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DEATH AT HIGH NOON
ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRUM
‘GOLFERS HANDS’
RISK FACTORS
•
UV LIGHT EXPOSURE
•
BLISTERING SUNBURN IN CHILDHOOD
•
MULTIPLE MOLES
•
SKIN TYPE
•
FAMILY HISTORY
•
PREVIOUS MELANOMA
•
OLDER AGE (BUT STILL COMMON IN YOUNG PEOPLE)
•
DEFECTIVE / WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEM
KINSKSKIN TYPES
•
TYPE I
ALWAYS BURNS, NEVER TANS (CELTS)
•
TYPE II
ALWAYS BURNS, TANS SLOWLY (ME)
•
TYPE III
SOMETIMES BURNS, TANS QUICKLY
•
TYPE IV
NEVER BURNS, ALWAYS TANS
•
TYPE V
ASIAN SKIN
•
TYPE VI
BLACK SKIN
RISK FACTORS
•
UV LIGHT EXPOSURE
•
BLISTERING SUNBURN IN CHILDHOOD
•
MULTIPLE MOLES
•
SKIN TYPE
•
FAMILY HISTORY
•
PREVIOUS MELANOMA
•
OLDER AGE (BUT STILL COMMON IN YOUNG PEOPLE)
•
DEFECTIVE / WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEM
PREVENTING MELANOMA
•
SEEK SHADE
•
‘SLIP, SLOP, SLAP AND WRAP’ (T-SHIRT,SUNSCREEN,HAT, SHADES)
•
AVOID TANNING BEDS
•
PROTECT CHILDREN FROM SUN
•
CHECK MOLES (EVERY 3 MONTHS)
PREVENTING MELANOMA
•
SEEK SHADE
•
‘SLIP, SLOP, SLAP AND WRAP’ (T-SHIRT,SUNSCREEN,HAT, SHADES)
•
AVOID TANNING BEDS
•
PROTECT CHILDREN FROM SUN
•
CHECK MOLES (EVERY 3 MONTHS)
SUNBURN
UNITS
per
DAY
HAT BRIM SIZE (cm)
The reduction in ultraviolet radiation to the head and neck
measured in sunburn units (the amount of UVB on an
arbitrary scale required to cause sunburn) produced by
increasing the width of a hat brim.
(Courtesy Dr W Ryman, Skin and Cancer Foundation, Sydney).
PREVENTING MELANOMA
•
SEEK SHADE
•
‘SLIP, SLOP, SLAP AND WRAP’ (T-SHIRT,SUNSCREEN,HAT, SHADES)
• AVOID TANNING BEDS!
•
PROTECT CHILDREN FROM SUN
•
CHECK MOLES (EVERY 3 MONTHS)
• Select item 8274915
• 5.
Shuttleworth D.
Sunbeds and the pursuit of the year round tan.
BMJ. 1993 Dec 11;307(6918):1508-9
PREVENTING MELANOMA
•
SEEK SHADE
•
‘SLIP, SLOP, SLAP AND WRAP’ (T-SHIRT,SUNSCREEN,HAT, SHADES)
•
AVOID TANNING BEDS
• PROTECT CHILDREN FROM SUN
•
CHECK MOLES (EVERY 3 MONTHS)
PREVENTING MELANOMA
•
SEEK SHADE
•
‘SLIP, SLOP, SLAP AND WRAP’ (T-SHIRT,SUNSCREEN,HAT, SHADES)
•
AVOID TANNING BEDS
•
PROTECT CHILDREN FROM SUN
• CHECK MOLES (EVERY MONTH)
• Majority of people do not undertake
monthly recommended checks for skin
cancer and three-quarters would not
recognise signs of disease, survey
finds
• (Daily Telegraph, 4/05/2015)
SIGNS OF SUN DAMAGE
TYPES OF SKIN CANCER
• Melanoma
About 5% of all skin cancers
Curable if treated early
May spread elsewhere
May be fatal
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