Teach you how to identify melanoma

Melanoma is a less common disease. The movie "If You Are the One 2" has made everyone aware of this disease, but we are still not very clear about the real cause of melanoma. Experts have analyzed that the incidence of melanoma is closely related to air pollution, the desire for beauty, lack of health knowledge, abuse of estrogen drugs, and immune defects.

What is melanoma?

Melanoma, also known as malignant melanoma, is a highly malignant tumor that can produce melanin. It is mostly seen in adults over 30 years old. Those that occur in the skin are more common on the soles of the feet, the vulva, and around the anus. It can be malignant from the beginning, but it is usually caused by the malignant transformation of a junctional nevus. Any mole that becomes darker in pigment, increases in size, grows faster or ulcerates, becomes inflamed, and bleeds is often a sign of malignant transformation. This tumor can also occur in mucous membranes and internal organs. The prognosis of melanoma is mostly poor, and lymphatic and blood metastasis may occur in the late stage. Therefore, early diagnosis and timely treatment of this tumor are very important. Clinically, melanoma is extremely malignant. Most melanomas occur on the basis of pigment lesions, and a few occur in the pigment cells of normal skin or mucous membranes.

Three tips to help you identify melanoma

Melanoma is so scary, how should we guard against it? Count the moles on your body, which one will turn malignant? Experts point out that it is a low probability event for a mole to turn into melanoma. You don't have to worry about the moles on your body all day long. There are three ways to help you locate suspicious objects.

Look at the location: Generally speaking, moles on friction sites such as the soles of the feet, elbows, and scalp are more likely to become malignant. Friction will cause the proliferation of mole cells to become active, resulting in abnormal shapes and malignant changes. Clinically, it has also been found that moles on the soles of Chinese people's feet are most likely to become malignant.

Depth: Whether a mole becomes cancerous has nothing to do with its size, but is related to the location of the mole cells. According to the depth of the skin where the mole cells are located, moles are divided into intradermal moles, junctional moles, and compound moles. Relatively speaking, junctional moles (located at the junction of the epidermis and dermis) are more likely to become cancerous.

Look at the color: Moles come in many colors, including black, red, blue, etc. Blue moles are more likely to become cancerous, so you should pay close attention to them.