"Wine" spots and hemangiomas are often confused with each other. They really look alike. Yes, and the power of destruction is not inferior to each other. If "wine" spots can cause epilepsy, then hemangiomas can deprive a person of hearing or vision.
"Wine" spots can lead to loss of vision and the development of epilepsy
"Wine" spots or "flaming" nevi are sometimes fatal for their owners. In childhood, they become the object of ridicule from their peers. In adulthood, it is more difficult for them than others to arrange a personal life. And many highly qualified specialists admitted that due to defects in appearance they were often denied high positions.
"Wine" spots — congenital. The reason for their appearance in the nascent embryo can be such provoking factors as, for example, inflammatory diseases in a woman in the first trimester of pregnancy. As the fetus develops, the "wine" also increases. spot: it grows, darkens, sometimes acquires specific nodules.
"Wine" the spots have two sides: the outer, which is reflected on the skin, and the inner, which is already detrimental to vessels. If you look closely, you can see: the vessels are in good shape in a healthy area, but in the affected area they are dilated. While the child is small, no one pays much attention to this. But as it grows, the vessels expand, which leads to the formation of excessive blood flow.
The location of the spot allows you to predict & nbsp; occurrence of concomitant diseases in the patient in the future.
Localization of "wine" spots indicates future diseases
If "wine" the spot is on the child's leg. Increased blood flow in this area can cause the diseased leg to grow 2—5 cm more than the healthy one, which can lead to lameness.
- Skin thickening may occur in the area of the spot. This stiffens the joints of the limbs and makes it difficult to move.
If "wine" spot on the face. Development of glaucoma, gradual loss of vision.
If "wine" spot on the eyelid. Sturberger's syndrome may develop.
If "wine" a spot on the vessels of the brain, a person is threatened with epilepsy.
How to treat "wine" spots? The sooner the better
- To obtain the maximum effect, it is necessary to treat the baby from the age of three months.
- In adulthood, in 90% of cases, it is possible to achieve clarification of the "wine" spots.
Hemangioma — benign tumor which manifests itself as malignant
With "wine" spots very often even doctors confuse hemangiomas. Outwardly, they are similar, especially in the early stages of development, but they are different in nature.
Unlike "wine" spots hemangioma is not a congenital spot. And even more so, it does not cause such complications (glaucoma, epilepsy, Sturberger syndrome), as it happens with nevi. But only if it is removed in time.
Unfortunately, many parents prefer to take a wait-and-see approach, which ends tragically. And it starts quite prosaically: a small wound appears on the child's body, resembling a scratch. But if the latter heals quickly, the former remains unchanged, and redness appears around it. If this moment is missed, the tumor may grow into the tissue.
The peculiarity of hemangioma is that, being a benign tumor, it manifests itself as malignant. In a short period of time, it can grow and, penetrating into the deeper layers of the skin like cancer, destroy them.
The location of the hemangioma near the eyes, ears, mouth and other physiological openings, if it grows, threatens them with complete destruction.
- If a progressive hemangioma damages the vessels of the eyes or eardrum, then this threatens with loss of vision or hearing.
How to treat hemangiomas? Options
Observation of the patient by a doctor suggests a regressing form of hemangioma.
Benefit: non-pharmacological treatment
Insufficientk: observation duration.
Laser therapy allows you to naturally dissolve the tumor and glue the blood vessels.
Benefit: cosmetic effect.
Disadvantage: not suitable for everyone, needs to be repeated.
Cryodestruction. Thanks to freezing with liquid nitrogen, the tumor is rejected.
Benefit: Ability to remove the tumor immediately.
Disadvantage: Traumatic. It is not allowed in those areas where the cells of the anlage of other organs can be destroyed.
Surgical excision is used when the hemangioma is located deep under the skin and is associated with deep vessel developmental pathology.
Benefit: allows you to remove the tumor deep under the skin.
Disadvantage: large blood loss, injuries, lack of maximum effect.
Sclerotherapy is used when the hemangioma is located deep under the skin.
Benefit: makes it possible to remove the tumor deep under the skin.
Flaw: soreness, lack of cosmetic effect.
Systemic treatment is carried out when hemangioma growth is associated with a risk zone (mouth, eyes, ears)
Advantage: no surgical intervention.
Flaw: manifestation of side effects.
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