To some, the word “lipoma” may sound ominous, but it merely refers to a deposit of fat tissue somewhere in your body. While technically a tumor, lipomas aren’t cancerous and rarely cause complications.
Health Tip Tuesday – Remember Your Sunscreen!
Spring, Summer, and good weather is coming quick! Did you know that prolonged sun exposure can be harmful to your veins? If you are a fair-skinned person, sun exposure can cause spider veins on the cheeks or nose. As the weather gets better and you spend more time in the sun, remember to wear sunscreen to protect your skin and limit spider veins.
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To some, the word “lipoma” may sound ominous, but it merely refers to a deposit of fat tissue somewhere in your body. While technically a tumor, lipomas aren’t cancerous and rarely cause complications.
Spider veins and varicose veins have much in common, and though they both result from problems with vein valves, they don’t have the same impact on your body. Spider veins are only a cosmetic issue, causing no major health concerns.
While skin cancers are the most common form of the disease worldwide, there’s a wide range of severity. Melanomas are fast moving and deadly, while other forms, including basal cell carcinoma, are easily treated when caught early.
If you can time your menstrual periods by the throbbing veins in your legs, you’re experiencing a hormonal issue that may lead to or aggravate varicose veins. You may be able to relieve the throbbing through varicose vein treatments.
Sunscreen and hot temperatures go together like a day at the beach and ice cream. A frosty cone might be the last thing on your mind as you toboggan down a snowy hill. Sunscreen, on the other hand, remains as vital in winter as in summer.
Many people are familiar with atherosclerosis, also known as hardening of the arteries, but fewer know that veins also deteriorate in health-threatening ways. Veins lose elasticity and often contribute to the climbing blood pressure seen with age.