What is Hemangioma? How to manage it? What are the precautions to be taken? What are the signs and symptoms? What is the cause of this disease? How to treat it? How can homeopathy help you? All of this answered, in this post and of course our doctors always there to help you. Just fill in your details in the form down below and we will answer all your questions for FREE!
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What is hemangioma?
Hemangioma is a benign tumor also known as “strawberry mark”. As a birthmark, hemangioma is considered and it appears as a bright red patch or nodule on the skin. It can occur anywhere in the body especially face, chest, scalp or back. It mainly grows during the first year of life and starts receding with the age of the person.
Age and sex prevalence of hemangioma?
It can be diagnosed by early childhood. Females are more likely to develop hemangioma as compared to men.
What are the causes of hemangioma?
A hemangioma occurs when small blood vessels begin to multiply abnormally and forms a mass or a lump.
Usually hemangioma are present at birth. Blood vessels in the skin, intestine, spinal cord, brain or inside other organs sometime dilate or multiply abnormally to form a small red bump.
There are four types of hemangioma:
-It may affect the top layer of skin (Capillary hemangioma)
-Deeper in the skin (Cavernous hemangioma)
-Mixed type of both (compound hemangioma)
-Appears during pregnancy (Pyogenic granuloma/Lobular capillary hemangioma)
What are the symptoms of hemangioma?
-Painless
-Red to blue colored lesions are there
-Lesions occur on the skin, lips or inside the mouth
-Lesions soft to touch
-Flushed with the skin or slightly elevated
-Superficial lesions may bleed or turn into sores
-Hemangioma may be painful and swollen
if involved muscularly
-Hemangioma in bone sometimes causes pain or enlargement of bone
Can hemangiomas be removed?
Yes, in some cases hemangioma can be removed with surgery. Certain hemangiomas can also be treated with lasers also.
Do hemangiomas go away?
Hemangiomas can take time to go away on there own but it takes time whereas in some cases they never disappear completely.
Can hemangiomas burst?
Yes rupture of hemangioma can burst and may leads to serious haemorrhage. Example liver hemangioma during pregnancy has the potencial to burst especially during labor which results in haemorrhagic shock.
Can a hemangioma spread?
No, hemangiomas are not contagious.
What investigations are to be done for hemangioma?
-Complete case history
-Physical examination
-Clinical examination
-Blood test
-X-ray
-CT or MRI scanning
-Angiogram
-Biopsy
What treatment is to be given for hemangioma?
-Anti-inflammatory drugs
-Laser treatment
-In some cases, steroid injections are given
-Beta-blocker medicines are also given
What are the complications of hemangioma?
-Bleeding
-Problems with breathing and eating
-Psychological problems
-Secondary infection
-Visible changes in the skin
-Vision problem
Homeopathic treatment for hemangioma?
-Acetic acidum
-Carcinosinum
-Fluroicum acidum
-Thuja occidentalis
