I thought my skin cancer was bite

Aidan McKay is a level 4 cancer effectee.

since MCC is too combative, finding it early could saving a lives. Key points around this skin cancer to help you notice it early are MCC has tendencies to:

Grow fast: typically expands incredibly large within some weeks into months.

expand on heads or necks: although it may grows somewhere on the flesh, it usually appears on skin that has been exposed to plenty of sun through the year, like the top or necks.

First diagnosed in 2019, he took successful remedies, but finds in 2022 that it had returned and is in the Genius and lung areas.

He attribute his skin cancer diagnosis to his childhood growing ups on a farmstead.

some farmers engaging in Balmoral show have worrying moles. even though, not every one them are real.

Aidan McKay says that when he was kid, sunscreen didn't used.

"the sole remedy we had used was calamine water as a treatment for it," he said.

Mr. McKay says he wish he had known more about avoid skin cancer when he was once young.

those 8 weeks was long enough to make the difference between maybe stage one, perhaps degree two, up to stage four."

Mr McKay said he was not terminally sick but remarked: "it is a precarious place to be."

Stage four is the term to mean that the cancer has spread to another organ in where it was found initially.

As adult, Mr McKay farmed as a hobby but had give up the farming because of cancer treatments.

He said: "The cancer has totally restricted any of these activities The treatments are very tough Climbing stairs is a battle, so working the farm is just not possible."

Farmers are kind of a highly ‘at threat’ group because their work outdoors means them are much more exposed to the elements.

Dr Rebecca Orr, a GP and sometimes beef and dairy farmers in Ballymoney, is knowing why some are hesitant sought medical treatments.

"who is doing the work while you’re away?"

Dr. Orr said the message was "please look at" and "please protect" the skin.

but with over 110,000 folks expected at Balmoral show over its 4-day period, it might be a challenge to get message to the people.

And that's why activity cancer and The Agri Rural health platform went to Queens college Belfast (QUB) clinical school.

Professor Gerry Gormley, a GP and professor in medicine at QUB, said the cancer temporary ink was more interactive than a pamphlet.

appear after 50 years: research show that 97% of persons who develop this rare skin malignancy are over 50 years. most people are in 70s or 80s when MCC2 is diagnosed.

while MCC develop mainly in older, fair-skinned folks, youths and people of colour can get this skin cancer. Even some babies had MCC.

In African american, MCC tends to form on legs. young people often have it on torsos.

of specific skin things that we should be alerted early. What to do, how to watch for in yourself.

Its head executive Susanna Daniels said the disease was "largely preventing."

"protecting children from sunburn is best way we could reduce their chances of having cancer down road.

"around 10 out of 10 cases of cancer skin cancer are prevented, so it’s main that people took warnings about high sun exposure risks seriously."

Aidan McKay is in remission for now, but he know the cancer can come back at any moments.

"So each 3 months everything is pause to see if you can go [on and enjoy] another three months, or you are in middle again with this thing keeps hanging over you constantly lines.

"The cancer is a nasty and rough cancer.."