Worldwide, the incidence of melanoma is increasing rapidly, and the disease is prone to occur at any age, but it is more common in people aged 50-70 years, but the probability of adolescents at present is also very high.
Because this is a skin tumor caused by excessive proliferation of melanocytes, which is a precursor to skin cancer, it is difficult to cause attention at the beginning of the disease, most patients find the disease, the condition has been relatively serious, and even some patients have lymph node metastasis, which will endanger the safety of patients' lives.
Therefore, it is very important to understand the initial symptoms of melanoma, so let's take a look at the 6 changes of melanoma.
First, melanin accumulation
At the beginning of melanoma disease, it usually manifests as melanin accumulating on the body, mainly based on pigmentation, which is easy to ignore because the disease is not obvious.
Therefore, many patients with advanced tumors are unable to detect and treat them in time because the early symptoms are very common, which leads to the development of the disease to the advanced stage.
Second, there is itching around melanin
As the patient's condition unfolds, the melanin on the body will have an abnormal reaction, mainly manifested as the color becomes darker and darker, and then it will be particularly itchy and painful.
In severe cases, this melanin will not only grow in one part, but may spread to multiple sites, thus bringing more harm, so patients must pay attention to it.
Third, malignant melanoma manifestations
The incidence of malignant melanoma is generally 10%-15%, which is mostly in the exposed areas such as the head, neck and back of the hands, and is most common in female patients aged 60-70 years.
Clinically, it is early and appears to be large, slightly higher than the skin, the lesion is brownish yellow or brown, and then partially focal arch, dark or bright color, and the advanced lymph node metastasis rate is 25%.
Fourth, superficial diffuse melanoma manifestations
Superficial diffuse melanoma is the most common malignancy in the clinic, occurring around the age of 50 with no sex differences.
Females are more common on the limbs, males are more likely to be on the trunk, the early stage is brownish yellow, brown, blue or black, mostly rose or peach, the edges are jagged, the skin texture is disappeared, and the late stage will form nodules, red, white or blue.
Fifth, obvious ulcers
Melanoma symptoms are age-related, and if it is elderly, it can cause serious skin damage, and the treatment effect is not very good. The skin lesion changes of young people's skin malignant melanoma will not be too serious, and the body's immune response has a certain relationship, if patients receive physical therapy as soon as possible, they can effectively control the disease.
Sixth, melanoma bulges
If the melanoma is more than 5 mm in diameter, it will protrude from the surface, and there will be uneven surfaces, repeated bleeding, and fluid outflow, and the color will also develop black or brown, accompanied by a slight feeling of pain.
Whether it is early melanoma or advanced malignancy, once the disease metastasizes, it will increase the difficulty of treatment and the prognosis will become worse, but this does not mean that there is no therapeutic value.
At present, there are still many patients who can survive for 3, 5 years, or even longer through active treatment, and can reduce pain through treatment, if not for a long time.
Therefore, even if the disease develops to an advanced stage, patients can not easily give up, now China has included traditional Chinese medicine into the treatment plan, can achieve the effect of attenuation, improve immunity, in short, as long as the patient adheres to treatment, you can control the disease.