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Skin cancer ...
Just a reminder of the dangers of skin cancer ...
Early diagnosis and treatment is key
The main cause is too much exposure to the sun
Pale sensitive skin is more likely to develop skin cancer
It can take many years to develop
Once diagnosed it is likely to recur
Increased leisure time and more travel to sunny locations have caused an increased incidence of skin cancer
About 80% appear on the face and head.
The three main types are :
basal cell cancer :
squamous cell cancer :
melanoma :
Precautions :
*Cover up and use skin block May to October
*Previous skin cancer indicates high risk - frequent check ups needed
*Over 50 or with sensitive skin should have regular check ups
*Changes in moles and spots that don't heal should be examined
Early diagnosis and treatment is key
The main cause is too much exposure to the sun
Pale sensitive skin is more likely to develop skin cancer
It can take many years to develop
Once diagnosed it is likely to recur
Increased leisure time and more travel to sunny locations have caused an increased incidence of skin cancer
About 80% appear on the face and head.
The three main types are :
basal cell cancer :
squamous cell cancer :
melanoma :
Precautions :
*Cover up and use skin block May to October
*Previous skin cancer indicates high risk - frequent check ups needed
*Over 50 or with sensitive skin should have regular check ups
*Changes in moles and spots that don't heal should be examined
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I must echo what Peter has said. I have had malignant melanoma, had it safely excised and no secondary cancers. It CAN be a very different story, and I thank early diagnosis and prompt treatment. Since moving here, I have had a regular annual check with a dermatologist in Perps. So far so good. You can never be too cautious, and don't feel silly asking your doc about a dodgy mole. Mine was not large, but had become very black. I now always use factor 50, and have even had hols in hotter sunnier places than the PO...but the cream goes on, I cover up if necessary, and stay in the shade if I can
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Just as important with ex-pats in hot climes, is the availability of very cheap cigarettes and booze!!
My 42 year old daughter (some of you may remember she lost her husband in a motorbike accident in Tenerife last year), was, last week, diagnosed as having Lung Cancer (heavy smoker), with secondaries on the Brain, Liver and Lymph Glands!!! She started radio therapy today before going on to chemotherapy in a couple of weeks!!!!!!!
Heavy smoking, heavy drinking and too much sun, will lead to these terrible problems.
Try not to go to La Jonquera too often for those 'cheap fags and booze' and indeed, use high factor creams when sunbathing and hopefully the problems highlighted above, can be avoided.
My 42 year old daughter (some of you may remember she lost her husband in a motorbike accident in Tenerife last year), was, last week, diagnosed as having Lung Cancer (heavy smoker), with secondaries on the Brain, Liver and Lymph Glands!!! She started radio therapy today before going on to chemotherapy in a couple of weeks!!!!!!!
Heavy smoking, heavy drinking and too much sun, will lead to these terrible problems.
Try not to go to La Jonquera too often for those 'cheap fags and booze' and indeed, use high factor creams when sunbathing and hopefully the problems highlighted above, can be avoided.
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Strangely enough, although I have always had moles - even as a young child,
they have never given me a problem.
Three years ago I had most of them removed by a dermatologist in Toulouges.
More of a cosmetic thing than any necessity.
As to the skin, apart from a nasty sunburn once, a long time ago in Lagos
(Nigeria not Portugal) I have never had a problem. Two weeks without any
protection in any sub tropical or tropical climate (e.g. Florida or Mautitius)
and I'm as brown as a nut without any "red" stage at all.
Sometimes I wonder about my ancestry in that respect!!!!
As to the smoking... better left unsaid..... I have tried to give up... honestly..
Alcohol is no problem.. can take it or leave it - mostly the latter.
they have never given me a problem.
Three years ago I had most of them removed by a dermatologist in Toulouges.
More of a cosmetic thing than any necessity.
As to the skin, apart from a nasty sunburn once, a long time ago in Lagos
(Nigeria not Portugal) I have never had a problem. Two weeks without any
protection in any sub tropical or tropical climate (e.g. Florida or Mautitius)
and I'm as brown as a nut without any "red" stage at all.
Sometimes I wonder about my ancestry in that respect!!!!
As to the smoking... better left unsaid..... I have tried to give up... honestly..
Alcohol is no problem.. can take it or leave it - mostly the latter.
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