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>>ZAC LASHWAY: 12 WELCOME BACK AS WE HEAD INTO SUMMER HOTTER WEATHER BRINGS THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR MORE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES BUT
ALSO INCREASES THE RISK FOR
SKIN ISSUES. JOINING US THIS
MORNING IS DOCTOR ABBY DEG
ASSISTS FROM MAYO CLINIC TO
TALK MORE ABOUT COMMON SUMMER
SKIN ISSUES AND WHAT WE CAN DO
TO PROTECT OURSELVES. GOOD
MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING ON THE SHOW.
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME ABSOLUTELY YOU KNOW
MANY OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED A
SUNBURN WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: BUT WHAT IS A
SUNBURN WHAT DOES IT DO TO OUR
SKIN.
>> WE KNOW THAT SUNBURNS ARE
THE RESULT OF CELLULAR AND
MOLECULAR CHANGES IN
THE SKIN IN RESPONSE TO
DAMAGING ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
FROM
THE SUN. WE ALSO KNOW THAT
SUNBURNS CAN PEAK ABOUT
6 TO 24 HOURS AFTER YOU’VE BEEN
IN THE SUNNY ENVIRONMENT, SO
YOU MAY NOT REALIZE THE EXTENT
TO WHICH HAVE BEEN BURNED UNTIL
YOU’VE IF LEFT OR SUNNY
ENVIRONMENT.
>> IS THIS ONE OF THE TOP SKIN
ISSUES DURING SUMMER MONTHS.
>> SOME BURNS, DEFINITELY A TOP ISSUE DURING SUMMER MONTHS, BUT IT CAN AFFECT PEOPLE YEAR ROUND
COURSE AND I KNOW THIS WEEKEND
A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: LOOKING AT THE
WEATHER VERY CLOSELY PEOPLE ARE
OFF THAT
OUTDOOR PLANS. DANIELLE OUR
METEOROLOGIST HAS BEEN TALKING
ALL MORNING LONG ABOUT ALTHOUGH
IT’S CLOUDY
YOU STILL HAVE TO WEAR YOUR SPF
BECAUSE YOU CAN GET A BURN
WITHIN 15 MINUTES.
>> THAT’S TRUE EVEN IF IT’S
CLOUDY OUTSIDE YOU CAN STILL BE
EXPOSED TO DAMAGING ULTRAVIOLET
RADIATION SO WE RECOMMEND THAT
YOU WEAR AN THE AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY
RECOMMENDS A BROAD SPECTRUM
SUNSCREEN WITH AN SPF OF 30 OR
GREATER AND IT’S RECOMMENDED
THAT YOU REAPPLY YOUR SUNSCREEN
ABOUT EVERY 2 HOURS SOONER IF
YOU’VE BEEN SWIMMING OR
SWEATING AND MOST PEOPLE DON’T
APPLY ENOUGH SUNSCREEN IT’S A
MAJOR PITFALL I THINK FOR
PATIENTS. YOU SHOULD BE
APPLYING ABOUT ONE OUNCE OF
SUNSCREEN PER APPLICATION
THAT’S ABOUT ENOUGH TO FILL A
SHOT GLASS.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: LAST WEEKEND ON
THE
MORNING SHOW WE PUT INTO
PERSPECTIVE HOW MUCH THAT
REALLY TAKES WHEN IT COMES TO
APPLICATION OF SUNSCREEN.
IT WAS FASCINATING TO PUT THAT
INTO PERSPECTIVE AND TALK ABOUT
THE SHOTS WHEN WE ALSO LOOK AT SPF SHOULD WE BE MINDFUL OF THE DATE ON THE BOTTLES.
>> YES, YOU SHOULD
SUNSCREENS CAN ACTUALLY EXPIRE
SO IT’S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT
THE EXPIRATION DATE THEIR
PRESIDENT ON ALL YOUR SUNSCREEN
BOTTLES PRIOR TO APPLICATION TO
ENSURE THAT YOU’RE GETTING
ADEQUATE PROTECTION. WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT SUNSCREEN IN.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: WHY IT’S SO
IMPORTANT TO WHERE IT WENT
OUTSIDE WHAT ROLE DOES SUNBURNS
PLAY WHEN IT COMES TO SKIN
CANCER.
>> SUNBURNS AND REALLY JUST
CUMULATIVE SUN EXPOSURE OVER
TIME PUT US AT RISK FOR
DEVELOPING SKIN CANCERS DUE TO
DNA DAMAGE INDUCED FROM THE
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION FROM
THE SUN.
>> AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF SKIN CANCER.
WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE LOOK OUT FOR
WHEN EXAMINING THEIR BODY.
GREAT QUESTION. >>CORLEY PEEL: METEOROLOGIST THINK ABOUT SKIN CANCERS HAS 2
MAIN CATEGORIES AND
NON-MELANOMA
SKIN CANCERS AND MELANOMA SKIN
CANCERS FOR THE NON-MELANOMA
SKIN CANCERS.
WE TYPICALLY SEE A RED OR
SCALY BUMP THAT’S NOT GOING
AWAY OR ENLARGING IN SIZE AND
OFTEN TIMES IT’S TENDER OR
BLEEDING. AND FOR MELANOMA IS
WHILE THERE CAN NOT
A VARIANCE WE TELL PATIENTS TO
LOOK FOR ANY TYPICAL PIG
MINUTELY SHUN. WE TEACH OUR
PATIENTS, THE ABCD EASE OF
MELANOMA. I’M SURE YOU’VE HEARD
THIS BEFORE.
A IS FOR ASYMMETRY
THAT’S NOT PERFECTLY SYMMETRIC
CALLED B IS FOR BORDER, YOU
WANT A NICE CLEAN CRISP ORDER
TIER MULLS NOT HAZY OR
SCALLOPED C IS FOR COLOR YOU
WANT A NICE JANICE COLOR ACROSS
YOUR MOLES NOT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT COLORS OF COLOR VARIATION IN A SINGLE LESION
DIAMETERS IS REFERRING
TO MOST BEING LESS THAN 6
MILLIMETERS OR THAT OF A PENCIL
ERASER AND THEN THE E WE’VE
ADDED ON FOR EVOLUTION SO ANY
MOLES OR PIGMENTED LESIONS THAT
ARE CHANGING
OVER TIME SHOULD BE EVALUATED
BY A DERMATOLOGIST I USUALLY GO
TO THE DURHAM EVERY 6 MONTHS
AND SO I’M VERY FAMILIAR WITH
THE ABC’S.
>> AND I’VE NOTICED AS I’VE
GONE, THEY’VE ADDED A FEW EXTRA
LETTERS TO THAT PROCESS.
>> THAT’S RIGHT I THINK THE THE
E IS FOR THE EVOLUTION AND
THAT’S JUST HELPS PATIENTS
RECOGNIZE THEIR OWN SKIN
LESIONS THAT MAY BE CHANGING
OVER TIME WHICH CAN BE AN
INDICATION THAT WE