Bowen's Disease Information and Treatment
Bowen's Disease is an abnormality of skin with scaly or thickened patches on the skin and often caused by prolonged exposure to arsenic. Squamous cell carcinoma is a tumor that develops from the squamous cells which are flat, scale-like cells in the outer layer of the skin (the epithelium). It is usually characterized by a pre cancerous, slow growing skin malignancy. Bowen's disease is medically the same as "squamous cell carcinoma in situ." The hallmark of Bowen disease is a persistent, progressive, slightly raised, red, scaly or crusted plaque. The patches often occur on sun-exposed areas of the skin and in older, white men. These patches may sometimes become malignant (cancerous) too. Also called pre cancerous dermatosis or pre cancerous dermatitis.
Bowen's disease occurs either on sun-exposed or sun-protected cutaneous surfaces. The lesion is usually a small (1-3 cm), well-demarcated, slightly raised, pink to red, scaly plaque and may resemble psoriasis or a large actinic keratosis. Optic neuritis is an abnormality that affects the optic nerve, thus ending up affecting your eye's retina and causing it many annoying and disturbing side effects. At first, optic neuritis could be confused with other similar eye problems such as near sightedness and far sightedness, but in the end optic neuritis has more symptoms than the previous two diseases. Even though this article will brush the surface of the said problem, it is recommended that you go see a doctor if you are experience any visual abnormalities or if you are experience pain in the area of your eyes.
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