: All this reminds us of the so-called Reynaud’s phenomenon, a disorder that affects 5-10% of the population (preferably female) and is due to a spasm that constricts the vessels that carry blood to the fingers. The importance of this phenomenon is not in itself since it is often only temporary and retrievable within minutes. In fact, if we give “hype” this entity is because it can be associated with other rheumatic diseases that may determine the life itself.
