KELOID – SCAR TUMOUR - World Class Holistic Homeopathy Treatment
SKIN – KELOID – SCAR TUMOUR
Moles (natural or birthmarks – also known as god’s mark or luck mark) and scar (artificial or accidental mark – also known as devil’s mark) play a major role in forensic medicine in identifying a person, since they cannot be erased easily. They can be considered as landmark in our body which stay throughout our life. A keloid is a scar tumour which is supposed to be a larger scar. So, one needs to know about scar before learning about keloid.
Scar
To know about scar in our body, simply look for the vaccination spots on
the arm. It is a scar. More reaction ends in a larger scar and less reaction
ends in a smaller scar. Players and soldiers treat scar as their medals or
stepping stones for their victory. In short, scar is unusual and abnormal skin
surface revealing the history of accident or disease or surgery.
Normally, when skin gets injured superficially, natural healing can make skin revert back to normalcy without any trace of injury. But, when the injury is deeper, to support/tie that part, Nature puts more fibre strands i.e. collagen fibres, cross through the spot, making it a scar. Scar tissue is usually tougher than normal skin tissue, but lacks blood vessels, sweat glands, hair follicles, etc. You will not have sweat in that area, you will not have hair in that area and you will not have normal good healing in that area when the spot gets injured.
Keloid
A keloid is a scar tumour where our body/skin keeps on supporting the
injured spot with more and more collagen fibres to make the spot more and more
strengthened. It can be considered as an overreaction to the injury or disease
immediately after or later. Keloid usually progresses slowly in size and width.
It never disappears or reverts back to normal on its own.
Incidence
Keloids are most commonly seen in blacks. They also seem to run in
families. They can occur in any age at any occasion irrespective of sex. Mostly
they follow or occur in injured spots. Sometimes, they can occur without any
injury or skin lesions.
Common Sites
Even though they can appear at any spot, the common victims are chest,
shoulders and back. They also commonly occur in surgery suture spots (chest in
open heart surgery), in injection spots (arm, ear lobe, etc) and in skin
grafted places.
Causes
Even though the exact cause or gene transmission cannot be predicted and
proved clearly, the keloid most commonly starts with injury or skin lesions
(diseases). Delay in healing of the wound mostly seems to be the precursor of
the scar formation. This tendency to scar formation often leads to keloid
later. It is most commonly seen in burns (where skin is deeply affected) and in
open heart surgery cases. It is important to note tattooing spots are also more
vulnerable to develop keloid growth.
Symptoms
Mostly, smooth, purple coloured raised swelling will be the one and only
symptom of keloid, i.e., mainly cosmetic disfigurement. But depending upon its
size, place andextension/expansion, it can cause further symptoms, i.e. pain,
burning sensation, itching, ulcer, restriction of movement, etc. But most often
patients consult doctors with concern more for cosmetic disfigurement only.
Even though it need not be feared for becoming cancerous tumours, the cosmetic
disfigurement often makes one depressed.
Diagnosis
Even though appearance, i.e. raised and spreading scar, with history of
injury in the specified spot itself betrays the possibility of keloid,
confirmation can be sought by biopsy and histo-pathological reports.
Complications
Mostly there won’t be any complications. But depending upon the places
(bends and joints), treatments (steroidal injections or external irritant
applications) and other sufferings ( diabetes, neurological disorders, etc.),
complication may arise. On getting a flare up, it can cause more pain and
itching and can finally end in contractures and restriction of movement in the
affected spots.
Prevention
Always prevention is better than cure. This has been proven in the case of
keloid too. So, early care must be taken for all wound healing. People who have
the tendency to develop keloid should be careful to avoid skin lesions and
surgery. If necessary, surgery should be performed by expert hands with the
precaution to avoid suture over bends and joints and to take intensive care in
wound healing. Supplements like vitamins (especially vitamin E) and minerals
can be taken to heal the wound at the earliest. It is also wise not to rub or
scratch or apply any irritants on the spot to prevent it from growing
further or forming ulcerations.
Treatment
Most often, keloid is left untreated by modern school of medicine. If the
sufferer insists more due to cosmetic disfigurement or due to hindrance of
normal function of life due to big swelling, then doctors will provide
steroidal injections on the spot to arrest/regress the growth. If it is not
responding, then they go for surgical removal /excision with or without plastic
surgery. Both ways, recurrences are more common and no one can guarantee that
it will not recur. Also, sometimes, after surgery, keloid growth may recur with
flare up i.e., more in size than previously. Also, there are various other
treatment like cryosurgery, radiation therapy, laser therapy, etc. Each one has
its own complications. Most times, their adverse effect will be more than their
benefits.
Homeopathic Approach
Most people with keloid will suffer silently, tolerating all the
pain without knowing what to do and how to proceed with it. Considering
keloid as a pure surgical disorder (even though it can’t solve it permanently)
nobody thinks of Homeopathy for treatment. But, Homeopathy can treat keloid
well. In Homeopathy, removal of keloid with surgery is considered as the
removal of effects of the disease and not the removal of the cause or disease
itself, leading to recurrence of keloid in the same spot or in other spots.
Homeopathy is a natural way to help the body by supporting the body’s own
process of healing and expelling the disease force by itself. The Homeopathy
medicine not only relieves the pain of the keloid, but also treats the
condition to regress.
Best results can be seen if one starts treatment early. Initially,
Homeopathic medicines arrest the growth or expansion of keloid. In course of
time, Homeopathy medicines can make keloid shrink without any surgical
procedure. Even though keloid cannot be made to disappear as a whole, it can be
reduced up to 80 – 90 per cent its size, depending upon the age of the keloid
and the patient. The remaining 10 – 20 per cent will remain silently as a trace
or residuals or history of the sufferings.
The Homeopathic medicines commonly prescribed for keloid are – Acid Flour,
Acid Nit, Baryta carb, Bryonia, Calc carb, Calc flour, Hepar sulph, Phytolacco,
Radium brom, Silicea, Spigelia, Sulphur, Thuja, Tuberculinum, etc. These
Medicines should be taken under the advice and diagnosis of a qualified
Homeopath.
for new hope
Dr. S.
Chidambaranathan, BHMS, MD (Homeo)
Laxmi
Homeo Clinic
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Madurai,
TN 625 001
India
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