Wen, or lipoma, be it on a leg or arm,is a benign tumor, which is expressed in excessively overgrown fatty tissue. It is worth remembering that such a tumor can develop into a malignant element, although such cases can be considered extremely rare. As a rule, when such a neoplasm as a lipoma is detected, it is worth consulting a specialist and taking all measures to remove the tumor. The formation of a tumor of this type has no restrictions, which implies the spread of the disease to any gender or age of a person. Most often, a lipoma can be found in women over 60 years old, but this does not mean that a child cannot get sick with such a disease. The described growth is often found in the plural, which indicates the uncontrolled spread of the disease in different people. Therefore, it is important to know how to combat this benign tumor.
The causes of the appearance and formation of this tumor in people of different ages
It is worth mentioning that world expertsin the field of medicine, they still cannot name the exact reasons that foretell the appearance of this tumor in people. Nowadays, this disease has been given maximum time to research and determine possible causes and symptoms. Today, there are several official theories that explain the appearance and development of this disease on a person's arm or leg. Among such theories, it is worth paying attention to the following explanations:
- The most popular theoretical reason ishereditary positivity to the formation of a wen. As a rule, such a theory is confirmed by 70%, which indicates the appearance of this tumor in people in each generation;
- Wen can appear on the person's armthanks to the failure of the hormonal cycle of the body. This explains the occurrence of this tumor in women after passing the climacteric period. The same causes appear in people whose genital function has ceased to function;
- The appearance of such a tumor on the hand or elsewherecan also be considered a consequence of atheroma. This disease is accompanied by blockage of the canals of the sebaceous glands, which, in turn, leads to the appearance of a tumor on the human body.
The main symptoms of a benign tumor on the body
It is important to remember that a lipoma is notmanifests itself, disturbing the owner. As a rule, patients never complain of feeling unwell or having any concerns caused by this type of disease. You can notice such a growth only by its allocation on a person’s arm or leg. Removal of such a tumor does not always happen at the very beginning of its development, because many people do not even suspect the development of this disease for a very long time. The reason for this can be considered the absence of irritations and concerns associated with the disease, due to which people begin to worry and seek help from specialists. The lipoma itself is a certain accumulation of fatty tissue in one specific place on the hand or leg. Such a tumor has no adhesion to the skin, which allows it to move freely under the skin or on the finger. Even with physical contact with the tumor, there are no painful feelings and discomfort, which makes many people nervous who have no idea about this disease. Discomfort from a lipoma can occur when its size becomes quite large, as it begins to affect nerve endings or other organs located under the lipoma. There are no specific sizes of a lipoma - such a tumor can be completely unnoticeable or reach the size of a large walnut. Despite the fact that such a disease is rarely life-threatening for a person, its removal is considered mandatory, because having such a growth on a hand or leg does not seem attractive to any person. It is worth noting that the formation of such a growth does not have a specific place on the human body, which indicates any location of the tumor in places where there is fatty tissue under the skin. Most often, such a disease succumbs to the arms, legs, neck and head of a person.
The main risks associated with the emergence of this disease
As stated above, lipomas are not classified asbenign tumors, but there is a certain percentage of risk of mutation of this growth into a life-threatening tumor. As a rule, such a possibility arises in the case of tumor location below the habitat of protective antibodies. In this case, the tumor becomes an acceptable environment for the development and growth of pathogenic microflora. In such cases, tumor removal can be safely considered a mandatory surgical intervention. Popular reasons for the development of a tumor into a life-threatening element are self-medication, as well as when trying to remove a lipoma by squeezing. Do not forget that traditional methods of treatment can cause irreparable harm to the body, because each treatment should be performed by medical specialists. All other means of self-medication can be safely discarded if a person values his health. It often happens that self-intervention in the structure of fatty tissues leads to their growth in an indefinite order and direction.
Correct and relevant treatment of adipocytes
All means by which the correct andhigh-quality treatment of a lipoma implies a preliminary biopsy of the growth to avoid the development of a trivial lipoma into a malignant tumor with serious consequences. It is possible to remove the tumor safely only after all means and tests have given a negative answer of an oncological nature. Correct treatment of a lipoma implies an obligatory surgical intervention, which will exclude all means and possibilities of growth of this growth under the skin. So, treatment of this type of disease is possible by the following methods:
- Treatment with classical surgicalinterference. To do this, outpatient activities performed by a specialist surgeon. All means of inpatient treatment are available only for those patients whose tumor has ceased to be benign, and also when its location borders on organs important for the life of the organism. Operational means means local anesthesia and incision of the neoplasm, which allows to completely remove the tumor and clean the site of the build-up;
- Surgical interventionpuncture-aspiration type. Treatment of this type is topical and is possible only if the wen has a very small size. Typically, the place of such an operation is a finger or a hand. The meaning of the operation is the suction of the entire wen using a syringe with a wide needle structure. It is strictly forbidden to use such medications independently, in order to avoid malignant consequences, with which people's methods of self-treatment are overflowed;
- Laser type surgery is the mostmodern treatment of lipoma. As a rule, this type of surgical intervention can be considered the safest and most accurate, because the laser does not leave cuts on the skin, which subsequently have to be treated.
It is worth mentioning that it is necessary to treat such areasbody, such as arms or legs, it is best to use the last method of surgical intervention. Such removal of the described tumor heals in 5-6 days, after which it is practically impossible to notice any traces of intervention in the integrity of the skin at the site of the operation.
Methods of self-treatment from the disease described above
Removing a lipoma at home is possibleconsidered safe and relevant only in cases where the tumor size is considered extremely small. As a rule, a special compress of fragrant callisia is prepared for this. Treating a lipoma in this way, which can be attributed to folk wisdom, is quite safe. Such folk methods provide for a compress with a tight bandage on the site of the lipoma for 12-14 hours. The most important factor that should accompany the removal of a lipoma is considered to be an increase in the function of blood circulation in the human body. Such an increase can be achieved with a simple garlic gruel, to which only a few grams of vegetable oil are added. A fairly popular method of self-treatment of this disease is considered to be unhindered contact of the desired area of the skin with celandine juice. To do this, it is necessary to remove hair from the treatment site so that the plant juice can freely get on the skin and be absorbed into it. The principle of this treatment is the toxicity of the described plant. Thus, upon contact with the skin, irritation and a breakthrough of the skin and fatty tissue appear on it, which becomes the reason for getting rid of an unwanted tumor. Once the skin and the lipoma itself are broken, you can use any method to remove the tumor on your own. It is worth remembering that any independent intervention in fatty tissue can have unpleasant consequences, which implies caution and knowledge of some principles of treatment. Experts advise contacting doctors with such problems without risking your health, using folk methods of self-treatment.