symptoms of breast cancer

Breast cancer (Carcinoma of the breast) is a malignant tumor that grows in the breast tissue. This type of cancer often occurs in females and does not cover the possibility if it occurs in men, it's just that her case is very rare.

symptoms of breast cancer

The frequency of cases of this disease are relatively very high in developed countries and is the most suffered from other types of cancer. While that is Indonesia, breast cancer ranks second only to cervical cancer.

This article will explain to you what risk factors that can lead a person stricken with breast cancer, how to do early detection, and avoid breast cancer as well as how you can know the symptoms of breast cancer.

Risk Factor For Developing Breast Cancer

The cause of breast cancer is not yet known for sure but there are some risk factors that allow a woman stricken with the disease, which is as follows:

1. Family history of suffering from breast cancer.
2. Women who have never been pregnant and giving birth.
3. The first pregnancy occurs after 30 years.
4. Gets the first menstrual period at the age under 12 years and menopause after age 55 years.
5. The use of pills or estrogen therapy
6. Post-menopause obesity and alcohol consumption.
7. Chemicals-some research has to mention exposure to estrogen-like chemicals (found in pesticides and other industrial products) may increase the risk of breast cancer.
8. The use of DES (diethylstilbestrol). Women who consume DES to prevent miscarriage suffered are at high risk of breast cancer.

Keep in mind that the factors referred to above was not always can trigger attacks of breast cancer, but often the life of someone affected by breast cancer associated with these factors.

Symptoms Of Breast Cancer

There are several symptoms of breast cancer that can be seen. Here are the symptoms in question

1. The existence of a lump in the breast that can be touched.
2. Change the shape and size of breasts.
3. The existence of injuries around the nipple and surrounding areas that are difficult to heal.
4. The presence of fluid (blood or pus-colored yellow to greenish) coming out of the nipple.
5. Changes in nipple such as itching, burning, and feels attracted to in (retraksi).
6. The presence of wrinkles-wrinkles (such as Kaffir lime) on the skin of the breast.
7. At an advanced stage of bone pain can occur, weight loss, swelling of the arms or ulceration of the skin.

Immediately checking your breasts to a physician if the symptoms arise has been mentioned to be immediately dealt with well. Tried to do early diagnosis because breast cancer is easier to treat and can be cured if it is still at an early stage.

To detect early, can do their own checks on the breast every 5-7 days after the menstrual period, with mammografi (examination with x-rays), or with biopsy (lifting a bit of mammary tissue for diagnosis).

Prevention Of Breast Cancer

Much of their risk factors that cannot be controlled. However, some experts of diet and cancer experts believe that diet and lifestyle changes, in General can reduce the number of occurrence of cancer.

Currently, the proven factors which play an important role in the process of the occurrence of the tumor was hormone estrogen. Estrogen is a hormone that functions as secondary sex to form and ripen the female genital organs, including the breast, during puberty.

Estrogen triggers the growth and maturation of cells in the female genital organs is called duct cells. This duct cells will then divide normally. Moments of this duct cell maturation is the most vulnerable to the cells affected by the mutation.

If there is one cell undergoes mutations due to heredity, radiation, radicals, etc. then these cells may divide excessively which in turn will develop into cancer.

From this it can be concluded that estrogen is one of the factors responsible for the risk of the occurrence of breast cancer. What can be done of each woman to prevent breast cancer?

1. Do early detection (examination) every month after menstruation and clinical examination (mammografi and biopsy).
2. Avoid eating fatty foods.
3. The use of drugs or contraceptives containing the hormone should up the doctor's instructions.
4. Feeding the baby as long as possible (up to about 2 years).
5. Eating a lot of fruit and vegetable and soy products including petrol.

The key to survival is to detect breast cancer as early as possible, before he has a chance to spread. Breast exam should be done personally by regularly every month, because a lady should be vigilant in looking for something that looks or feels suspicious at her breasts, like the presence of hardening or bumps.

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