Every woman with breast cancer risk. In fact, one of the 22 women diagnosed with breast cancer in India and there was a woman diagnosed with breast cancer every 6.5 minutes.
Risk of breast cancer increases with age. Hereditary factors can affect cancer risk by about 8-10 percent or more. Meanwhile, there are also other factors that play a role, ie lifestyle factors including diet, exercise, and others.
Even so, there is still hope to fight this deadly disease. Prevention, early detection, and treatment is a way to get a better cure rate.
There is no absolute method to prevent cancer, but early detection is important. Medical intervention is done early to facilitate the healing of cancer.
Because early detection is important, so be aware that there are signs in the breast is a must do. So, visit your doctor immediately if you become aware of signs such as a lump or thickening in the breast, swelling, rashes or skin color is darkened in the breast, changes in shape and size of the breast, nipple that goes into, itching, and discharge like blood .
Aware of the signs are sometimes not easy, therefore you need to consider carefully the changes that occur in the breast. One of the recommended methods, namely by knowing it (check your own breasts). Realize divided into two parts, namely, seeing and feeling.
To see, you have to stand in front of the mirror and pay attention to the breasts, of the starting color, size, until the nipple situation. Next, lift your hands, place it on the head, and your breasts look back.
And to think, you need to lie on your back with a pillow under your shoulders and arms raised. Use fingertips and check the breast tissue with the vertical movement with a touch firm, but gentle. Do it from the nipple to the area around the armpit.
Do realize that once a month on the same day each month. You can also check their breasts once a month to doctors 6-12. You need to do a mammogram if you are over the age of 40 years, or earlier if you have a family history of breast cancer.
