For sure, each of us in his life met people who had large "birthmarks" on their faces, but hemangiomas are not birthmarks. What is it? Hemangioma is a benign vascular tumor that manifests itself in the form of crimson, blue or red spots that can be flat or raised above the skin. They can reach from 0.5 cm to 10-15 cm in diameter.
In children, hemangioma is the most frequent type of tumors. In most cases, it appears on the face or neck, but you can see it in other parts of the body, moreover, there are even hemangiomas of internal organs. Usually hemangiomas are harmless, only occasionally they can harm a person's health, often this is the rarest type of hemangioma - hemangioma of internal organs. Due to the fact that these spots are usually located on prominent parts of the body and have an unpleasant appearance and a large size, they rush to people's eyes and affect the psychological and emotional state of a person. It should be noted that this problem is more common with girls than with smiles.
Causes of hemangioma
Until now, experts can not determine the true causes of these terrible spots, but thanks to statistics and long-term observations, there are several assumptions. Due to the fact that hemangioma appears in children at a small age, there are suggestions that there were irregularities during the time the child developed in the womb. The reason for this may be poor environmental conditions in the area of ​​residence during pregnancy, the taking of some medicinal drugs, the transfer of a viral illness during the child's bearing. In addition, doctors also say that hemangioma in children appears as a result of endocrine disorders, because gender dependence is traced.
Manifestations of hemangiomas
Previously, experts believed that in newborns, hemangioma is not manifested and its first signs begin to appear at the age of three weeks to three months. But now, in the last few years, cases of hemangioma in newborn babies have become more frequent. Doctors can not determine the cause of this, but they assume that the blame for this is the deterioration of the environment.
Often in newborns, the hemangioma looks like a small speck. Its color can be from light pink to extra-bluish. Of course, in most cases in newborn babies, hemangiomas have either a light reddish color or a dark pink color. As mentioned earlier, the stain may appear unintentionally, but after a few weeks. Usually, children do not immediately recognize hemangioma as a vascular tumor. These spots are small and dull, so the parents simply begin to treat it with anti-inflammatory ointments. But the stain begins to increase, sometimes quite quickly and violently. As a rule, when the hemangioma grows, it acquires a darker color. Such a tumor grows in children up to one year, and then growth stops.
Often, hemangioma, which is on the body, does not have any manifestations, other than external. If the hemangiomas are inside, they can carry different symptoms, which depend on the degree of exposure to the surrounding tissue and its location.
The appearance of the hemangioma and its effect on health directly depends on the type of tumor and its location.
Udeney hemangioma has such a localization :
- nape and scalp;
- face: cheeks, nose, eyelids, including the inner part;
- oral cavity;
- legs;
- bones, internal organs;
- genital organs;
- arms;
- upper part of the trunk, etc.
There are a few kinds of hemangiomas:
- capillary - a simple hemangioma. It can be a hummocky-node, flat or hummocky-simplistic. Its color can be cyanotic, red or purple, the boundaries are clear. The tumor is located on the surface of the skin, and if it is pressed, it will turn pale;
- cavernous - cavernous hemangioma. It is located under the skin, it looks like a knot, usually the skin above it is chambers or usual, or a skin of a slightly dark color. If you press on this tumor, the node falls down;
- combined hemangioma. For such a tumor characterized by tricky and vascular hemangioma;
- mixed hemangioma. In this form of the tumor there are not only the vessels, but also other tissues. The type of such tumors differs depending on their composition.
Treatment of hemangiomas
As well as doctors do not know where hemangioma comes from, they did not come to a common opinion on how to cure this tumor. The specialists' disagreement is that sometimes this illness passes itself to the age of six years without any interference. Because of this, many pediatricians confirm that up to seven years it is easy enough to observe the tumor. Another part of the doctors says that it is necessary to remove hemangioma in compulsory order, with the faster the better, so that the tumor can not grow. If the baby is operated on for up to six months, there are almost no toshramov, and if you tighten with this case and perform surgery at a late age, the cosmetic effect will be worse. Some experts say that only one-fifth of hemangiomas disappear, and in most cases, these are spots that are located on those areas of skin that are covered with clothing.
There is no doubt that it is necessary to remove the tumor if it is located near very important organs for life and will endanger them: on the inner side of the eyelid, nose, mucous membrane, genitals, bones or internal organs - where she will always be hurt and hurt.
It is possible to treat hemangioma in a conservative way. Often, if hemangioma has a more extensive character, a conservative treatment is prescribed. For this purpose hormonal preparations are appointed. You can not allow independent treatment with hormonal medications, because serious side effects may occur.
It is possible to treat hemangiomas, which are located on the surface of the skin in a sparing surgical way with modern means, which include: laser exposure, cryodestruction, introduction of sclerosing substances (drugs with which the walls are affected by the tumor), or a combination of all these methods. Earlier, electrocoagulation was used to remove the hemangioma, but now this method is practically not used because it is very painful. If the hemangioma is located on the internal organs, then classical surgical intervention is used for removal.
Treatment of hemangiomas in the home
Now many people treat hemangioma with folk remedies. For example, for these purposes, advise the use of celandine juice. But specialist doctors obstinately advise to refuse treatment of tumors with folk remedies.
Soft and soft means, for example, infusions and broths of herbs are not able to affect the swelling of the vessels, and strong remedies, such as celandine juice and other cauterizing plants, can lead to ulceration of spots and subsequent secondary infections.
Moreover, although this happens rarely enough in some species, nevertheless, hemangiomas can turn into malignant tumors of benign. Therefore, it is possible to allow hemangiomas to be treated only with medicinal herbs that carry a disinfection and self-healing effect and only if the tumor is not severely injured.
4 signs for parents
Children with hemangiomas are born very rarely, however this happens. Much more often this tumor is manifested in children in the first weeks of life. It is important not to miss the moment and show the child to the doctor.
- At first, a small spot of light color appears on the crumbs, which is often not treated with due attention.
- For the first time for two days on the spot, redness appears, which has a fairly unhealthy appearance.
- Every day the stripes grow and become larger on the skin of the child.
- If there is a purple edge around this speck, then you need to start to get excited. This is very bad, because the hemangioma begins to grow in depth and destroy the organs and subcutaneous layers that are under the skin in this place.
- It should be recalled that this ailment has two most dangerous periods, when the tumor grows fastest: from 2 to 4 months and from 6 to 8 months.