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In the past two years, the detection rate of pulmonary nodules has increased significantly, which is not only related to the development of imaging technology and the increased awareness of physical examination, but also related to the previous new crown pandemic. In addition, bad lifestyle habits such as staying up late, stress, and takeaway will also have an impact, for example, relevant data show that long-term excessive stress may cause genetic mutations in human cells, resulting in nodules and even tumor changes. Therefore, friends with pulmonary nodules must also learn to properly manage stress and maintain a positive and optimistic attitude, which will also help the recovery of the overall condition!
So, which pulmonary nodules need everyone's attention? In fact, most patients know that if a lung nodule is growing every time it is repeated, then this nodule should be taken seriously enough! Of course, this is not to say that nodules that will not grow for the time being can be completely reassured, we also talked about it a few days ago, because many tumors will have a relatively quiescent period, which may remain unchanged for 2-5 years or even longer, especially ground-glass nodules, so you can't judge for yourself whether it is a safe lung nodule.
Since all the presidents should be careful, does that mean that as long as they are presidents, they must be bad? The answer is also no, like many cases we have sent in the past, the patient's lung nodules grow rapidly in a short period of time, and ordinary people must be afraid when they see that they grow so fast, but in fact, nodules that grow rapidly in a very short period of time may be safe, such as inflammatory nodules, which may grow very fast. One of the knowledge points we should know is that the growth rate of tumors is regular, which is generally called the tumor doubling stage, that is, the time required for the tumor to double in size, which is an important criterion for judging the benign and malignant tumors. If the rate of growth is obviously not in line with the doubling time, then the probability of benign is relatively large.
Seeing this, many patients may ask: what should I do if I find that the lung nodule is enlarged? Should it be surgically removed as soon as possible? Regarding this issue, the old fans who have been paying attention to me for a long time should be very clear: we do not reject surgery, but we can not blindly operate, but should decide what measures to take according to the overall risk of nodules, you can take traditional Chinese medicine as soon as possible to loosen the nodules, one is to curb the growth of nodules, the other is to eliminate nodules as much as possible, once the re-examination finds that the nodules shrink or disappear, then you can completely avoid surgery, that is, give yourself a chance not to operate, even if there is no obvious change, it will not delay the condition, this, you can rest assured!