Note that early signs of breast cancer is very important
October 10th, 2009
Early warning of breast cancer
In order to get to there early detection of breast cancer, the majority of female friends is very necessary concern and awareness of breast cancer, some early warning. Early warning of breast cancer is mainly manifested in the following areas:
The growth of breast lumps breast lumps, and sometimes without obvious symptoms, the patient frequently used in dressing, bathing, scratching, self-examination or physical examination found.
Breast pain in some cases may have breast pain, pain, dull pain, or tingling.
Nipple retraction due to Aikuai gradually increased, invaded the base of the breast nipple retraction retraction so that clinical practice is also called “inverted nipple.”
Haemorrhagic bloody nipple discharge from the nipple out, is often the performance of ductal breast cancer, should seek medical treatment check, and with breast intraductal papilloma and other benign lesions identified.
Nipple and areola area of skin erosion or ulceration often eczema-like cancer for the performance.
Breast skin, “orange peel-like change” when Aikuai and skin adhesion, the skin due to poor drainage of the lymph edema, so that was “orange peel-like.”
Both sides of the Breast asymmetry when Aikuai or chest wall volume increased adhesion, make the ipsilateral breast in size, shape, etc. with the opposite was strange. There is a called “hard-cancer” breast cancer, its narrow nipple, nipple position of elevation is particularly prominent.
Axillary lymph nodes when the axillary lymph nodes is large, can feel a sense of squeezing an object within the armpit, or arm is raised when there is a sense of axillary tumor outstanding. Some “occult breast cancer” can be expressed as non-breast lumps and only axillary lymph nodes.
Inflammatory breast cancer significantly increased the performance of the breast, skin irritation, progress rapidly, it is inflammatory breast cancer-specific performance, are sometimes misdiagnosed as mastitis, breast abscess, but the anti-inflammatory treatment is invalid.
The above is an early or more clinical manifestations of early breast cancer, namely, the initial alarm. As the disease advances, mass will continue to increase, the formation of ulcers may be ulceration, but also appears supraclavicular lymph nodes, bone pain, back pain, abdominal pain, right upper abdominal mass, anemia and weight loss and a series of late symptoms.
Self-examination
Women over 35-year-old friend, in the knowledge of the early warning of breast cancer cases, adhere to a monthly self-breast examination, can detect early breast cancer can be cured results.
The best time to self-examination, and normal menstruation, women may choose after menstrual cramps between 9 ~ 11 days; because at this time the effects of estrogen on breast smallest breast at a relatively quiescent state, easy to find lesions, to avoid errors. Already post-menopausal women can be free to determine the appropriate time each month.
Inspection methods
Take the first standing position, standing before the mirror, his hands hang down, and then raised his hands to observe whether the symmetry on both sides of the breast, breast skin and nipple whether the exception. Hands akimbo and then to see whether the skin, “orange peel-like” change. His left hand forced his hips, push the left breast with his right hand to observe the activity of the breast has restricted; then check with the Law on the right side of the breast. Followed by, take supine in bed, with the palm and fingers touching the opposite breast, according to a clockwise direction, progressive approach to check whether all parts of the breast lumps, and observe the size, hardness and activity.
It is noteworthy that breast examination, only a finger touch instead of finger Zhuanie because Zhuanie easily mistaken as glandular tissue tumors. In the self-examination, such as unusual or suspicious, should go to hospital for further examination. Today has been a number of new inspection techniques and methods available to make a diagnosis or differential diagnosis.