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Sun and skin tumors
I live in Spain, in a glorious resort town. Here, everything, well, or almost everything, for those who come from Snow-covered Russia (for most foreigners it is even in the summer - «snowless»), from foggy england, rainy belgium, harsh Scandinavia… And know how owners of local shops and restaurants determine new?
Suddenly in the town appear red, fed by the sun, people who do not look without tears! Coming to the sun, gentle inhabitants of northern latitudes are trying for one or two weeks of vacation «Nature delivered them» - Tan, Gold and Sun Color Skin!
But there are others - more sophisticated, they are visited by the solarium all year, they use creams on the beach and knit, knit, knit in the sun… Until the resistant even chocolate tan will receive - the subject of admiring and envious views of compatriots on the streets of native megacities.
So different - «Black and red», walk holidaymakers. The case of taste, of course. But, one unites them: both of those and others grow risk of getting a malignant skin disease.
The fact that it really is becoming more and more problem, says the announcement of the World Health Organization on May 21 - the Day of Combating Melanoma, one of the types of skin cancer, the increase in incidence of which is associated with fashion at the tan.
The day passed, pretty frightening us by reports and articles in the media. So what is next? Judging by the number of burnt and blackened - the memory is our short and acts selectively. And the sun is such a short and long-awaited joy for the inhabitants of the northern latitudes, which is easy to forget about his cunning. Yes, and then, Well, that's how to get up from the sofa, lounge chairs, sand and go to the dermatologist? To begin with - at least pay attention to your body. Not on the muscles and wrinkles, but on the specks, freckles, moles.
And I wondered: what to watch? What signs to catch? For example, the husband of my friend, under the impression of the seen, was ready to remove all the freckles. You can, of course, to smile his impressionability, but we ourselves know what to pay attention to?
I found clarification of Dr. Leslie Bauman blog on Yahoo!Health. What and want to share with you.
Oncological skin diseases
Oncological skin diseases can be divided into two types: Melanoma and non-Melanoma.
Melanoma is more predisposed by Flooking people pigmented type. Character traits:
- Freckles and red hair - suspect that the MC1R gene is responsible for «Firemen» Your appearance, plays a role in the formation of melanoma.
- The skin is easy «burns» And if you overtook the sun repeatedly, you need to pay special attention to your skin.
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The presence of relatives who are diagnosed «melanoma», also increases the risk of getting sick.
Inspecting himself, their relatives, pay attention to the simplest visible signs, and if the suspicion causes at least one - do not break the visit to the doctor:
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Asymmetry: Mountain of the wrong shape, in which one side is not a mirror reflection of another
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Borders: Moles that have a unwitting, inalted border
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Color: Moles that have more than one color, or include black, white, red or yellow shades
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Diameter: Moles that are greater than 0.6 cm
Two types of non-melanoma are also related to the oncological diseases of the skin:
- Basal cell carcinoma (BCC): This type of skin cancer occurs between the derma and the epidermis. It appears as a bump (tumor), which has a white color, glitters and overflow as a pearl. Cones can be with an elevated center or with «Crater», and may also have tiny blood vessels around their border. Also, if you notice a shrist-like mark on the skin, in the zone where there was no wound or injury, consider it immediately. Sometimes it looks like a translucent bump with a navel or enlarged.
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Cellular carcinoma scaly (SCC): This type of skin cancer affects the topmost layers of the skin, in the fields of the sun. Manifests as red scaly stains that are covered with crusts - not as deep as when injured, but however, these «Patch» Do not heal. They can also be covered with rigid white scales.
Like Melanoma, non-Melanoma tends to hit face-free people more than others, although in this case the non-pigmented people (white-skinned and without freckles) are exposed to greater risk. If you have born at least a suspicion of one of the listed signs - this is a reason for the immediate appeal to the doctor.
Everything sounds quite scary, but my goal is not to scare, but remind that everything should be with mind, even «Sun, air and water!», which are our best friends. And conclusions «the less you know the better you sleep» and «better late than never» - absolutely not related to health!
Schedule a trip to the oncodermatologist or an oncologist surgeon. Show him all his moles, let him leave only those that «for luck». And calmly rest all summer.
