In January 2020, just when the epidemic was threatening, a bad news suddenly came, and Mr. Zhao Zhongxiang, a 78-year-old CCTV celebrity, the chief voice of Animal World and the female male voice of Chia Tai Variety, left this world forever.
According to informed sources, what took Zhao Zhongxiang's life was "squamous cell carcinoma", referred to as "squamous cell carcinoma".
Originally, at the end of 19 years, Mr. Zhao Zhongxiang was hospitalized for treatment because of leg discomfort, and it was found that squamous cell carcinoma had spread in the advanced stage, and after two months of treatment, he still died of ineffective rescue. And the day of his death happened to be his birthday, and things were uncertain.
This makes everyone see the equality of cancer, whether you are a famous mouth or an ordinary person, as long as you get cancer, it must make you withdraw a layer of skin.
The "squamous cell carcinoma" obtained by Zhao Zhongxiang, although it sounds strange, is actually very common.
What is "squamous cell carcinoma"? What parts of the body are prone to seizures?
Many people are very confused after watching the news, what is squamous cell carcinoma? It doesn't seem to be very serious, isn't it more dangerous than lung cancer and liver cancer? In fact, squamous cell carcinoma is a common type of cancer in skin cancers, which occurs from epidermal cells or mucosal cells of the skin.
The "squamous cell carcinoma" that occurs from epidermal cells and mucosal cells belongs to the "carcinoma in situ", generally does not metastasize and expand, then it can be completely removed, and then it can be cured; however, when the cancer cells invade the dermis layer, it is called invasive squamous cell carcinoma, at this time there is a risk of spreading and metastasis.
So where does squamous cell carcinoma often occur? Of course, there are places where the squamous epithelium is distributed, such as the skin, esophagus, cervix, etc., and squamous cell carcinoma often appears in these places, which is very dangerous.
In addition, squamous cell carcinoma is generally more likely to occur in the face, ears, lower lip and back of the hand in the elderly, like Zhao Zhongxiang on the legs, early may appear as a small papules or warts, but the surface will appear scaly, when it appears the growth rate will be rapid, and infiltrate the surrounding areas to cause skin ulceration. Among them, secondary squamous cell carcinoma is more common, and the classification is as follows:
1. Cauliflower type: when the disease first occurs, it is infiltrative small plaque, small ulcer or small nodule, and then it is a papillary, cauliflower-like bulge, reddish, broad substrate, surface will scab, and limbs are more common.
2. Deep type: the onset is a pale red hard nodule, the surface is smooth, it will gradually increase, the central umbilical depression will appear, and many secretions will be released after the ulcer is broken, with a foul odor.
What are the manifestations of squamous cell carcinoma when it occurs?
From a variety of manifestations, squamous cell carcinoma is a kind of skin cancer that is very good at hiding itself and is good at camouflaging itself, so it may not be so easy to be found in the early stage, and the doctor here tells you as much as possible about its characteristics so that everyone can check themselves.
1. Squamous cell carcinoma that occurs on the skin:
First, a red indulner will appear. Patients will suddenly appear small reddish hard nodules, the surface is smooth and shiny, the nodule in the process of enlargement, the center will appear like a navel eye depression, and may also find new nodules.
This is followed by wart damage. A raised " needle-shaped papule " appears on the skin , but it is still different from warts , such as warts with a small head.
And this kind of "warty"-like squamous cell carcinoma will appear broken, ulcerated, the border of the ulcer is hard and high valgus, you can imagine the crater looks like.
2. Squamous cell carcinoma that occurs on the esophagus:
At this time, squamous cell carcinoma will cause progressive dysphagia, and patients may feel that it is difficult to swallow things at first, but with the prolongation of time and the aggravation of the disease, slowly even drinking porridge feels very difficult, which seriously affects the quality of life of patients.
3. There is also a relatively rare yindosquamous cell carcinoma:
The first may be accompanied by bleeding, because squamous cell carcinoma can cause ulcers, so more than 80% of patients with such squamous cell carcinoma will have inexplicable bleeding problems. Second, there may be an increase in vaginal discharge. Vaginal discharge suddenly increases, smells fishy, darker or bright red or yellow.
All in all, squamous cell carcinoma is a huge blow to the quality of life of patients after the occurrence of squamous cell carcinoma, but if you do not grasp the treatment, it will not only hit the quality of life, but also pose a huge threat to the patient's life, I hope that everyone will conduct self-examination and timely treatment according to the symptoms mentioned above.
To prevent squamous cell carcinoma, avoid the following 4 points
Some people are curious about the survival rate of squamous cell carcinoma, and here the doctor will tell everyone the good news, as long as they receive regular, timely and reasonable treatment, the five-year survival rate of squamous cells is very high. However, if you are a patient with advanced squamous cell carcinoma, there are many people who cannot be treated because the spread is too serious.
So what should ordinary people pay attention to if they want to prevent squamous cell carcinoma?
First of all, be sure to avoid prolonged outdoor exposure. Squamous cell carcinoma, like other skin cancers, can be induced by sunlight and ultraviolet rays, and long-term, high-intensity sunlight exposure may cause skin damage, and cancer may occur in some places with more squamous cell distribution. Also, artificial ultraviolet exposure can also induce squamous cell carcinoma, I hope you pay attention.
Second, stay away from ionizing radiation. Ionizing radiation reaches a certain dose will cause skin DNA to become cancerous, so the hospital's radiology staff and practitioners of radioactive substances must be careful to avoid excessive doses of ionizing radiation, and everyone should not do too many CT times a year (try not to exceed 3 times), which can reduce the dose of radiation.
Third, do not be exposed to chemicals for long periods of time. Like sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid or other chemicals, it has a certain harm to our delicate skin, if it is invaded by chemicals for a long time, the scaly cells on the body are likely to become cancerous.
Fourth, inflammation and infection of the skin. After the skin appears to be inflamed and infected, it is necessary to treat it, disinfect it first, then debride it and then bandage it, do not give the bacterial virus an opportunity, because under the long-term inflammation and infection stimulation, there is a possibility of inducing cancer.
Radiation, sunlight exposure, chemicals, etc. are all high-risk factors for inducing squamous cell carcinoma, in fact, these high-risk factors should be preceded by a little more: "The elderly are particularly prone to deterioration." When we get older, our skin metabolic function will continue to decrease, at this time, if it is damaged by foreign, it is likely to lead to the cancer of squamous cells, resulting in the tragedy of squamous cell carcinoma.
Therefore, the elderly over 60 years old and middle-aged people over 45 years old should pay special attention.
If I suspect squamous cell carcinoma, how should I seek medical attention?
These manifestations should be promptly consulted:
1. Shortness of breath, dyspnea, sudden drowsiness or loss of appetite.
2, local muscles also appear atrophy, related dysfunction.
3, drinking water or eating occurs a violent cough, sometimes accompanied by phlegm and fever, often pain behind the sternum.
4, no cause of skin breakage, ulceration and pus.
Generally speaking, if the doctor is highly suspicious of squamous cell carcinoma, he will draw blood for testing, mainly to see the squamous cell carcinoma antigen SCC and related markers; he will also do a percutaneous biopsy, take part of the skin tissue and then use pathological means to help diagnose.
If anyone in the patient's immediate family has always suffered from squamous cell carcinoma, it is important to pay attention to it, and he is likely to have a family inheritance situation.
The death of teacher Zhao Zhongxiang has shown the danger of squamous cell carcinoma in front of us, allowing us to have more and deeper understanding of this cancer.
In fact, squamous cell carcinoma has not been a cold cancer, but a common skin cancer, and melanoma, skin cancer, etc. Juxtaposed, I hope that you do not relax your vigilance against squamous cell carcinoma, once the relevant symptoms appear, please check in time.