Recently, when Ms. Li was bathing her 85-year-old mother, she found scratches on her shoulders. After asking carefully, she realized that her mother always felt that her shoulders were itchy recently. She scratched her skin without realizing it.
After learning about the situation, Ms. Li always felt something was wrong. She took her mother to the hospital for examination with a safe attitude, and the result also surprised Ms. Li: her mother's cholangiocellular carcinoma caused an increase in bilirubin, which caused itchy skin symptoms. At present, Ms. Li's mother has received corresponding anti-cancer treatment in the hospital.
Seeing this, many friends may be surprised. A common situation like "ittingling skin" may even indicate a disease, or even cancer. If you have abnormal skin symptoms, don't take it seriously.
Skin abnormalities, beware of cancer that may come
. The skin is frequent itching for unknown reasons
Ordinary skin itching is often accompanied by common causes, such as mosquito bites, dry skin, untimely cleaning, etc. After scratching or cleaning, the itching feeling can be relieved and disappeared.
But if the skin itch frequently for unknown reasons and cannot improve it, there may be a risk of cancer-induced, such as liver cancer , intestinal cancer, cholangiocarcinoma , etc. Itchy skin is one of their typical symptoms.
Itching caused by malignant tumors has the following characteristics:
Yellowing of the skin : That is, the so-called " jaundice ", which is mostly due to possible lesions in the liver or pancreas ;
The itchy skin position is uncertain : During the growth process, the tumor will form some active substances. These active substances come to various parts of the body along with metabolism and blood circulation, stimulating the nerves of various organs and tissues, and the skin will itch everywhere.
is difficult to relieve : The tumor will not recover due to the passage of time, but will become more and more serious. The itching feeling is also difficult to relieve, and there may even signs of worsening.
2. Abnormal bulges appear on the skin surface
Cancer cells have the characteristics of continuous division, so the cancer tissue will become larger and larger over time, and some tumors close to the skin tissue will have abnormal situations on the skin surface.
For example, on the skin surface, ring-shaped, cauliflower-shaped, or irregular protrusions may be caused by cancer.
Generally speaking, the cancerous tissue on the surface of the skin will have the characteristics of with large range, irregular shape, firm bulge, and no pain in pressing. If you meet a similar situation, you need to be more vigilant and go to the hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible.
3. In the short term, it is normal for the skin to have a large number of moles. It is caused by the aggregation of melanin in a certain part of the skin due to diet or daily routine.
However, moles often occur once a long time ago. If many moles suddenly grow on the surface of the skin in a short period of time, it may be caused by melanoma lesions. This is also one of the typical symptoms of skin cancer , so don’t be careless.
4. Locally difficult to recover ulcers
If cancer cells are located close to skin tissue, or directly spread on the skin surface, because skin cells become cancerous and necrotic, a large-scale ulcer spread will occur. Therefore, if there is a difficult-to-recover ulcer on the skin and is accompanied by severe bleeding symptoms, it may also be caused by skin cancer or lymphoma . Skin ulcers caused by cancer often occur in where the skin is thinner, such as the ears, limbs, face, etc.
In summary, as the largest tissue on the surface of the body, abnormalities may also be a potential risk for cancer. If these 4 typical symptoms appear, it is better to go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time. However, skin abnormalities are not entirely cancer, and there must be a precaution against other diseases.
Skin abnormalities are not necessarily cancer. You should also be alert for these three diseases in advance to
are skin inflammation, metabolic diseases and kidney diseases.
Skin inflammation is naturally not to be said, such as neurodermatitis , allergic dermatitis, etc., inflammation or ulcers on the surface of the skin are the main characteristics of the disease. It usually occurs with a series of symptoms such as itching and pain.
. Among metabolic diseases, diabetes is the most likely to cause skin abnormalities. The skin surface is covered with many nerve endings , and high concentrations of blood sugar can continue to stimulate the nerve endings, causing itching or pain. If the skin is often itchy and dry and peeling, you might as well check whether the blood sugar or blood lipids indicators are healthy.
Finally, kidney disease. For example, patients with renal insufficiency , or even uremia , will have dry skin, and because the kidney metabolic ability decreases due to the disease, the toxins on the skin surface will continue to accumulate, which will also occur with dermatitis , eczema and other conditions. Friends with abnormal skin should not be careless about kidney health.
In short, the skin is abnormal, you can't just scratch it and ignore it. Especially for persistent symptoms such as itching, tumors, ulcers, etc., you must be more alert to whether there are hidden dangers of cancer and actively go to the hospital for examination and treatment. Only by having enough understanding of abnormal details of the body can you do your best to prevent diseases and maintain your health.
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