Cancer in the body, neck prophet?

Ms. Zhang is 35 years old and recently had dinner with her girlfriend, who noticed a lump on her neck and reminded her to hurry to the hospital for a checkup.

The next day, Ms. Zhang followed her best friend's advice and went to see a doctor. After a series of tests such as blood tests and ultrasounds, Ms. Zhang was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and the tumor was spreading to her lymph nodes.

The doctor advised her that she must undergo surgery to remove the cancerous thyroid nodules in her neck as soon as possible. Fortunately, the surgery went well and Ms. Zhang is now recovering well.

The neck is connected to the brain and the body, and there are many nerves and lymphatic distribution here. Once the abnormality appears in the neck, sometimes it will involve the whole body more. Sometimes, the abnormalities in the neck may be the warning signal of tumor invasion.

What is wrong with neck pain and the inability to move when you wake up?

Have you ever had such an experience: when you wake up in the morning, you suddenly feel that your neck cannot move and it hurts? This neck abnormality is very common, medically called "pillow".

The so-called pillow, simply put, is the neck muscle sprain, resulting in the neck can not move freely, but also accompanied by a sense of soreness. The pillow is often found in young and middle-aged people, although the condition comes quickly, generally, within a few days, the symptoms will disappear.

There are three common causes of the pillow.

Incorrect posture leads to unilateral muscle overstretching in the neck.

A pillow that does not match the curve of the neck results in the head and neck being in overstretching or over-twisting.

Cold or injury to the neck leads to muscle spasms.

It is important to note that if frequent drop pillows occur, you need to be alert to the possibility of cervical dispositions.

Because repeatedly falling pillows will cause repeated damage to the muscle fibers of the neck, which will lead to scar repair resulting in limited neck movement, the twisting neck will appear "click".

For a long time down will cause cervical instability, tendon damage, may also cause osteopathy, cervical disc herniation, and ligament calcification, and other problems.

Normally, if a drop pillow occurs, what are the ways to quickly relieve the pain?

1, in the acute phase of the fallen pillow, you can turn your neck by limiting neck movement to a magnitude that does not aggravate the pain.

2, wait until the neck pain is relieved, you can do simple exercises to help recovery. For example, the "look at the sky" movement, and the "look around" movement.

3, if the neck swelling pain is obvious, you can first use an ice towel or local cold compress pain to reduce the swelling. When the swelling subsides a little, then use a hot towel or hot water bag to warm the affected area, and gently press the neck to relax the spastic muscles.

If these 3 abnormalities appear in the neck, be alert for tumor

The tumor is not formed in one day, if you find the following abnormalities on your neck, you should be alert, it is likely to be a sign of a tumor.

1、Unexplained lumps

Under normal circumstances, there is no obvious bump in the neck, but if you feel an unexplained lump in the neck, and the lump is more than 1 cm and hard in texture, you should be alert to the possibility of lymphoma and go to the hospital for relevant examination as soon as possible.

2、Neck pain

If the neck and head are painful and even affect normal breathing, it may be caused by the spinal canal tumor growing in the upper neck. Don't delay, otherwise, the best treatment time will be missed, which may lead to paralysis in serious cases.

3、The appearance of "velvet" black lines

The appearance of velvet-like thickening of the skin, which is rough to the touch, soft, and looks symmetrical, is medically known as "acanthus Nigerians".

The common cause of acanthus Nigerians is not only pre-diabetes, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and polycystic ovary syndrome, but also malignant tumors.

If the black range is large and intensely painful, and usually has early spread, you need to be alert to the possibility of abdominal tumors (such as stomach cancer), and chest tumors (such as lung cancer).

Cervical vertebrae love this sleeping posture, sleep right, and cervical vertebrae are naturally good

The cervical spine is the main part of the neck, many discomforts of the neck are related to the cervical spine, so we usually pay attention to care for cervical health.

Long-term incorrect sleeping posture, the cervical spine and attached to the cervical spine muscles and ligaments and other soft tissue damage, not only easy to cause stiffness and pain in the neck, but also increase the incidence of cervical dispositions such as cervical disc protrusion.

The normal structure of the cervical spine is "C" shaped, with seven small bones of the cervical spine protruding forward, which can bear the weight of the head and ensure high stability of the cervical spine, while also allowing the cervical spine to have a high degree of flexibility to complete various rotational movements.

Therefore, the most favorable sleeping position for the cervical spine is supine, because such a sleeping position can best protect the cervical spine so that the cervical spine is maintained in a natural arc.

It should be noted that when sleeping normally should try to avoid high pillows and sleep on their backs these 2 misconceptions.

Sleeping with a high pillow will lead to tension in the shoulder and neck muscles, which in turn will aggravate the strain on the shoulder and neck muscles. Sleeping on your stomach will make the neck in a state of excessive tilt for a long time, the cervical spine and its surrounding soft tissues need to withstand enormous tension, easily leading to neck muscle soreness and pain.

So daily sleep, how to effectively prevent cervical dispositions?

1、Change the posture habit

For people whose work requires long-term ambulation, it is recommended to adjust the height of the seat and table to match and try not to excessively lower the head and bend the neck.

When working for a long time, it is recommended to do some neck movements every once in a while, such as left and right rotation, forward bending, backward stretching, etc., to avoid excessive fatigue of the neck muscles. Also pay attention to relaxing the neck muscles, so that the cervical spine maintains a natural state, if you have time, it is best to take time to sit down on cervical spine health exercises.

2, the appropriate sleeping posture

Reasonable sleeping posture needs to meet these points: conducive to rest, letting the muscles relax, will not affect or increase the burden on the heart, will not lead to deformation of the head and neck, and spine.

3, the right pillow

Pillow length of 40-60 cm is appropriate, pillow height varies from person to person, to about the height of a fist is appropriate. And pillow filling is best to be more finely ground, soft, and to have certain bbreathabilityand hardness, such as mung bean shells, grain peel, or buckwheat hulls.

The health of the neck is related to the whole body, once injured, may be up to the head down to the waist and back will be implicated.

To take care of the health of the neck, we must pay attention to the correct standing, sitting, and sleeping posture, reduce the burden on the neck, and properly move the neck. Once you find abnormal symptoms in the neck, you should seek medical attention in time, do not delay.