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Hypochondriac, freckles on arms, sun spots on knee
Hello, I recently have been getting some freckles on my arm and since I m a hypochondriac, I ve been freaking out over them. I m 13 and no cancer runs in my family. My mom has freckles all up and down her arms and I usually inherit all the stuff my mom has. My mom said that it happens when you...
Gray freckles on tongue. Done tongue biopsy. What is it? Cancer?
I had a tongue biopsy yesterday. On the right side of my tongue, I had a grayish spot with little freckles around it. A week later the left side had some discoloration as well. I m scared and can t sleep much waiting on the pathology report to come back. Since yesterday, the swelling went down, I...
Recurrent moles post removal, purple spot with bruise on the leg with shape of freckle. Possibility of melanoma?
Hi, I have had a few moles removed which have come back as problem moles, but never cancer . Yesterday I noticed a spot on my leg that is purple -- it sort of looks like a teeny-tiny round bruise right under the skin, but it s all the same shade (purple) and the shape of a freckle ...maybe 2mm in...
My very normal looking freckles often swell and itch. When
My very normal looking freckles often swell and itch. When they swell they look like a mole, round and dark, and itch like a mosquito bite. The next day they're back to a normal freckle. Sometimes just one freckle and sometimes many of them. It does happen only to the larger freckles but not...
 
Freckles on the nose. Due to sun exposure? Cancer chances?
Hello I have a problem with my nose and basically what it looks like is this: I have freckles and strawberry blonde hair, on my nose I have freckles and in the centre there is pigmentation I think that is what it is, anyway on my nose I have freckles and in this one bit there are no freckles my...
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Can skin cancer spread by touch ?
I have had skin cancer on my face 5 yrs. ago and how it has come back in another place on my face, can skin cancer spread by touch.
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Spreading of freckles normal?
Hi, I have this freckle on my underarms when I was 16 and it has been spreading Mainly on my right side. Right now I m 30 and I have freakles all over my right back, chest and slowly to my right arms. Is this normal? Went to dermatologist and they said that they have not seen anything like it. Is...
 
I have throat cancer that comes and goes
I have pain that comes and goes. It feels like the back of my tounge and sore around the jaw line. I thought I might have felt a lump but not sure to tell the difference. I am overseas and do smoke. I considered throat cancer but do not see any spots
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Bumps below waistline and on penis. Itching when sweating. Bleeding when picked
So I ve had these skin colored bumps just below the waist line and right before my penis . I also have a couple on my shaft. I picked them off the first time and they were gone for about 2 weeks, then they came back again. They don t hurt, but do itch when my sweat glans in my genital area start...
 
Red potatoes freshly picked and eaten, developed metallic taste in mouth. Causes?
On Sunday night we ate red potatoes freshly picked from our backyard garden. They were delicious, but shortly after dinner I developed a metallic taste in my mouth. It seemed slightly better by yesterday and then (this is going to sound crazy) but my husband ate a bunch more last night and after...
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Hard lump getting bigger in size at the back of the neck. No pain. Could this be cancer?
Hi there I am a 36yr old male and I have a hard lump on the back of my neck under the skin (if I put my pinky finger flush with the back of my ear it is about where my index finger rests whilst doing that)it throbs...
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Pus filled lump on back. Using neosporin. Will it be cured?
I'm very nervous about this open wound on my back. I was touching my back, felt a small lump and it was red, my mom said it looked like a pimple so she popped it and clear fluid came out along with blood. The next day...
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Diagnosed with ice pick headaches, pain in the same place, tenderness at the site of pain. MRI came clear. Advise
Gday, i've recently been diagnosed with ice pick headaches which i've been suffering for about a year now. Sometimes its as many as a hundred a day but usually only a few. I have been for an mri scan which came up...
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Low back pain, periods coming closer, not done PAP smear. What is my risk for cervical cancer?
Hi I sent a question in earlier and got an answer pretty quickly. She did answer my question but I needed to add to it. I have not had a pap smear in five years and the one five years ago was normal. I have only been...
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Have acne on chest, back and face. Pus comes out from it. What is the required treatment to get cured?
Hi, My boyfriend has acne on his chest and back, and sometimes face. It was a side effect from taking steroids. The acne is mostly blackheads, and pimples that do not surface (bumps underneath the skin), and big...
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