Treatment Bowen’s disease must be treated to prevent development of a full blown squamous cell carcinoma. The present day treatment for Bowen’s diseases includes: Surgical excision involves removal of the entire skin lesion. Depending on the size, most lesions are removed under local anesthesia. Because Bowen’s disease has a habit of developing near critical parts ...
Exposure to the sun damages the skin. Depending upon the extent of time exposed to the sun, frequently as sun worshiper or occasionally doing out-door gardening, the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays damages the fibers in the skin called elastin. Eventual damage to skin varies from developing superficial wrinkles to deadly type of skin cancer. Experiencing ...
Melanoma: A Case Report – A 28 year-old white male physician reported to a plastic surgeon after 2 weeks of itching and bleeding in a black and brown “mole” on the left ear, noted shortly after a hair cut given by the patient’s wife. For two days, the ear had a hot, burning sensation. HPI: ...
Kaposi’s sarcoma is a cancer that causes patches of abnormal tissue to grow under the skin in the lining of the mouth, nose, throat or other organs. The patches of abnormal tissue are either red or purple. They are made of cancer cells and blood cells. The characteristic skin lesions range from flat to raised ...
The term biocultural evolution is a means of describing the influence of both biological makeup and cultural behaviors on human evolution. It also explains that the nature of these two aspects is that they are somewhat interdependent and influential on each other. There are many examples of how environmental surroundings have influenced evolutionary changes. Similarly, ...
Psoriasis is a chronic skin disorder that affects over 7 million people in the US. It strikes both men and women in equal numbers, and the average age of onset is 27, although it occurs in young children in a small percentage of cases. While its main symptoms are thickened, scaly skin, psoriasis is now ...
For some reason we human beings tend to dismiss problems of the skin as minor or of little concern. We forget that the skin is the body’s largest living organ. As such, it is subject to disease, just like any other organ of the body. Let’s take a look of four common diseases of the ...
Definition Leprosy, otherwise known as Hansen’s Disease, is a bacterial disease, caused by Mycobacterium Leprae infection. History First seen in Egypt and the Far East 600 years before the birth of Christ, leprosy became a rampant plague in Europe during the thirteenth century, thriving amidst the unsanitary conditions of heavily populated communities. With no effective ...
