In recent years, with the progress of medical level, the concept of health screening has become popular, and more and more people have taken care of their physical health through regular physical examinations, and the detection rate of pulmonary nodules has increased year by year.
What should I do if a lung nodule is found during a physical examination? What are the characteristic prevention and treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine?
1.What is a pulmonary nodule.
Pulmonary nodules are a common lung disease, which refers to lung lesions with a diameter of 3 cm, opaque images, clear boundaries, and completely surrounded by air-containing lung tissue, without atelectasis, enlarged hilar lymph nodes, pleural effusion, etc.
A single pulmonary nodule in the lungs is called a solitary pulmonary nodule; The coexistence of 2 or more pulmonary nodules is called multiple pulmonary nodules.
2.Different lung nodules on imaging tests.
According to the imaging manifestations of pulmonary nodules, they can be divided into solid nodules, mixed ground-glass nodules, and pure ground-glass nodules; The general development pattern is mostly from pure ground-glass nodules to mixed ground-glass nodules or solid nodules.
3.Management of different pulmonary nodules.
About 964% of nodules are benign and the probability of malignancy is 05%～3.5%。Depending on the imaging findings, different lung nodules have different treatments. In summary, there are four types:
Continue to the next round of screening and follow-up, observe the changes, further differential diagnosis, direct surgery**, which can be performed according to the clinician's recommendation**, and be rechecked regularly.
4.Traditional Chinese Medicine for Pulmonary Nodules**.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pulmonary nodules are mostly formed by the original deficiency and the solid, and the internal and external changes are attracted by each other. The qi of a human body is composed of innate qi and acquired qi, and the qi of the water valley transformed by food and drink and the pure qi inhaled by nature are combined into zongqi. If the human organs decline, the qi of the water valley will be weak, and the qi will be weak; The lifting and incoming force of qi is weak, and the operation is out of order and depressed. "Void" and "depression" are combined, and accumulation is formed.
In the state of decline in the function of the human organs and the abnormal rise and fall of the qi, the external evil invades, and the human body "righteous qi" and "evil qi" fight each other, and the disease fluctuates, which is manifested in the human body is the change of the condition of the pulmonary nodules. "Heaven and man correspond" and "form and spirit are one", daily life will have an impact on the condition.
Home Diet Therapy. By examining the rise and fall of yin and yang of the human body, the victory or defeat of good and evil, the cold, hot and warm nature of plants and trees, and the sour, bitter, sweet, spicy and salty taste, help the human body restore normal visceral functions and dispel evil qi.
For patients with pulmonary nodules, they can use yam and coix seeds to cook porridge together to nourish the lungs and spleen, so as to nourish the sect qi;
If the throat is dry and itchy, dry cough without phlegm, you can use lily, wheat winter, and prince ginseng to boil honey water to nourish yin and moisten the lungs;
If you are under high pressure at work and are in an uncomfortable mood, you can use roses, tangerine peel, acacia flowers and green tea to brew together to relax the air.
Healthy work and rest. Yin and Yang four times, the end of all things is the beginning, the origin of death and life, the reverse is a disaster, from it is not a harsh disease", conform to the laws of heaven and earth, will "the true qi from it, the spirit of the inner guard", disease is not born. Work and rest on time, go to bed early and wake up early, and relax your mind.
Exercise well. The method of "guiding" in traditional Chinese medicine is intended to drive the circulation of qi around the body by moving the body, such as health qigong Baduanjin and Taijiquan. Appropriate physical exercise can make people feel relaxed and energetic, and excessive physical exercise can exceed their own capacity, and it will hurt the body. Sweating slightly during exercise, feeling a little tired, and taking a short rest to return to normal, is a suitable exercise.
The author of this article is Ma Susu, a graduate student in the Department of Oncology, Guang'anmen Hospital.
Review experts: Zheng Honggang, chief physician, doctoral supervisor, deputy director of the Department of Oncology, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, concurrently secretary-general of the Oncology Branch of the China Association of Chinese Medicine, deputy secretary-general and executive director of the Oncology Professional Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies. Specialty: Individualization of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine for lung cancer, intestinal cancer, liver cancer, lymphoma and other malignant tumors.