Dark complexion

Introduction Chinese medicine believes that blackening of 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 physiological phenomenon, the formation of darkening of the face, senile pigmentation spots, and pregnancy plaques of women are normal phenomena, not diseases. If healthy people in daily life encounter black spots without any incentives, and they have no other obvious abnormal performance, it is recommended to go to the hospital to check liver function and B-ultrasound, and rule out the possible causes of pathological conditions.

Cause

Analysis of the physiological causes of dark complexion:

If healthy people in daily life encounter black spots without any incentives, and they have no other obvious abnormal performance, it is recommended to go to the hospital to check liver function and B-ultrasound, and rule out the possible causes of pathological conditions. If the indicators are normal, it may be autoimmune regulation, endocrine disorders, abnormal levels of hormones caused by dull complexion, may also be poor sleep, long-term constipation, taking certain drugs and other skin pigmentation. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, blackening of the face may be a manifestation of kidney deficiency. It can be treated with kidney-tonifying drugs. As for the physiological phenomenon, the face becomes black. For example, women's pregnancy spots are normal, so don't worry.

Analysis of the pathological causes of blackening of the face:

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. Some patients have obvious pigmentation around the eyelids, that is, the so-called "panda eye", etc., medically, these characteristic changes appearing in the face of patients with liver disease are called "liver disease face", that is, the path of liver disease causing blackening of the face the reason.

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Related inspection

Skin color skin smear microscopy

Diagnosis can be made based on the clinical manifestations of the face.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of dark complexion:

1, dark spots on the face: black spots, also known as "spots", mostly occur in the face, common in women, is a "disease" that seriously affects people's beauty and upset.

2, cheeks gray: cheeks gray is a manifestation of physical illness problems.

3, long spots on the face: face long spots should be careful. 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 no spots are generated.

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