With people''s emphasis on health and the popularity of low-dose CT, more and more people have physical examination of lung nodules. Many people think that the detection of lung nodules means that they have lung cancer. The family is very nervous.

　　 In recent years, due to the widespread use of multi-row CT, some small lung lesions that could not be found in the past chest radiographs (abbreviated as chest radiographs) were found. These small lesions are often nodular and clinically Habits are called lung nodules. Which kind of lung nodule is easy to change into lung cancer

　　Lung nodule is a shadow nodule with increased density in imaging. This shadow nodule can be single-shot or multiple-shot. For such a shadow nodule, when it is not clear that it is a certain disease, then everyone will call it a lung nodule.

　　 Generally speaking, lung nodules with a lung size of less than 5 mm have a probability of malignancy of about 1%; when the diameter is 11 mm to 20 mm, the probability of malignancy is about 33% to 64% ; Lung nodules over 20 mm, the probability of malignancy may reach about 64% to 82%.

　　The benign nodule has several characteristics: first, its edges are smooth and free of burrs; second, it has no lobes; and third, it does not stretch the pleura. If the lung nodules are malignant, first of all, the edges are not clear, and some burrs will often grow on the edges, and they will also form lobes in shape. Sometimes it develops to a certain degree, it also stretches the pleura.

　　The following symptoms occur, beware of pulmonary nodules

　　symptoms:

　　nodules are due to the lungs, so many patients with lung symptoms often seek medical treatment The primary reason for this is that most patients have chest tightness, dry cough, and, in severe cases, asthmatic symptoms.

　　Pulmonary CT film changes:

　　Pulmonary nodules are divided according to size: small pulmonary nodules and micro nodules; small nodules are nodules less than 1cm, small nodules Nodules are nodules less than 5 mm. The nodules may be benign or malignant. The size of the nodules is related to the benign and malignant nodules. The smaller the nodules, the greater the probability of benign. If it is larger than 3cm, it is called a mass, and it is mostly malignant.

　　 The first type is solid nodules, that is, soft tissue nodules; the second type is non-solid nodules, that is, ground glass-like nodules, which are divided into two types, one is pure Ground glass-like nodules, that is, all the lesions are ground glass-like density, and the other is mixed ground glass-like nodules, that is, a part of the lesion is the soft tissue density, and the other part is the ground glass-like density. The above three lung nodules can be either benign or malignant. According to experts, pure glass-like nodules account for a large proportion of benign, some are inflammatory nodules, and the proportion of malignancy is relatively small; most of the mixed ground-glass nodules are malignant and a few are benign; the relative proportion of soft tissue nodules is malignant Higher.

　　How to treat lung nodules

　　1. Warming the lungs and relieving cough, benefiting qi and reducing phlegm

　　Applying external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine is a method of treating lung nodules . The method is to directly apply the drug to the thoracic cage. Serve the purpose of warming the lungs and dispersing cold, relieving cough and asthma, and promoting blood circulation. In the short term, it can effectively relieve cough and expectoration caused by pulmonary nodules, chest tightness and wheezing.

　　2. Adjusting the system and treating the cause

　　Taking Chinese medicine internally, treating the lung nodules according to the syndrome differentiation of traditional Chinese medicine, using classic prescriptions to add or subtract subtraction, adjust the constitution, and examine the syndrome .

　　3. Strong immunity to restore health

　　After treating lung nodules through internal and external treatment, it can significantly improve immunity, prevent colds, and eventually restore health.