What is hemangioma, how is it treated, and is it serious?

Hemangioma is a benign tumor that originates from blood vessels. Whether it is serious or not depends on various factors such as the location and size of the hemangioma and the patient’s own physical condition. Most hemangiomas are congenital and can fade away gradually with growth and development, so there is no need for treatment. The treatment should be analyzed according to the specific parts and symptoms. 1.Medication: 1.Local: propranolol ointment, timolol cream and other drugs can be applied topically, which is suitable for some benign hemangiomas or superficial infantile hemangiomas. It can also be treated by local intramuscular injection of glucocorticoid, and when the effect is not good, it can be treated by injection of bleomycin, pinyamycin and other drugs. 2. Systemic: It can be treated by oral or intravenous injection of propranolol, prednisone, sirolimus and other drugs. Surgical treatment: For small hemangioma lesions that are limited and can be directly excised and sutured, surgical excision is generally recommended to achieve a radical effect and also effectively reduce the impact on appearance. For malignant hemangioma, surgical excision is also recommended in order to minimize metastasis and recurrence. Other treatments: 1.Laser therapy: commonly used are pulsed dye laser therapy, yttrium aluminum garnet laser therapy, etc. Laser therapy is one of the more effective treatment means, which is suitable for subcutaneous hemangioma with deep location and unclear boundary; 2.Freezing therapy: it is suitable for superficial hemangioma, and its principle is to destroy intracellular structure by rapid cooling; 3.Sclerotherapy: injecting cod liver oil acid at the base of the tumor This procedure is only used with caution for cavernous hemangioma. Usually, hemangioma can be cured, but specific analysis is needed for each case. Some benign hemangiomas can subside on their own without treatment, while surgical and non-surgical treatments can be taken to relieve the symptoms of those hemangiomas that require measures, but a few hemangiomas may progress to malignancy and the prognosis is relatively poor.