Skin Cancer

Ozone layer depletion decreases our atmosphere's natural protection from sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays.Here we provide a quick overview to the problems linked to the overexposure of UV rays. Understanding these risks and taking some precautions will help you people enjoy the sun and thus lowering the chances of health problems.

Major health problems due to overexposure of sun:

• Skin cancer
• Cataracts and eye damage
• Premature aging of the skin and other skin problems
• Immune system suppression

The major health problem is the skin cancer.Everybody knows about the cancer and skin cancer is also a type of it.Your skin is the one which protects your all body parts from the factors like heat, light, injuries, infection.Actually your skin is made up of various cells like scaly,basal,round and layers like epidermis and dermis.The outer layer is epidermis and inner layer is dermis.These days because of increased pollution diseases like skin cancer and other skin diseases have increased at an alarming rate. So you should know about cause,symptoms and prevention of this disease to stay healthy and fit. Most common form of skin cancer is basal cell carcinoma,squamous cell carcinoma which is found in almost 80% of the And you all know cancer is cured when diagnosed early in  patients. Melanoma is also a skin disease in which cancer cells are found in those cells which are responsible for the color of your skin.This disease occurs mostly in adults.

Difference between moles and melanoma:

 Causes of skin cancer:

• It occurs in those people which spend a lot of time in sunlight.so sunlight is its main cause.It can occur on any part of body like neck,hands,arms which get most exposure to sun.
• Sunburn and UV light damage your skin and make it ready for the disease of cancer.
• Humidity and the environment you are living in sometimes are also the cause of it.
• Exposure to x-rays is also a major cause.
• Contact with the chemicals like arsenic,hydrocarbon can also cause skin cancer.

Symptoms:

You start noticing the change on skin. Change may be as growth or sore that would not heel. Or some small lumps,red spots can also be seen on the skin.

Prevention:

• You all know cancer is cured when diagnosed early. People with fair skin,light hair,blue or green eyes or people having more number of holes or having sunburn are more prone to this harmful disease.Home treatment can not prove useful in this case.
• If you see the above symptoms you should immediately consult your physician or dermatologist.  Undergo regular check ups.
• Minimize sun exposure at mid day.cover your body while you go outside.
• Use sunscreens of SPF 15 or more.Reapply sunscreen after every 3-4 hrs.
• Radiation therapy,cryosurgery,chemotherapy are some scientific methods for the solution of it.