Malaga Magdalena de Troya: "The Sun generates 60,000 deaths a year as a record of ultraviolet radiation"

When Dr. Magdalena de Troya (Madrid, 1968) was a girl nobody used solar creams except foreigners who came to enjoy our beaches.The head of the Dermatology Area of the Costa del Sol Hospital directs the soludable project with which it promotes lifestyle habits and environments healthy photos in order to prevent skin cancer, and improve the physical, mental and emotional well -being of people.

"There is no awareness.We are talking about a complete conscience and a responsible lifestyle where one is aware that the sun is there and generates biological effects on our health, "explains the doctor specialized in dermatology from the University of Malaga, who participates these days in the majorMeeting on pathologies and skin conditions in the city with 600 experts in the field.

What are the benefits of the sun?

The sun is very beneficial for health in general and even for skin health in appropriate amounts.It is necessary for the synthesis of vitamin D and this occurs in the skin.We need that every day the sun to synthesize this vitamin, which maintains a correct osteocalcic metabolism and strong bones.We also need to have a good mental state of psychic health.Thanks to solar radiation, the visible light spectrum, dopamine and endorphins, hormones associated with wanting to live and a pleasant sensation will be synthesized.

Why is it important to protect our skin from ultraviolet radiation?

An excess of ultraviolet radiation has negative consequences for skin, eyes and immune system.If we focus on the skin, we start solar burns.Many may believe that it appears and then disappears.At the moment when ultraviolet radiation damages skin cells there is damage to cell DNA.This damage immediately translates into that vascular and inflammatory reflex, which is solar burn.That imprint in the DNA will lead to two other problems in the medium and long term: it accelerates the aging of the skin (spots, wrinkles) and cancer problems appear.

You speak in several interviews of melanoma, one of the most aggressive tumors.How can we avoid suffering from?

50% of melanoma cases are due to an excess of ultraviolet radiation.The first important measure would be to avoid artificial tan cabins.We should not use them because they produce cancer and melanoma.Especially when you are used young people under 35 years old.Can increase the risk of melanoma by 75%.You have to reduce sun exposure time, especially between 12:00 and 16:00.Let's try to be in the shade and wear wide wing hat, sunglasses, long -sleeved clothes and photoprotective cream adapted to our skin.The issue of hydration and food is important.These measures could reduce by up to 80% our chances of developing skin cancer.

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What do you think about the people who sunbathe or exercise in full sun at noon?

Are a little clueless.Sports activity is a fantastic value for health, but doing it at noon is an absolutely unconscious attitude.It is bad for health in general because you can suffer a heat stroke.If it is going to be done at central hours of the day, we must ensure that we are in shaded, covered or inside spaces.The sport is healthy, but it must avoid the risks that ultraviolet radiation will produce in our health.If athletes were aware and take those precautions, they would have less skin cancer problems.Cancer is frequent in people who use Solarium, and in athletes and exterior workers.

The sun not only affects the skin.

At the moment when ultraviolet radiation contacts all surfaces of our body, biological effects begin to occur.The sun contacts the eyeball.In the eyes, the eyelids are enormously sensitive.The eyelids themselves can suffer solar burns.In the long term, skin cancer is also developed in the eyelids.They are very tasty and delicate.At the level of the eyeball itself, photoconjuntivitis can occur.The sun can even produce transient blindness.In the long term there is an accelerated eye aging and cataracts appear early.There are also intraocular melanomas.An excess of ultraviolet radiation low the immune system.We can take an insolation and let the defenses lower us.It is common that there are sprouts of lip herpes and fungi in the skin.

Is it true that excessive sun exposure can reduce the efficacy of the vaccine?

This fact is demonstrated with other vaccinations.With that of the COVID, no research study has been done that verifies it.With other vaccines they recommend that you do not expose yourself to the sun on later days until you have a good immunization because the sun depresses defenses cells.We can be putting into play the effectiveness of the vaccine.

Products such as hydroalcoholic gel, anti -inflammatories or some perfumes contain photosensitizing elements that can cause burns.

There are different types of photosensitive reactions.Some of the products or medications can produce burns when you put it on and exposed to the sun.On other occasions it does not burn, but it does cause authentic very unpleasant spots.The perfumes and the sun get fatal.If we put any cosmetic product that is not scented.In the prospects of the medicines it appears that occurs if it is exposed to the sun after taking it.There are more than 300 medications or active ingredients that can have interactions with the sun.In addition, they are common use medications such as the treatments we use with acne and oral contraceptives.

They present this Thursday the soluudable project, which aims to boost lifestyles and environments healthy photos.What does it consist on?

We also have to prepare cities to help us.You have good habits.We tell citizens to protect under shade.We bet on raising awareness among people to develop lifestyles of healthy photos that are that set of measures we have talked about.We also want to reach companies, institutions and local governments to make cities that facilitate these good practices.We want these cities to have good shadow spaces in sports spaces or beaches.That we have good shadow spaces, especially vegetables, so that we can protect ourselves.In those smart cities we would have information systems to know at what level of ultraviolet radiation we find.We know the temperatures at every step, but nobody informs us what is the ultraviolet radiation index.In those cities it would be good to have reach, as we have had hydroalcoholic gels, to photoprotective dispensers.If one goes to the beach or is doing a sports race, just like there are water dispensers so as not to dehydrate, that there are sun cream.

And what do they propose regarding children?

We imagine healthy schools.Today boys and girls are not learning in schools healthy photoprotection habits.The schools do not have good shadow spaces either.They are even prohibited to wear caps and sunglasses.They should be accepted photoprotection measures.In Australia they are so aware of this issue that there is a rule that says 'no hat, no play'.If you don't carry your hat, don't leave the patio to play.We want a soludable Andalusia to be a community model that inspires other regions of Spain.I wish it is like the Australian model.

It is urgent to put the batteries with this issue especially because climate change will go to more and the ozone layer will be more damaged.

Clear.This is one of the great threats and challenges that we are going to find.We will have more incidence of ultraviolet radiation with climate change.Or we put the batteries now or when the health problems are going to have them on top.We are talking about millionaire figures.The sun every year causes the loss of more than one and a half years of life, according to the World Health Organization, as a consequence of exposure to ultraviolet radiation.60 are generated.000 deaths a year as a result of this radiation, especially because of melanoma, and more than 18.000 Falls.Ultraviolet radiation not only damages people.Also to all living beings and plants.

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