Yang Zhixun (Adjunct Professor of the Department of Dermatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital), Li Yongyi (Attending Physician, Taipei Chang Gung Memorial Hospital) The characteristic of clubbing fingers

is that the distal finger (toe) joints are significantly widened Thickening, the finger (toe) nail will be arched from the root to the end. The base angle formed by the skin on the back of the finger (toe) and the finger (toe) nail is equal to or greater than 180 degrees. Normal nails grow from the finger tip. is an obtuse angle of 160 degrees. A piano teacher in his 40s felt something was wrong with the fingers of his originally slender and flexible hands. The fingertips gradually became swollen and the nails bent downward, like hammers and lollipops. Yang Zhixun (Adjunct Professor of the Department of Dermatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital), Li Yongyi (Attending Physician, Taipei Chang Gung Memorial Hospital) The characteristic of clubbing fingers

is that the terminal digits (toes) are significantly widened and thickened, and the fingers (toes) The nail will be arched from the root to the end. The basal angle formed by the skin on the back of the finger (toe) and the finger (toe) nail is equal to or greater than 180 degrees. When a normal nail grows from the finger tip, it is an obtuse angle of 160 degrees. A piano teacher in his 40s felt something was wrong with the fingers of his originally slender and flexible hands. The fingertips gradually became swollen and the nails bent downward, like hammers and lollipops.

Most of the clubbing fingers indicate a physical condition, and it is urgent to find out the underlying causes. The most common ones are lung diseases, especially lung cancer. (Editor’s recommendation: 4 ingredients, white radish and pears, can help you moisten your lungs, relieve cough, and stay away from lung cancer) Finger clubbing is caused by abnormal proliferation of bone tissue and connective tissue at the ends of fingers and toes. The end knuckles are soft and swollen, and the nail surface is also It is obviously curved downward, and sometimes the surrounding nail flesh is red, looking like a mallet. If it occurs on a single finger, it may be local degenerative arthritis. However, if it occurs on both sides or multiple fingers, you must be very active in conducting a full-body health check. (Editor’s recommendation: Toenails are not a problem unless they are gray! The color of the toenails can reveal clues to liver, kidney, and thyroid disease in one second!) Like this piano teacher, she was discovered to have lung cancer early because of her high sensitivity and alertness. Fortunately, she has Early surgical removal saved my life. Others such as tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or abnormalities in cardiopulmonary circulation, tumors in other organs, and acromegaly with abnormal growth hormone will also cause swelling of the fingers and clubbing of the nails with abnormal curvature. A small number of clubbing fingers are born with an abnormality called "primary cutaneous periosteal hypertrophy". They usually appear together with gyral folds of the scalp and a lion's face with thickened skin.

This article is excerpted from "The Health Report of Nails" / Yang Zhixun (Adjunct Professor of the Department of Dermatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital), Li Yongyi (Attending Physician, Taipei Chang Gung Memorial Hospital) / Big Block Culture