What diseases are you prone to?

The hidden dangers of disease are all written on the face. As the saying goes: Health and wellness are determined by your appearance. A person's face is not only a stage for the performance of seven emotions, but also a window that reflects various diseases in the body. Therefore, observing facial complexion is an important and simple method to detect disease early.

1. Acute disease facial features: manifested as flushing, rapid breathing, flaring nostrils, painful expression, irritability, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is common in lobar pneumonia, malaria, etc.

2. Chronic disease face: manifested as haggard face, dull or pale complexion, dull eyes, fatigue, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is a deficiency syndrome caused by weak vital energy; Western medicine believes that it is more common in chronic wasting diseases. Such as malignant tumors, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, tuberculosis, etc.

3. Anemic face: manifested as pale complexion, pale lips and tongue, fatigue, palpitations and shortness of breath, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is a deficiency syndrome caused by insufficient Qi and blood; Western medicine believes that it is more common in anemia.

4. Hyperthyroidism appearance: bulging eyeballs, wide palpebral fissures, wide-open eyes, terrified look, sallow complexion, restlessness, irritability, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is caused by stagnation of liver qi, which turns into fire over time, insufficient liver yin and hyperactivity of liver yang; Western medicine regards it as the typical facial features of hyperthyroidism.

5. Hypothyroidism face: also known as myxedema face, characterized by pale or sallow complexion, dull eyes, facial edema, thick lips and tongue, thickened eyelids, dry and inelastic skin, few but deep wrinkles, sparse and dry hair, and most obviously, eyebrow loss. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is a syndrome of spleen qi deficiency and kidney yang deficiency; Western medicine believes that it is more common in hypothyroidism. This type of facial appearance can also be seen in orchiectomy and hypopituitarism.

6. Acromegaly face: enlarged head, elongated face, large and protruding lower jaw, prominent cheekbones, raised brow arches, enlarged ears and nose, thick lips and tongue, sparse and misplaced teeth, etc. This facial appearance is often seen in acromegaly.

7. Mitral valve face: also known as rheumatic heart disease face, characterized by yellow and swollen complexion, dark red cheeks, bluish lips, dark tongue, palpitations and shortness of breath, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is a case of blood stasis in the heart, which is caused by deficiency of qi and yang in the heart; Western medicine believes that it is more common in rheumatic heart disease, is one of the important characteristics of mitral valve stenosis, and can also be seen in patients with cor pulmonale or certain congenital heart diseases.

8. Typhoid face: characterized by slow reaction, indifferent expression, red tongue with little coating, shortness of breath, laziness to speak, and even impaired consciousness. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is a deficiency of both Qi and Yin, which belongs to the category of febrile disease; Western medicine has changed it to be more common in diseases such as typhoid fever, meningitis, and encephalitis.

9. Tuberculosis face: characterized by pale complexion, rosy cheeks, and emaciation. This facial appearance is often seen in the active stage of pulmonary tuberculosis.

10. Full-moon face: The face is red and fat, round like a full moon, and you can't even see the ears from the front and the nose from the side. Due to the accumulation and sagging of fat on the cheeks, the wings of the nose are squeezed and pulled down, the mouth fissure becomes smaller, deep grooves appear between the corners of the mouth and the cheeks, the face becomes rosy and tender, the amount of vellus hair increases, acne often occurs, and a small mustache can be seen on the lips. Western medicine believes that this is the characteristic facial feature of people with Cushing's syndrome or excessive corticosteroids caused by long-term use of adrenocorticotropic hormone.

11. Nephrotic edema face: manifested as pale and swollen complexion, tight and dry skin, eyelid swelling that is most obvious in the morning, and finger pressure concavity sign on the forehead. In addition to various diseases, this facial appearance is also seen in heart failure, malnutrition, facial angioedema, severe asthma, whooping cough, etc.

12. Proliferative facies: characterized by open mouth breathing, poorly developed nose shape, wide and flat nose root, shrunken nostrils, thick and short lips, upturned upper lip, shallow nasolabial groove, underdeveloped mandible, slurred speech, poor hearing, dullness, and a dull expression. This facial appearance is seen in childhood hypertrophy.

13. Critical illness face: manifested as haggard face, pale or leaden complexion, indifferent expression, dull eyes, sunken eye sockets, high nose tip, cold limbs, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it falls into the category of loss of yin or yang; Western medicine believes that it is more common in acute and critical illnesses such as massive bleeding, severe shock, and dehydration.

14. Lion face: also known as tumor-type leprosy face, characterized by the face being covered with uneven nodules and plaques, and the eyebrows, eyelashes, sweat hair, and beard partially or completely falling off, resembling a lion's face. This facial appearance is seen in patients with lepromatous leprosy. Bony lion face is seen in bone fibrous dysplasia, cranial membrane inflammation, osteitis deformans or trauma.

15. Myopathic face: The eyes cannot be opened or closed, and are in a half-open state, or the forehead cannot be wrinkled, the lips are thick and protruding, the lower lip hangs down, and the mouth cannot be closed. This facial appearance is seen in muscular dystrophy or myasthenia gravis.

16. Congenital idiocy: The facial features are characterized by high palpebral fissures, slanted palpebral fissures, bulging eyeballs, strabismus or tremors; the root of the nose is flat and the nostrils are facing upwards.

The above is all about what diseases you are prone to based on your facial features. For more facial features information, please follow the Xiong Zhang account of Meng Jie Lao Fortune Telling Website.