Face grey

Introduction Normal person's face: the face is yellowish and ruddy, full of spirit, natural expression, slightly shiny. The face is gray in common with chronic hepatitis and lead poisoning. Usually the Chinese medicine doctor's diagnosis, black and dull face is the appearance of weak lungs. If the cold qi and blood pass through the meridian and be marked on the surface, the rise and fall of the blood and the good operation will definitely be seen from the complexion.

Cause

The face is gray in common with chronic hepatitis and lead poisoning. Reflects some female endocrine disorders, such as irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, uterine annexitis, infertility and so on. Chinese medicine links adult women's facial color abnormalities with liver qi stagnation, and people are prone to facial pigmentation. That is to say, emotional abnormalities are directly related to the formation and aggravation of complexion. Therefore, adjusting emotions is the key to preventing and treating facial color abnormalities.

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Skin color blood routine liver function test urine routine

Chronic hepatitis patients have a long time to go to the disease, often appear "hepatic disease face", the performance of the face is yellowish black, dull, dark gray, as if not washed for a long time, also described as black and dark into a bronze.

Lead poisoning: Patients with longer disease period have anemia, and their face is gray (lead capacity) with palpitations, shortness of breath, and fatigue. Teeth and nails are stained black by lead, and the black "lead line" of the gums is rarely seen in young children.

Clinical examination is required to confirm the diagnosis:

Lead poisoning check:

1. Blood routine.

2. Urine routine: urine lead.

3. Biochemical full: blood lead.

Examination of chronic hepatitis: detection of serum enzymes, detection of serum protein by ultrasound, detection of serum and urinary pigment, and detection of prothrombin time.

Differential diagnosis

Other related facial abnormalities:

Facial flushing, excitement, nose flapping, lip rash, painful expression, breathing and pulse increase - acute facial features, such as large leaf pneumonia, dysentery, acute suppurative tonsillitis acute infectious diseases in children.

His face is gray, his face is gray, his eyes are apathetic, his spirit is wilting - chronic wasting disease.

The face is pale, edema, wide and slack in the eyelids, dull and cold, dark white eyes, and prominent eyeballs - hyperthyroidism.

His face is pale, swollen, and lacks expression. The tongue is thick and thick. Plus hoarseness, deafness, rough skin, etc. - hypothyroidism.

The face is red, fat, and like a full moon. Due to the accumulation of fat on the cheeks, the ears may not be visible on the front side - mostly for long-term application of adrenocortical hormone and Cushing's syndrome.

The face was thin and pale, the cheeks were red and rouge, and in the afternoon it was accompanied by low fever - active tuberculosis.

His face is yellow, his nose is flat, his eyes are apricot, his eyes are swollen, his hands are wrinkled, his lips are thick, his tongue is stretched, his weakness is weak - he is congenitally stupid.

Sudden yellowing of the face may be suffering from jaundice hepatitis, cholecystitis, hookworm disease.

Most of the complexion is respiratory diseases such as tuberculosis, emphysema, pneumonia, and chronic bronchitis.

The face gradually darkens and may have cirrhosis

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