Grey cheeks

Introduction Graying your cheeks is a manifestation of your body's disease problems. Chinese medicine believes that black cheeks on the face is a manifestation of kidney loss, so it is often treated with kidney-tonifying drugs. In addition, patients with cirrhosis, adrenaline dysfunction, chronic renal insufficiency, chronic cardiopulmonary insufficiency, liver cancer, etc., may also turn black. As for the formation of dark complexion, senile pigmentation spots, and pregnancy plaques due to physiological phenomena, it is a normal phenomenon not a disease. Hepatitis B patients who have been chronically carrying hepatitis B virus, especially those with cirrhosis, have dark complexion.

Cause

The cheeks are gray, indicating that the body is deprived of oxygen and the lungs are not functioning well. Hepatitis B patients who have been chronically carrying hepatitis B virus, especially those with cirrhosis, have dark complexion. Because the function of the liver of patients with hepatitis B is diminished, the metabolic abnormality lasts for a long time, and the skin pigmentation may be dull, the face is dark gray, the skin is dry and rough, the normal should be shiny and elastic, and even the "bronze" face appears, and it is mixed with Capillary expansion.

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The cheeks are gray, indicating that the body is deprived of oxygen and the lungs are not functioning well. You should go to the park for a walk and jog. It also supplements green vegetables and increases the intake of protein, minerals and crude fiber. Chinese medicine believes that the skin is closely related to the organs, meridians, qi and blood. Only the function of the organs is normal, the blood and blood are filled, the meridians are smooth, the body and the face are not easy to age, the skin is smooth and delicate, and the color is not abnormal.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of cheeks graying:

1, the face is black: Chinese medicine believes that black face is a manifestation of kidney loss, so it is often used to treat kidney drugs. In addition, patients with cirrhosis, adrenaline dysfunction, chronic renal insufficiency, chronic cardiopulmonary insufficiency, liver cancer, etc., may also turn black. As for the physiological phenomenon, the formation of darkening of the face, senile pigmentation spots, and pregnancy plaques of women are normal phenomena, not diseases.

2, the face is yellow: the face is yellow and the person is malnourished or sick. Clinically, there are many causes of yellowing of the face, which are pathological and non-pathological, and should be carefully discerned.

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