Dongxiu Qin: sharing towels can be transmitted senile plaques

Many people think that age spots are a symbol of old age, which is completely misleading. In medicine, this is a skin disease called seborrheic keratosis, which is caused by a virus that can be transmitted through contact. Dong Xiuqin, director of the Department of Dermatology, Pingzhou Campus, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, said that the skin resistance of the elderly is reduced, and if you like to scratch your face, it is easy to get infected with this skin disease. Young people have high work pressure and skin resistance may also be infected.

The more the age spots are scratched, the more they expand

Dong Xiuqin said that age spots occur in the skin's exposed parts of the body, such as the face, back of the hand, etc., are taupe or dark brown patches, varying in size and shape, generally ranging from fingernails to sesame. And if you scratch it with your hand, it will spread, the longer it grows. "Because age spots are caused by bacteria, they are contagious." Dong Xiuqin said.

Pathologically, age spots are actually a viral infectious skin disease caused by human papillomavirus infection. It is medically a kind of "seborrheic keratinization".

Contagious between family members

When the bacteria spread, in addition to the increase in the infection site of patients with senile plaques, the chances of getting intimate contact will be greatly increased. Therefore, don't think that living with the elderly for a long time, infected with "old-fashion", the actual virus is infected with you.

For example, an intimate living partner has the opportunity to directly contact the patient's face, the back of the hand, a common towel cross infection, and so on. Then, if the old man carries a little grandson, will the child be infected? Dong Xiuqin said that there is basically no such danger. Because children are naughty, they will not scratch their faces. Besides, age spots usually grow on the back of the hands, face, etc., and the palms are thicker and not easily infected.

Young people can also grow age spots

Then, since age spots are a kind of skin disease, why do old people have more? Dong Xiuqin said that young people with high work pressure may also encounter age spots, but elderly people with low resistance are more susceptible to illness.

The human epidermis is a natural barrier and generally does not easily infect the virus, but the skin resistance of the elderly is low. When the skin feels itchy or other discomfort, or if it is broken, if it is repeatedly scratched by hand, plus bad habits, Seriously wash your hands and scratch your face, this virus can break through the skin barrier and infect human skin keratinocytes, and proliferation and proliferation make people have skin problems.

If young people don't pay attention to the details of life, or if they are too tired and have low resistance, they may also encounter age spots. Therefore, don't be too tired, a balanced diet, moderate exercise, and physical resistance are the ways to resist all diseases. In addition, you must change the bad habit of catching your face. (East Asia Economic and Trade News)