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Jul 06, 2012 at 11:01 PM
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Okay, this isnt really a female issue- but i am a woman and i have a health concern.
About 3 weeks ago I notice a spot on the side of my foot, i thought it was dirt or a brown marker, but it wouldnt scrub off. The spot is as long as your pinky nail, and skinny- looks like a werid mole. But the thing is i don't have a mole there! And it is raised up a bit. So here i am 3 weeks later, it's still here looking the same- except about 1 hour and half ago i accidently scraped of the brown part, so now its stil SUPERRRRRRRRRRRRR itchy and a brownish pink. So im wonering if i somehow scratched it a couple weeks ago and it scabbed over, or if it was a mole that popped up and i scratched it off......maybe even cancerous? I dont want to go to the doctor for nothing, what do you think? |
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Jul 07, 2012 at 05:45 AM
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Get it checked out if you are concerned about it. Don't jump from A to Z with your conclusions though, just have a doc give an opinion and go form there.
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Jul 08, 2012 at 03:47 AM
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I just finished a chapter on the integumentary system. It would be easier if you had a picture, as it could be a number of things. It sounds benign though.
Could be a mole, could be a papule, could be a brown patch of skin...Kinda sounds like a papule, it's basically just an elevated spot on your skin that can be brownish in color and can crust or have scales. It does not sound cancerous though. |
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Jul 08, 2012 at 10:59 AM
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Though I don't know anything -- your foot would be a weird place to get skin cancer, especially on the side of it like that, considering it is not an often exposed part.
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Jul 08, 2012 at 11:33 AM
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I would go to your doctor; the suddenness of it showing up and the color and itchiness, etc. need looking into, check out "signs and symptoms" below:
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Jul 26, 2012 at 03:21 PM
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I'm not saying this to get you worried, and like I said before it could well be nothing, but please get it checked!  Don't worry about bothering the doctor - from their point of view it's also better if anything that's wrong is caught as early as possible, because treatment is simpler and there's more chance of it working.
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