Five-point self-examination for melanoma

Few people know about melanoma in real life. It is not so familiar. In medicine, melanoma is a very common skin disease. Many people suffer from it. This tumor is malignant and has a high chance of death. It brings great harm to patients. Once discovered, you must go to the hospital for treatment immediately. How to self-check melanoma? Are there any characteristics?

Melanoma is a malignant skin tumor with a very high mortality rate. Currently, there are signs that the number of patients suffering from melanoma is increasing. In addition to being prone to melanoma on the skin. It may appear in many places such as eyes, nose, mouth, anal canal, rectum, etc. Because this disease is highly malignant and has a relatively high mortality rate, only early detection and early treatment can achieve better results.

Five-point self-examination for melanoma:

1. Asymmetric, or when one half of the mark is different from the other.

2. Boundaries, when the mark has irregular, scalloped or ill-defined boundaries.

3. Color, if the marking changes from one area to another. It may have tan, brown, black or white, red, or blue hues.

4. Diameter. Melanomas are usually larger than 6 mm, or about the size of a piece of Silly Putty. In some cases, they can appear smaller.

5. When a mole or mark looks different from others or different from before.

There are many treatments for melanoma, including surgery, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, etc. If the disease is discovered early, surgical treatment can be adopted. After surgery, you can choose to cooperate with radiotherapy. At the same time, you can cooperate with the treatment of anti-cancer products to control the development of the disease, reduce toxic side effects, and prevent the metastasis and spread of melanoma. This way the effect will be more effective.

Melanoma can be said to be a very scary malignant tumor. If not treated in time, it will pose a threat to the patients' lives. Now that we know what the early signs of this disease are, we must do a good job of preventing this disease in our daily lives.