Saturday, August 1, 2009

Melanoma Disease

Are those indications appearing on your body or anybody around you??


Last night, like usual I watch one of my favorite show. This show discuss about health inside family life, and this time I will tell you about a story that been discuss in that show.


Mr. Y.S. (age 56)


That time, a salesman was so busy until he had no time to watch his foot nail. Someday, he was shock when he saw a black line on his thumb. Mr. Y.S. just ignoring it and tell himself that’s only an injured because hit something. That line became wider and wider. Less than a year, he starts feeling his body doesn’t like usual. His became easy to get tired and feel hurt everywhere.

That condition continues until he was so late to know it even to do consultation with his doctor. A year later, Mr. Y.S. died in age of 58.


Below are indications that appear on Mr. Y.S.:
1. Black line or dots in nail
2. That line became wider and longer as time goes by
3. Easy to get tired
4. Finally, that black dots fulfill the nail.

This disease named Melanoma. Why a black thin line on thumb could became disease named Melanoma?


Melanoma is one kind of skin cancer. This disease began from skin cell called melanocytes, the cell which producing pigment which coloring our skin. If amount of this cell above normal, it can trigger dangerous skin cancer or malignant melanoma. Even on skin cancer disease, this kind of disease is the most dangerous and high risk.


Like what was happen with Mr. Y.S. Skin cancer on Mr. Y.S. named melanoma fingernail. Black dots which appear on finger nail became wider and most of them found at thumbnail. What cause of this disease is still a mystery, but it nothing to lose if we begin to watch more carefully something unusual on our finger nails. Like what happen on Mr. Y.S., melanoma was appeared on the roots of his thumbnail at first time.


Because it began at deep part of our nail and a little bit hard to see, Mr. Y.S. was ignoring it. If Mr. Y.S be more careful and didn’t think that only usual black dots at that time, maybe his life could be saved. But after continued more than a year, he was so late to discuss with doctor and his cancer already becoming worse.


Most of melanoma fingernail patient think black line or dots on nail as something usual and no harm. The other says it just small injuries on that nail. To know the difference between melanoma and injury, when a black dot appeared on our nail, let nail grow. If it just injuries, then that dots will disappear. But in melanoma, that dot will became bigger and we will easier to get tired.


Now what? Have you checked your nails??


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