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Symptoms of disease - pain in the mole

A mole or birthmark (also nevus) - congenital malformation of the skin or acquired during the life of benign tumors of the viral nature. At a certain moment the cells of the skin are filled pigment and turn in melanocytes, the accumulation of which is called a mole.

Pigmented moles are almost all people older than ten years. According to the medicine, the most frequently they occur on the face, in the calculation of every one hundred square centimeters of the surface of the skin.

Baby point of moles almost never happens, but they are already in the first years of life. Most likely, the newborn point of pigment spots so small that they are difficult to spot. In a large number of moles appear at puberty - under the influence of hormones. Hardly noticeable spots begin to grow in size, change color, even black. The fact that the formation of the pigment melanin in the skin greatly affects melanotropny hormone by the pituitary gland. New moles often appear and in pregnant women, at the same old change color and sometimes increase in size.

There is no place in the human body, no matter where you could be a mole. Moles are not uncommon even in the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, the tongue, in the vagina and the anus. Moles on the mucous membranes of the women are found more frequently than in men.

Pigmented nevi (birthmarks, moles, acquired nevocytic nevus).

Acquired a mole - it is small (with a diameter up to 1 cm), pigmented spots or towering above the skin of education.

Acquired nevocytic nevuses, the most frequent malignant skin tumours among the representatives of the white race. On average, each adult has about 20 nevi (moles).

Moles do not disturb the patients. Itching and pain in the mole may be signs of malignant degeneration; when you need to carefully watch the nevus or delete it.

Which diseases there is pain in the mole

Consult a doctor if there are following changes:
- Asymmetry. One half of the mole or skin build-up is different from the other half.
- Rough edges. The edges are irregular, with cutouts or fuzzy.
- Color. The pigmentation is not the same. There are shades of yellow-brown, brown and black. Motley appearance of moles supplemented by red, white and blue parts. The early sign of cancer is also a change in the distribution of color, particularly the spread of color on the edge of the moles in the surrounding area of the skin.
- Dynamics or the manifestation of any changes in habitual for you a picture (increase in the size, thickness, color change, bleeding, crust on the surface, the pain in the mole).

Which doctor should I contact if there is a pain in the mole

• Dermatologist
• Oncologist

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Do you feel mole hurts? You should be very careful approach to your health in general. People pay not enough attention to the symptoms of the disease and don't realize that these diseases can be critically dangerous. There are many diseases that in the beginning didn't manifest in our body, but in the end it turns out, unfortunately, it have already been treated too late. Every disease has its own specific features typical symptoms - called symptoms of the disease. Definition of symptoms is the first step in the diagnosis of diseases in general. You just need a few times a year to be screened by a doctor, not only to prevent a terrible disease, but also to maintain a healthy spirit in a body and the organism in general.

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