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Sunday 27 November 2011

What Is Malignant Melanoma Skin Cancer?

Malignant Melanoma Skin cancer is a type of skin cancer that starts in the pigmentation system of the skin. The skin layer that become tanned in the summer. This type of a cancer begins in moles or in different areas of normal looking skin. In rare cases, the tumor may start in the eyes, the intestine, the respiratory passage and the brain.
Malignant melanoma is a dangerous type of cancer. In this case, the chances of the survival of patient depend on early discovery and treatment.
The skin is responsible for protecting the body from several vices such as heat, infection, injury, sunlight and water loss. The outermost layer is known as the epidermis. It consists of flat scaly squamous cells. These cells contain a protein that makes the skin strong and also flexible. There are also basal cells and melanocytes that lie deeper inside the epidermis.

Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC)

Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common form of skin cancer. It is affecting around 200,000 Americans each year. Though it is also labelled as a non-melanoma type skin cancer (alongside Basal Cell Carcinoma), it can turn nasty and become fatal as 1-2 percent of cases will metastasize.
Metastasis is a key criterion for malignancy. When the cancerous tumor manages to penetrate from the epidermis layer into the dermis layer of the skin, it could spread out very fast, to lymph nodes, blood vessels, and so to distant sites inside the body.

Saturday 26 November 2011

Skin Cancer - Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)

BCC is a malignant epithelial cell tumor that begins as a papule (a small, circumscribed, solid elevation of the skin) and enlarges peripherally, developing into a crater that erodes, crusts and bleeds. BCC originates in the basal layer of the epidermis, the lowest layer of skin.

Why Does My Skin Always Itch? - 3 Causes of Itchy Skin

While most people are fully aware of any known allergies, there are those few allergens that no one is really aware that they have. That is, until they keep having reoccurring unexplained problems while getting a clean bill of health from their health care professional. Some of these allergens can be contained in foods that the sufferers consume everyday such as grain products, dairy products, peanuts, corn, soy, and many other numerous food items. The best way to try to figure out what causes an allergic reaction, especially should it result in an itchy rash is to think about what was ate, drank or done prior to the reaction, and then try to remove what the suspected culprit is. Should the right trigger be found, the sufferer will notice an almost immediate change in their body and their health.