Written by Dr. Christina
As temperatures rise, the risks to our health rise, with the most common and important skin cancer. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in humans. The World Health Organization says, in fact, in developed countries 3,000,000 cases of skin cancer per year with 330,000 of them being malicious melanomas.
Prevention and treatment
Early diagnosis and new treatments make melanoma cure. That is why we all must integrate into our lives the annual preventive control and examination of sples and other lesions. Modern lifestyle shows that 1 in 5 will develop skin cancer during its lifetime, while special algorithms predict that the rate will reach 4 out of 5 in the next 20 years if lifestyle does not change.
Who are in danger?
The risk of developing skin cancer increases with age and especially for melanoma after 60 The risk is doubled and after 80 triples. 80% of wear from UV radiation occurs during childhood and adolescence. Solar burn doubles the risk of developing melanoma in childhood, while for adult we want 5 sunburn to get the same effect.
Everyone should be regularly checked and watched, but mainly:
1) People with a history of skin cancer – usually over 50
2) People with many olives
3) People with pale skin
4) People with sunburn in the past
5) People receiving immunosuppressive treatment or have been submitted transplantation
6) People with a genetic syndrome that cannot be defended in sunlight
7) Those who observe changes in size, color or shape in the sips or bleeding, as well as when they have itching or some wound that does not close
The ABCDE rule
It is a handy tool, especially for the public, to evaluate whether an olive or spine on the body needs medical assessment. The initials mean:
A- Asymmetry (Asymmetry): If the spine is not symmetrical, that is, if we cut it in the middle and the two half is not the same.
B – border (limit): If the boundaries are unclear, toothed or abnormal.
C – Color (color): If the spine is uneven color or contains shades of black, brown, red or even blue.
D – Diameter (diameter): If the diameter is greater than 6 mm (as much as the eraser of a pencil) – without it mean that the smaller spots are always harmless.
E – Evolving (Evolution): If the spleen changes in size, shape, color or begins to cause itching, bleeding or pain.
5+1 Prevention Tips
1) Avoid solar exposure especially at dangerous hours, between 11:00 and 16:00, when the sun is stronger and more harmful.
2) Use suitable clothing such as UV protection sunglasses, wide hats and loose light -colored clothes.
3) Use sunscreen with a high wide spectrum marker because both UVA and UVB radiation participate in carcinogenesis. Select sunscreen with at least 30 SPF 30, half an hour before your exposure to the sun and refresh every two hours. We even wear the sunscreen with clouds. Not seeing the sun does not mean that he does not see us too.
4) Avoid using Solarium. You can use self tanning products.
5) Consider yourself to identify on the skin, which may not have existed before, such as some strange olive or damage.
6) Arrange your annual examination to the dermatologist either clinically or with more specific tools such as dermatoscope and digital mapping
What is the SPF index and what value is suitable for our skin?
The sun protection coefficient, known to all of us, shows us the degree of protection a product offered by UVBs. Thus, when using a product with SPF 30 protection index means that we multiply our natural protection from the sun for 30. Essentially, it indicates that our skin will take 30 times more time to burn.
That is, if you can stay 1 minute in the sun without burning the SPF 30 you can stay 30 minutes before you repeat. The minutes and calculation change according to the activity, for example sweat and swimming reduce the action of the sunscreen. People who have a different color tone should wear a different SPF index. The sun can cause skin cancer to everyone regardless of – and dark skins need sunscreen. In addition, the sunscreen should also block UVA and UVB rays. UVB rays are responsible for the burn while UVA penetrates even deeper into the skin causing signs, wrinkles, olives and skin cancer.
Don’t leave time! Now check your olives to care for only your dives!