The mortality rate of melanoma patients during pregnancy is 5 times higher than that of normal people

According to the British Daily Mail on January 20, the latest research shows that the mortality rate of women diagnosed with melanoma during pregnancy or within one year of childbirth is five times higher than that of ordinary women. Melanoma is the most deadly skin cancer. Most melanoma tumors are brown or black, and a few are pink, tan or white. Direct exposure to ultraviolet rays is the main factor causing melanoma.

Experts believe that estrogen is the culprit for the high mortality rate. The results of the study showed that the metastasis, recurrence and mortality of melanoma in pregnant women and primiparas were higher than those in ordinary women.

In recent years, the number of young female patients with melanoma has continued to increase. Experts recommend that women under 50 years old go to the hospital for regular skin examinations or self-examinations.

During pregnancy, moles often change in shape and size. The following danger signs indicate that a mole may become malignant:

Changes in size and color, such as redness, whiteness, or blueness, especially when the pigmented area spreads into the surrounding normal skin;

Changes in surface characteristics, changes in texture and shape;

The skin around the mole becomes inflamed and may experience bleeding, ulcers, itching, or pain.

What are the early symptoms of melanoma? It is mainly the deposition of melanin, and special attention should be paid to some signals from moles.

Color: Mottled color is a sign of malignant lesions. Freckles and superficial spreading types often have red, white or blue mixed with brown or black, and blue is particularly bad.

Edge: often jagged and serrated, due to the spread of the tumor or spontaneous degeneration.

Surface: not smooth, often rough with scaly flaky desquamation, sometimes bleeding and exudation, may be higher than the skin surface. Skin around the lesion: may become edematous or lose its original skin luster or turn white or gray.

Paresthesias: localized itching, burning, or tenderness