Prostate Cancer - is one of the most common type of cancer in men. It usually grows slowly and does not spread beyond the prostate gland, where it does not cause serious harm. In this case, a minimum treatment. However, in some patients, prostate cancer grows quickly, is very aggressive and spreads to other parts of the body.

Symptoms

In the early stages of prostate cancer may cause no symptoms at. With the growth of the tumor may appear symptoms:

• Strangury
• Reducing the pressure of the urine stream
• The presence of blood in urine
• The presence of blood in the semen
• Swelling of the legs
• Discomfort in the pelvic region
• Pain in the bones

Contact your doctor if you have these or any other symptoms that cause you concern. Discuss with your doctor the advantages and disadvantages of screening for prostate cancer. This procedure may be harmful to health, but it is often carried out when there is reasonable suspicion that the patient has cancer.

Causes

Doctors do not know exactly what causes prostate cancer. Obviously, as is the case with other types of cancer, the development of this disease affects many factors.

Cancer of the prostate begins to develop, when some cells of the prostate abnormalities appear. Mutations in the DNA of these cells allows them to grow and divide more rapidly than do healthy cells. When the time comes to healthy cells to die, abnormal cells continue to live. The number of these cells increases and they form a tumor that begins to penetrate into the surrounding tissue. Some abnormal cells can migrate to other parts of the body and continue to grow and multiply there. This process is called metastasis; it is characteristic of the late stages of cancer.

Risk factors

• Age. The older the person, the greater the likelihood of getting his prostate cancer. This disease is most often seen in patients older than 65 years.
• Race. Black men get cancer Breast cancer - the verdict?   Prostate often than whites. The reason for this is unknown.
• Prostate cancer is a family history. The risk of this disease increases in men whose immediate relatives suffered from prostate cancer.
• Obesity. As a rule, men suffering from obesity, prostate cancer is diagnosed at later stages than men of normal weight; as a result, treatment is difficult, and the likelihood of a successful outcome is reduced.

Complications

• The spread of cancer. Prostate cancer can spread to adjacent organs or through the bloodstream and lymphatic system - any other organs, as well as bone. To treat this cancer is much more difficult than the disease, concentrated in a single prostate.
• Urinary incontinence. As prostate cancer itself, and the methods used for its treatment, can cause urinary incontinence. Treatment of this complication depends on its severity and how it is likely that over time, it will pass by itself. Major facilities for the treatment of urinary incontinence are: medicines, catheters and surgical operation.
• Erectile dysfunction can also result from prostate cancer or its treatment, such as surgery, radiotherapy Radiotherapy in cancer treatment: irradiation aid   or hormone therapy Hormone therapy - is it possible to fool nature? . For its treatment can be used drugs, special vacuum devices to achieve an erection Erection - what hinders and what helps a man to be a man   or surgery.

Diagnostics

Rectal examination - is the first step in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. The doctor inserts into the anus of the patient's finger (on the hand pre-lubricated wear gloves and special lubricant) and examines the prostate groping. If it finds any anomalies in its texture, size or shape, are appointed additional tests.

The test for prostate-specific antigen (PSA). From the patient's vein, blood is taken and examined it on the level of PSA - a substance that is normally produced by the prostate gland. A small amount of PSA in the blood is normal but elevated PSA level may be an indicator of infection, inflammation, or cancer of the prostate.

Hemangiomas may have a different shape and size. But all they differ unpredictable "behavior": the smallest, dot hemangiomas can instantly grow and large, on the contrary, decrease. It happens the other way around: small hemangiomas disappear, and increasingly more.

What is the point hemangioma

Sometimes the skin of a newborn baby there is one or many bright red slightly towering above the skin smooth formations with sharp or irregular contours of a maximum diameter of 3 mm. In this case we speak of hemangiomas point. In some cases, hemangiomas do not appear immediately after birth and during the first three months.

Point hemangiomas require observation of the surgeon as to predict whether they will grow or shrink quite impossible. Quite possible that in the first six months of life point hemangioma hemangioma will grow into a huge mixed nature, when part of it is on the surface of the skin (or capillary hemangioma Easy Capillary hemangioma - bad skin defect Consisting of the interlacing of small blood vessels), and part - in the subcutaneous tissue as a thick elastic painless node (cavernous hemangioma, consisting of a cavity or cavities filled with blood). But it is possible that during the same first six months of life point hemangioma disappear completely. Especially prone to the growth of dot hemangiomas in premature infants, they can grow to considerable size in just a few weeks.

Point (or indeed any) hemangiomas in children can not be stimulated. Such stimulation can be preventive vaccination Vaccinations - protect the public from dangerous infections Who held the child first year on the calendar. Therefore, at least the first six months of preventive vaccination of the child must be the challenge. In the future withdrawal depends on whether the growing point and how quickly hemangioma.

Multiple point hemangiomas may appear on the face, neck, parotid region, on the trunk, extremities. They rarely maligniziruyutsya - degenerate into a malignant tumor Malignant tumor: cells are mad Nevertheless, exclude such a possibility can not be entirely so, most experts believe that they should be removed.

Diagnostics

The most common point of hemangiomas just watch. They do not require additional testing. But if such a hemangioma starts to grow, and there is a suspicion that it is growing deeper, the child carried ultrasound to determine the boundaries of hemangiomas.

When pulsating hemangiomas, which are usually associated with large blood vessels, angiography - X-ray of the blood vessels with the introduction of a contrast agent. This reveals feed hemangioma blood vessel and if necessary to make it impervious.

Treatment of hemangiomas point

Any hemangioma better to remove, and the sooner the better, until they started to grow. Stimulate the growth of hemangiomas may be many factors: inoculation, various diseases, medications, stress.

Point hemangiomas often removed using laser or electrocautery. Electrocoagulation rather painful way, after which often remain small scars.

Laser point to remove hemangiomas much easier. It is less painful as the laser does not damage the skin deeply, removing only superficial hemangiomas. Deeper laser to remove the tumor is no longer possible. To completely remove the hematoma spot only one session. After the procedure, the skin may appear a little red, and then pigmentation, which runs for two weeks.

When multiple hemangiomas point, especially on the face and in the parotid region often resort to radiation and hormonal therapy. Radiation therapy can be used as an independent method of treatment for multiple hemangiomas convex small purple or bluish color - they are radiosensitive. Radiation therapy in the event that, for whatever reason, to remove a laser or by means of electrocoagulation point hemangioma impossible.

When hemangiomas point on the body a lot and they tend to rise to stem this rise before deleting them spend hormone therapy Hormone therapy - is it possible to fool nature? . To do this, appoint glucocorticoid hormones (prednisone) for a month. This allows you to gain time, do not give a point hemangiomas grow and time to remove them. Sometimes, under the influence of hormonal point hemangiomas are like at all.

During the dot hemangiomas observed if they do not disappear, but on the contrary, begin to grow, they are immediately removed, not allowing to reach a considerable size.

Galina Romanenko