[Clinical case] what is this pimple?

What is this pimple?

Today, I had an examination for a patient, who has a pimple on her wrist. The patient doesn’t know what caused it. She’s been to several doctors and was left without an answer. She’s worried, I was also curious to find out.

Firstly, I asked the patient to make a fist with her hand then move her fingers. The tendon is moving but not the pimple.

Then, by pinching the skin over the pimple, I felt the pimple is subcutaneous.

At last, by holding tightly on to the patient’s forearm for 2 minutes, I saw the pimple changed color from the normal skin color to purple. 

I let the patient know what that was and she’s now very relieved after the examination.

Ph.D. Win Acupuncture 

(This post is written in Chinese and been interpreted into English. In case of discrepancies between the Chinese and English versions, the Chinese version shall prevail.)