An emergency doctor has marked a one-minute self-test that can unveil a ‘ticking time bomb-murdering heart condition.
Dr. Joe Whittington, an expert in the field of Emergency Medicine from California, said that the hack, in which the stretching of your thumb over the wrist, can indicate a high risk of an aureurysm.
This includes the aorta – the main artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body – making or swelling, causing a break.
Cracks in the blood vessel are often fatal due to severe internal bleeding, unless quickly treated with emergency operations.
In a video on Tiktok that has so far collected more than 230,000 views, Dr. Whittington against his followers: ‘Hold your palm up and try to stretch your thumb as far as you can. Does it stop there?
‘Or does it extend your palm like that? If it does, it is a positive thumb-palm test. ‘
If your thumb extends along your palm, this may mean that your connective tissues are ‘very stretchable’, he said, indicating that the same stretching applies to the tissues in the arteries, which means a great chance of swelling or bulging.
He continued a detailed study from 2021, published in the American Journal of Cardiology, in which 60 percent of people with well-known aorta aneurysmas had a positive palm thumb test.
Here is the test: Hold your hand up as if you are telling someone to stop (1). With your palmplat your thumb stretch as far as possible, to your little finger. If your thumb reaches the center of the palm (2), that is normal. However, if it extends beyond the edge of your hand (3), researchers say that this can be a sign of an aorta aneurysm and you should have it checked
The researchers gave the test to 305 patients who are a cardiac surgery for a variety of disorders, including aorta -oreurysmas.
Although the majority of aneurysm patients do not manifest a positive thumb sign, patients who did have a positive test had a great chance to accommodate an aneurysm.
It is estimated that around 5,000 people in the UK die of aortic-related problems every year, with aneurysms and dissections the main causes.
Although many aneurysms do not cause symptoms until they tear, doctors can see them during the routine test and offer Treatments to prevent damage such as blood pressure medication.
Those who cause symptoms tend to activate pain in the chest, neck and/or back; swelling of the head, neck and arms; Cough, squeaky breathing, shortness of breath or blood on coughing.
But those with a positive Palm-Duim test, “shouldn’t panic,” said Dr. Whittington.
“It is worth bringing it to your doctor so that they can vary deeper into any form of connective tissue disorders.”
There are more than 200 disorders that influence connective tissue, but there are different types.
In a study published in the American Journal of Cardiology, it turned out that 60% of people with well-known aorta aneurysmas had a positive palm-thumb test
These include genetic disorders such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, autoimmu art disorders such as lupus and cancers such as some types of sarcoma for soft tissue.
The three most common aortic-related connective tissue disorders are Marfan’s syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) and the LoEys-Dietz syndrome.
In the UK, More than 18,000 people Be influenced by Marfan syndrome, although it is believed that it will not remain diagnosed in many people.
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It can cause symptoms such as heart palpitations, eye pain, shortness of breath and face changes such as astigmatism.
It can influence other parts of the body with physical characteristics such as a long and narrow face, limbs that look too long for the rest of the body and busy teeth.
Those with this condition run up to 250 times greater risk of aortic dissection, a tear or break between layers of the aortic wall, than the general population.
EDS is a group inherited connective tissue disorders that influence the skin, joints and blood vessels.
The thumb test will indicate whether a person houses an aorta oreurysm – an abnormal lump in the wall of the large blood vessel that can be fatal if they are not detected
It is estimated that there are somewhere between 135,000 and 300,000 people in the UK with the situation.
The most common type of EDs is Hypermobile EDS (Heds), which are thought to have been in diagnosed.
Estimated around 740 People in the UK have veds that are diagnosed on the basis of subtle signs in their physical appearance and their medical history.
Common characteristics are a history of simple and significant bruises, often from birth, varicose veins, lobeless ears and fine hearing that can become thinner.
Others include unusually visible veins, thin nose and lips, prominent eyes and early aging of the skin on the hands and feet.
Not everyone who has similar characteristics that are common in the population will have VEDs.
It is estimated that there is less than one in 100,000 people with the Looys-Dietz syndrome in the UK.
This connective tissue disease mainly causes problems with blood vessels and often increases the aorta the risk of aortic dissection.
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