A red spot on the hand, maybe the liver is not good? This article teaches you a reliable method to assess liver health

A friend asked such a question: What symptoms appear on the hands, indicating that there is a problem with the liver?

Every time I see such a problem, I feel helpless. Why do related diseases have to be judged by symptoms? On the one hand, symptoms are not necessarily reliable in judging disease problems. Except for some very specific symptoms, the accuracy is often not so high; Disease problems have become more serious.

Is the liver healthy or not, will there be any signals on the hands? Perhaps many of my friends have heard of the word "liver palm". The liver palm refers to a special type of hyperemia, or hyperemia spots or plaques at the thenar area below the base of the thumb and little finger. Phenomenon. For such flaky congested parts, it will become pale after pressing with fingers, and it will recover quickly after stopping pressing. Such a symptom of palm is often called "liver palm", and the appearance of liver palm is often chronic Hepatitis is a typical symptom especially in patients with cirrhosis problems.

Why is there a problem with the liver? Such symptoms appear in the palm of the hand. The main reason is that when the metabolic function of the liver is severely reduced, it will affect the catabolism of estrogen in the body, resulting in the accumulation of estrogen in the body, stimulating capillary congestion and dilation. Long-term Under the influence, the symptoms of liver palm will form. In addition to liver palm, if the liver function is reduced for a long time, the accumulation of estrogen in the body will also cause irregular menstruation, male testicular atrophy, breast development and other symptoms.

However, I would like to advise everyone that it is not entirely reliable to judge liver problems by the symptoms of the palms. There are generally healthy people with normal livers, and the symptoms of redness of the thenar are also likely to occur, but it is not a liver problem, but If the liver palm symptoms are really caused by liver problems, the liver function has declined more seriously, and even the liver has hardened problems. Is it too late to investigate the liver problems at this time?

So I still want to emphasize that when it comes to liver health problems, don’t judge based on symptoms alone. What’s more, some friends may already have problems, but they say that the liver doesn’t hurt here, and it’s definitely fine. Some thoughts like this , are too simple and not scientific enough. The liver is an important organ of human metabolism. Once a problem occurs, it will directly affect the overall metabolic capacity and health of the body, but at the same time, the liver is also a "dumb" organ. Even if there is a problem with the health of the liver, if it does not swell and oppress other organs , there is often no pain, so if you rely on symptoms and pain to judge liver problems, it is really not so reliable.

After all, if you want to know if your liver is healthy, what should you do? To judge the health of the liver, two aspects are very important -

First, determine your own liver health risks. Do you often drink alcohol? Is there a family history of liver disease? Is there a problem with obesity and fatty liver? Are there any long-term medication, especially those that may affect liver function (such as statins)? Have you injected hepatitis vaccine to prevent and confirmed the production of corresponding antibodies? Is your environment susceptible to hepatitis B and other hepatitis viruses? These problems are all risk factors that may affect liver health and lead to liver health problems. If it belongs to the above situation, you should pay more attention to your own health risks.

Second, check your liver health regularly. If you really pay attention to your own liver health, you should regularly check liver health problems. Abdominal color Doppler ultrasound, hepatitis B five items, and liver function tests can effectively preliminarily judge the health of your liver. If you are at a high risk of liver health problems For risk groups, it is very necessary to conduct regular health examinations to confirm their liver health.

Our liver has a strong compensatory function. When liver function is affected due to certain factors, if we can achieve early detection, early intervention, and early conditioning, liver function can often be better or even completely recovered. Knowing that there may be a problem, but refraining from treating the disease, and not actively carrying out conditioning and improvement, when there is a problem with the liver, which leads to irreversible damage to liver function, or even cirrhosis, liver cancer and other major problems, and then judge based on symptoms, it is true. regret is too late.