According to the report of reader’s Digest website, life times takes stock of 12 kinds of small signs before serious illness and compares them to see if you have received the first-class alarm from your body.
1 sudden weight loss for unknown reasons
Richard, chief expert of the American Cancer Society? Dr. winder said that on the premise that there is no change in diet or exercise, if your weight suddenly loses more than 5kg, you need to check in time. This may be a manifestation of diseases such as tumors or diabetes.
2 tooth damage
Evan, a gastroenterologist at the University of North Carolina School of medicine in the United States? Delong introduced that in clinical practice, patients referred by dentists are often encountered. Although they do not have heartburn or other symptoms of gastric acid reflux, their enamel has been completely worn.
Gastric acid can dissolve enamel, which not only leads to tooth decay, but also increases the risk of esophageal cancer.
3 change of defecation habits
Constipation, diarrhea or bloody stool may mean colon (or ovarian) cancer. If the above symptoms persist for more than a week, you need to see a doctor.
4 handwriting change
When you mention Parkinson’s disease, you may think of tremor, but one of its more obvious early signs is that the handwriting is getting smaller and smaller.
Israeli scholars found in 2013 that handwriting analysis can identify more than 97% of patients with early Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease causes the muscles of both hands or fingers to become stiff, which affects handwriting.
5 get angry at random
Depression is not completely manifested as crying or lying listlessly on the sofa.
More than half of depressed patients are prone to anger and irritability. If you always scold others, or slight annoyance will also make your heart beat faster. When these symptoms last for more than two weeks, you should see a psychologist.
6 keep coughing
Cough usually does not mean cancer, but if the cough persists and is not caused by allergy, asthma or sinus problems, it needs to be vigilant.
Persistent cough may be lung cancer. If accompanied by hoarseness, throat cancer and lung cancer should be ruled out.
7 can’t figure out the accounts.
Although everyone will be confused, if this problem persists, we need to be highly vigilant.
With the progress of Alzheimer’s disease, the functions of the cerebral cortex (involved in thinking, planning and memory) will wither, which makes daily financial management very difficult.
8 snoring
Snoring (sleep apnea syndrome) increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.
A 2013 study found that snoring is related to the thickening of the carotid artery, which is a precursor to stroke and heart attack.
The correlation between snoring and carotid artery wall damage is more obvious than smoking, high cholesterol or overweight.
9 unexplained bleeding
At any time, strange bleeding may be a sign of cancer. For example, hemoptysis may be lung cancer, unusual vaginal bleeding may be cervical cancer or endometrial cancer, blood in stool may be colon cancer or rectal cancer, hematuria may be bladder cancer or kidney cancer, and blood in nipple discharge may be breast cancer.
10 erectile dysfunction
Australian researchers found in 2013 that for men over 45 years old who have no heart disease, if they have moderate or severe erectile dysfunction, the probability of hospitalization for heart problems within 4 years is 60%.
The arteries that flow to the penis are narrower than those in other parts of the body, and they may have been blocked before men show other signs of heart disease.
11 gingival redness and swelling
A preliminary study conducted by researchers at the University of Florida in the United States found that bacteria that cause gum disease can also cause heart disease.
Other studies have shown that the carotid arteries of elderly people with high levels of certain bacteria in the mouth will thicken, which is an early warning signal of heart attack and stroke.
This association is related to the inflammatory response of the body. Washing teeth every six months helps to control early gum disease.
12 forget a person’s name
Occasionally forgetting a friend’s name may be caused by stress or fatigue, but if this problem occurs frequently, it may be hypothyroidism. Other signs of hypothyroidism include always feeling cold, low sexual desire and poor appetite.
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