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The Sun is Threatening

The quest for a beautiful glowing tan continues.


People all over the world are enjoying the sun's rays, despite warnings that sun exposure
causes permanent skin damage and skin cancer.
Lee Ann Hamilton, a health educator and graduate student in higher education, has had
three episodes of skin cancer. She found the first when she was only 33.
"I found them early, so they weren't really bad" Hamilton said. "I'm aware of the signs. I
noticed that I had a little rough area that would occasionally bleed. That's not normal".
"You need to keep an eye on your body because no one else is going to do it for you", she
said.
Hamilton said she was never a sun worshiper, but liked to swim a lot and worked outdoors
as a lifeguard. She said that, as she has fair skin and burns easily, she is at high risk.
"When I was a kid, nobody put sunscreen on. We didn't know", she said. "We can't do
anything about the damage that's already been done, but we can protect our skin from now
forward".
"If you notice any change in your skin that doesn't look normal, get it checked out", she
said.

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The situation with skin cancer cases in America is getting quite serious. As the American
Academy of Dermatology states, one in six Americans will develop skin cancer in his or her
lifetime, and the number is rapidly growing. However, Queensland in Australia is an
infamous world champion in skin cancer occurrence.
The big problem is that people still see a tan as a healthy thing, but in reality, tanning is the
skin's response to sun damage.
Tanning is actually the result of a complex defence mechanism within the skin and it occurs
when pigment-producing cells produce and distribute melanin, said Dr. Kevin Welch. When
the skin is exposed to the sun, the cells become more active, the melanin gets distributed,
and a tan results.
But the sun's ultraviolet rays also break in the DNA of the cells and the mutations pass on
from cell to cell, from generation to generation.
"Cancer actually represents cells reproducing without any real control", the doctors say.
While light-skinned people are definitely more prone to skin cancer, anybody who is
exposed to the sun long enough could eventually get it.
There are three types of skin cancer, and a less dangerous one is not deadly, but their
effects may be hard to live with. For example, there is a type of cancer that causes open
sores on the face and pieces of flesh can be lost to surgery. Not only can the cancers
disfigure a person, but so can the surgery that removes them, she said.
"The most serious type of skin cancer is malignant melanoma, and the reason for it is that
melanoma has mobility", dr. Villar-Werstler said. "Once it begins growing in one area, it can
spread to other areas, including vital organs. It can grow anywhere in the body".
A person can have a mole that changes one day and six months later the same person can
die from melanoma.
But there is some good news. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, more
than half of all skin cancers can be prevented if one uses sunscreens when exposing to sun.
The most important thing to consider when choosing a sunscreen, said Dr. Villar-Werstler, is
to "buy a cream according to your skin type and its SPF. Larger SPF means that you can
stay longer exposed to sun without a risk of getting sun burnt".
Even protecting yourself occasionally is worthwhile, doctors say.
"It's not enough, but it's worthwhile", they say. "It's like a smoker choosing to smoke only
one pack of cigarettes instead of four. He's still doing damage, but a little bit less".

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Prevod:
Sunce preti
Potraga za predivnim svetlucavim tenom se nastavlja.
Ljudi irom sveta uivaju pod sunevim zracima uprkos upozorenjima da izlaganje suncu
izaziva trajno oteenje koe i rak koe.
Li En Hamilton, zdravstveni savetnik i postdiplomac , je imala tri epizode raka koe. Prvi je
otkrila sa samo 33 godine.
"Pronala sam ih rano, i zato nisu bili jako opasni", rekla je. "Prepoznala sam znake.
Primetila sam malo neravno pare koe koje je krvarilo. To nije normalno".
"Treba da vodite rauna o svom telu jer to niko nee raditi za vas", rekla je.
Hamilton je rekla da nikada nije bila oboavalac sunca, ali je volela da pliva puno i radila je
kao spasilac. Rekla je da poto joj je koa svetla i lako izgori, rizik od oboljenja je mnogo
vei.
"Kada sam bila dete, niko nije koristio kreme za sunanje. Nismo znali za to. Ne moemo
nita da uradimo po pitanju ve napravljene tete ali moemo zatititi kou od sada pa
nadalje".
"Ako primetite bilo kakvu neobinu promenu na koi, idite da to pregledate", rekla je.

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Situacija sa brojem obolelih od raka koe u Americi postaje prilino ozbiljna. Kako kae
amerika akademija za dermatologiju, jedan od est Amerikanaca dobije rak koe tokom
ivota, a taj broj se rapidno uveava. I pored toga, Kvinslend u Australiji je neslavni
ampion po broju registrovanih sluajeva raka koe.
Veliki problem je to ljudi jo vide taman ten kao zdravu stvar, iako je zapravo tamnjenje
koe odgovor koe na oteenje koje sunce izaziva.
Tamnjenje je u stvari kompleksan rezultat delovanja odbrambenog mehanizma unutar koe
i on se aktivira kada elije za proizvodnju pigmenta stvaraju i raznose melanin, kae dr.
Kevin Vel. Kada je koa izloena suncu, elije postaju aktivnije, melanin se distribuira i
rezultat je preplanuo ten. Ali ultravoletni zraci sunca takoe prodiru u DNA elije i mutacije
se prenose sa elije na eliju, sa generacije na generaciju.
"Rak obino predstavlja reprodukciju elija bez prave kontrole", doktori kau.
Iako su ljudi svetlije puti definitivno skloniji raku koe, svako ko je izloen dovoljno dugo
suncu bi eventualno mogao da oboli.
Postoje tri tipa raka koe, i onaj manje opasan nije smrtonosan, ali njegove posledice mogu
biti veoma teke. Na primer, postoji tip raka koji izaziva otvorene rane na licu i operacijom
se moraju ukloniti delovi mesa. Ne samo da ove vrste raka mogu da unakaze osobu, nego
to moe da uini i operativni zahvat kojim se otklanjaju, ona kae.
"Najozbiljniji tip raka koe je maligni melanom, a razlog za to je njegova pokretljivost", dr
Vilar-Werstler je rekla. "Kada jednom pone da raste na nekom mestu, iri se i na druga
mesta, ukljuujui i vitalne organe. On moe da raste bilo gde u telu".
Osoba moe imati mlade koji se jednog dana promeni i nakon 6 meseci ta osoba moe
umreti od melanoma.
Ali ima i dobrih vesti. Prema amerikoj akademiji za dermatologiju, vie od polovine svih
sluajeva raka koe se moe spreiti ako se koriste kreme za sunanje prilikom izlaganja
suncu.
"Najvanija stvar na koju treba obratiti panju kada se bira krema za sunanje", kae dr
Vilar-Werstler, "je kupiti kremu na osnovu svog tipa koe i SPF-a kreme. Vii SPF znai da
moete due ostati na suncu bez rizika da ete izgoreti".
ak i povremena zatita je korisna, doktori kau.
"To nije dovoljno, ali je ipak korisno", oni kau. "To je kao kad pua rei da popui jednu
paklu cigara umesto etiri. On joj uvek teti sebi, ali u malo manjoj meri".

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Vocabulary
Nouns (imenice):
quest - potraga
ray - zrak
graduate student - postdiplomac
worshiper - oboavalac
lifeguard - spasilac
sunscreen - krema za sunanje
occurrence - pojava, deavanje
defence mechanism - odbrambeni
mehanizam
sore - rana
flesh - meso
surgery - operacija

Verbs (glagoli):
bleed - krvariti
keep an eye on sth - paziti na neto
check out - proveriti zdravlje
distribute - distribuirati, prenositi
spread - proiriti se
prevent - spreiti

Adjectives and adverbs


(pridevi i prilozi):
permanent - stalan
rough - hrapav, neravan
forward - nadalje, napred
rapidly - ubrzano
infamous - neslavan
prone - sklon
malignant - maligni, zloudni
worthwhile - vredan, koristan

Prepositions and conjunctions


(predlozi i veznici):
while - dok, iako

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Synonyms
Nouns (imenice):
quest search, hunt
ray beam of light
graduate student grad student,
postgraduate
worshiper worshiper, believer
lifeguard lifesaver
sunscreen - sun blocker, sunblock
occurrence - happening
surgery operation, treatment

Verbs (glagoli):
distribute - spread
spread - distribute
prevent avoid

Adjectives and adverbs


(pridevi i prilozi):
permanent lasting, persistent
rough - unsmooth
forward - future
rapidly quickly, fast, briskly, promptly
infamous notorious
prone subject
malignant - harmful, destructive,
malicious
worthwhile - useful, good, valuable,
helpful

Prepositions and conjunctions


(predlozi i veznici):
while - at the same time as, during the

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