{"id":4776,"date":"2025-02-05T09:01:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T09:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2025-02-05T09:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T09:01:56","slug":"this-simple-fingernail-test-could-help-save-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=4776","title":{"rendered":"This simple fingernail test could help save your life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doctors recommend a quick check of your fingernails to help detect lung cancer early. Press your index fingers together, and look for a tiny diamond-shaped gap of light between them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If this \u201cdiamond gap\u201d is missing, it may indicate finger clubbing \u2014 a condition where the ends of the fingers swell. Finger clubbing can be an early sign of lung cancer, appearing in about 35% of people with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and 4% of those with small cell lung cancer.<\/p>\n

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Though not always cancer-related, it\u2019s worth consulting a doctor if you notice this change in your nails. Remeber \u2014 early detection can make a significant difference in treatment outcomes.<\/p>\n

And this test has saved lives in the past. Brian Gemmell says recognizing finger clubbing saved his life. With no other symptoms, Brian\u2019s swollen fingers prompted his GP to refer him for a chest X-ray. The diagnosis was early-stage lung cancer, confined to his lung.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to prompt surgical treatment, he avoided further complications and has since emphasized the importance of seeking medical advice early.<\/p>\n

Source: Hashem Al-Ghaili<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doctors recommend a quick check of your fingernails to help detect lung cancer early. Press your index fingers together, and look for a tiny diamond-shaped gap of light between them. If this \u201cdiamond gap\u201d is missing, it may indicate finger clubbing \u2014 a condition where the ends of the fingers swell. Finger clubbing can be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-random-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4777,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776\/revisions\/4777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}