Melanoma is a very hot topic and is well covered in most magazines at one time or another. With the new healthcare system looming over the new tax, Tanning Salon will now be imposed. You may ask why this new health plan will be taxed on a tanning bed? Well, these places are hot beds for developing these types of cancer. A direct UV ray, often unprotected at such a high concentration, is really similar to the fact that you get into a cancer car, and although I am not here as an activist, I would say that they should be avoided and the buyer beware.
So where is this deadly cancer will bring out its ugly head. It is a skin cancer, therefore, obviously, it occurs on the skin. What is not so obvious is what people perceive as skin.
The definition of skin is the outer covering of the body. It protects us from heat and light, injury and infection. It regulates body temperature and retains water, fat and vitamin D. Weighing about 6 pounds, the skin is the largest organ of the body. The epidermis (outer layer of the skin) mainly consists of flat, scale-like cells called squamous cells. basal cells. The deepest part of the epidermis also contains melanocytes (cells that cause melanoma). These cells produce melanin, which gives the skin its own color. These glands produce sweat, which helps regulate body temperature and sebum, an oily substance that helps keep skin from drying out.
Thus, this is a fairly broad definition of our largest organ, but it illustrates that in addition to the skin we are all trying to tan, and also reduce wrinkles and tattoos, our skin is also those linings of our body that we don’t read on the sun. This includes oral mucosa, scalp, vaginal lining, nail (very dangerous place). I hope this information will save a life. Keep your doctors at a higher level, and they will respect you for it. The dermatologist is definitely a skin expert, but your other doctors, including dentists, podiatrists, gynecologists, proctologists, should regularly check these types of skin cancers, and you, as a patient, should also know that melanoma can be detected on any surface skin, not just the area exposed to the sun (although they are certainly the most common)
I remember my patient, who represents the "wart" that she had been present for many months on her heel. Before appearing in front of my office, she conducted many thematic procedures with different doctors. Not wanting to reinvent the wheel, looking at this “wart”, she had some kind of abnormal pigment, I felt that the biopsy was reasonable, because her other treatment methods were not successful in cleaning up the lesion. When the pathology came back Malignant nodular melanoma, I was glad that I did it. The patient was informed that she had this very aggressive skin cancer, and that he required removal. Subsequently, she was managed to remove a large amount of tissue from the back of the heel, as well as a skin graft to cover the area.
A tumor has been set, which requires both pathological and surgical evaluation of the patient, as well as a skin sample. Fortunately, this melanoma was made in the early stages before it hit the blood of the patients. Five years have passed since then, and I recently saw that this patient next door was pushing a stroller with her 3-year-old son, I knew perfectly well that I not only saved her life, but also that I played a certain role in preventing this new life in the world. Test yourself monthly for Suspicious Moles using the ABCDE method. If you find any of these characteristics on your skin, make an appointment to evaluate your doctor.
- Asymmetry; one half unlike the other half.
- BORDER; irregular, jagged or poorly defined boundary.
- COLOUR; ranged from one area to another; shades of brown, brown and black; sometimes white, red or blue.
- DIAMETER; melanomas are usually larger than 6 mm (eraser size) when diagnosed, but they may be smaller.
- EVOLUTION; a mole or skin lesion that is different or different in size, shape, or color.
