Skin Diseases

Skin cancer causes.

• Skin cancer is the most common kind of cancer in the United State when you found them early. Skin cancer can be treated successfully.
• Recurrent expose to the ultraviolet (UV) radiation form the sun caused the main problems.
• Which may caused by artificial sources of UV radiation, such as sun lamps and tanning beds.

Skin cancer risk factors

• If you had the skin cancer in the past
• You had a family history of skin cancer.
• If you are having fair skin that freckles easily, especially with some one with red or blond hair and blue or light colored eyes.

Skin Care Treatment

• Which depending on the size, type, and stage of the skin cancer, the treatment will be included:
• Surgery. And what types of surgery.
• Laser therapy
• Chemotherapy. There is one form is cream or lotion with anticancer drugs that applied to skin. And there is another form with this kind of treatment are given through an IV.
• Radiation therapy.
• Interferon drugs.
• Skin grafting.

Skin cancer self-care and prevention

We should take care of skin when childhood to prevent skin cancer later in life.

• You should be avoiding exposing to midday sun from 10:00 Am to 4:00 PM.
• Using a sun block with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or higher.
• Avoiding sun lamps and tanning salons.

Skin Self-Exam

• Do your skin self- exam monthly. The best time to do exam is after shower and a bath. To do exam by using a hand-held mirror, a full length mirror and a well lit room.
• Find your own birthmarks, blemished and moles. Check well if you have a sore that which doesn’t heal.

Do all the areas check:

1. Checking on your face, neck, and scalp, and using the a blow dryer or a comb move your hair around so you can see the scalp better.
2. Loot at the front and back of your body in the mirror, and then raise your arm on both side, at the left and right.
3. Sit down look carefully on your feed and space between your toes.
4. Check your elbows and look well at palms of your hand, and then exams your forearms and upper arms.
5. Examine back and front of your legs. And look around your buttocks and genial area.