Recently
"Lung nodules appear after taking new crown vaccine "
's online rumors appeared on the hot search
Many industry experts refuted the rumors
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Gao Fu also said on the 24th that
currently has no evidence that
vaccination is related to There is a close relationship between pulmonary nodules
So
What is a pulmonary nodule? Is
harmful to health?
Why are more and more people detecting pulmonary nodules?
This
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Cancer Hospital
chest Tan Fengwei, Deputy Director of Surgery and Chief Physician, introduced that pulmonary nodules are actually an imaging concept. Many cases such as inflammation, enlarged lymph nodes, tumors, etc., can be manifested as most of the pulmonary nodules found on CT. Pulmonary nodules are all benign
, only very few are tumorous lesions
is also known as lung cancer
Tan Fengwei explained that more and more people have detected pulmonary nodules
There are two main reasons:
one With the gradual enhancement of health awareness of Chinese residents, more and more people choose to use chest CT, which increases the chance of lung nodules being detected. Second, with the improvement of medical level, imaging equipment has also been greatly developed. Now The resolution of the high-definition CT used is much higher than that of the conventional CT
. Small pulmonary nodules can also be observed clearly. Tan Fengwei reminds
that if a pulmonary nodule is found, a professional doctor must be consulted. According to its imaging characteristics,
and Trends in development to identify benign nodules that are not threatening or malignant nodules that have the potential to harm the body and require further treatment
