Skin cancer awareness: raise awareness about skin cancer prevention and early detection
According to a study, skin cancer is most commonly diagnosed in the United States of America. Skin cancer is considered the most preventable cancer among all types of cancers.
The Department of Dermatology celebrates May as the month of skin cancer awareness month, and this month’s primary goal is to inform the community and nation about cancer and how to prevent this life-threatening condition.
First, know the types of skin cancer to differentiate what kind of skin cancer you are suffering with….
Basal cell carcinoma: Basal cell carcinoma is a skin cancer in which a skin cancer cell begins to grow within the skin. In this type of cancer, our healthy cells die, and cancer cells grow within the skin.
Melanoma: It is a fatal type of skin carcinoma in which the cancer grows in the cells.
Non- Melanoma skin cancer: In this type of skin cancer, non-cancerous cells grow excessively, developing into a lump.
Furthermore, we need to discuss skin cancer. We must know what are the most common causes of skin cancer so that we can prevent ourselves from this life-threatening condition.
Excessive sun exposure: When you get overexposed to the sun, the UV radiations of the sun harm your skin and lead to skin carcinoma.
Weaken immune system: When your immune system is weak, it leads to the development of many diseases, and the development of carcinoma is one of them.
Exposure to excessive radiation: Excessive radiation exposure generally leads to damage to skin cells which causes skin cancer, so always try to prevent your skin from excessive radiation exposure.
High arsenic exposure: Arsenic products are ordinarily present in drinking water, which is highly toxic and causes cancer. These are mainly industrial products and tobacco which affects your health very much.
Family history: A history of skin cancer in the family leads to chromosome mutation, and there is a high chance that you may develop skin cancer.
These are a few causes of skin cancer. You can avoid these causes from your lifestyle, reduce the chances of cancer, and stay with life and long-lasting life.
Symptoms of skin cancer:-
Asymmetry: Skin cancer has no symmetry, so if there is any wart on your skin with no symmetry and continuously getting increased in size can be skin cancer.
Borders: The cancer wound or lump doesn’t have any edge. The edges or margins of a cancer lump are indefinite.
Color: In skin cancer, the color of the skin changes, and it varies from time to time.
Diameter: The diameters of a cancer lump are more than 6 mm, and it is one of the signs of cancer warts.
Evolving: According to this symptom in cancer cells, the cancer cells are continuously evolving.
This is the ABCDE of skin cancer. If you are facing these symptoms in your skin, you must consult your dermatologist because it can be a sign of cancer. So always check for these symptoms if you have had an unhealed wart for an extended period. So that you can prevent this life-threatening condition in an early stage and save your precious life
This is all about skin cancer, its types, and its symptoms.
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