GridHype.ID – Everyone, of course, is very familiar with the disease breast cancer yes.
Even breast cancer is feared by everyone, especially women.
Why breast cancer becomes dead cause highest in women worldwide.
But unfortunately, despite being the highest cause of death, public awareness of breast cancer is still very minimal.
Launching from Kompas.com, it is known that 70 percent of breast cancer patients who come to see a doctor have entered an advanced stage.
This is very unfortunate because if breast cancer can be found or detected at an early stage, the life expectancy is up to 95 percent.
Even though breast cancer is one of the deadly disease which can attack anyone, both men and women.
Therefore, knowing and recognizing breast cancer symptoms as early as possible it is better for the patient to get treatment.
So the chance or chance of recovering from breast cancer can be greater.
How to check the symptoms of breast cancer
Quoted from Kompas.com, (20/7/2021), the detection of breast cancer can be done by self-examination BSE.
This examination should be done every month, or can be 7-10 after the first day of menstruation.
Here are the steps to do BSE.
1. Seen through a mirror
Stand in front of the mirror and raise your hands.
While doing this step, make sure your shoulders are straight and parallel.
After that, put your hands on your waist.
Observe both breasts whether symmetrical or not, any changes in shape or color, swelling and or changes in the nipples.
Abnormalities that may be found are lumps, wrinkles, abnormal nipple position, skin structure, or redness.
2. Breast position
Raise your arms behind your head and push your elbows forward.
This is done to see if there are abnormalities in the breast.
Normal breasts, both will be lifted simultaneously.
3. Feel the lump
The next way can be to feel the breast.
Use your fingertips and gently press the surface of the breast.
Feel whether there is a lump in the breast or not.
Feel each surface of the breast with several patterns, such as circular, right to left, top to bottom, middle to the side or up to the armpit.
4. Squeeze the nipple slowly
Observe whether there is liquid that comes out or not.
If the fluid that comes out is white, yellow or bloody, it indicates an abnormal breast.
5. Bend down and look in the mirror
Observe and feel whether there are certain changes in your breasts or not.
6. Examine the breasts by lying down
Give a pad on the side of the breast to be examined.
Place your hands on the back of your head.
After that, use your fingertips to do the check.
Symptoms of early stage breast cancer
In some cases, the characteristics of early-stage breast cancer may not cause any symptoms.
However, the doctor can identify the lump in the breast whether it is cancer or not with a mammogram.
Quoting Kompas.com, (14/7/2020), the following are the characteristics of early-stage breast cancer that you need to know:
- Changes in breast skin texture
- Fluid comes out of the nipple
- Dimples on breasts
- Changes in lymph nodes
- Pain in the breast
- Nipples sink
- Reddish or bruised breast skin
- Swollen breasts
Breast cancer risk factors
Meanwhile, both women and men can observe and understand what are the risks of breast cancer in a person, such as:
- Women over the age of 40
- Family history
- Previous history of cancer, although not breast cancer
- Genetic factor mutates the BRCA 1 / BRCA 2 gene
- History of early intercourse before the age of 12 years
- Late menopause after 55 years of age
- Production history of not having children
- Production history not breastfeeding
- Hormonal factors
- Alcohol consumption
- History of chest wall radiation
- Environmental factor.
This article has been published on Kompas.com with the title “How to recognize the symptoms of breast cancer, it can attack both men and women“
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