Breast cancer is a serious threat to women's health and the common diseases and frequently-occurring disease, however a lot of breast cancer has been difficult to achieve early discovery. In fact, do breast cancer early detection, early diagnosis is not difficult, as long as the usual careful, regular breast self examination, abnormal hurry to the hospital for further examination confirmed, would not let the exposed traces of breast cancer. Breast self-inspection method is very simple, generally in the wake, sleep, take a shower, when dressing. The United States of America experts recommended three breast self-inspection method.
1 pairs of mirror method : the first step is to face the mirror, two hips, gross observation breast shape. The second step is to raising his arms above his head, careful observation of both sides of the breast shape, contour having no change; breast skin has no abnormal ( note there are no redness, skin rash, superficial venous engorgement, skin wrinkles, orange peel appearance changes etc.); observation of papillae are at the same level, whether there is elevation, retraction, depression, there is no abnormal secretions from the nipple overflow, areola color does not change. Third, to lay down arms, hands, two elbow to backward, so that the chest muscles taut, observed in both sides of the breast is high, symmetry, nipple, areola and skin are abnormal.
2flat touch method: first the supine position, the right arm above his head, and on the right shoulder by a small pad pillow, leaving the right side breast flattening. Then the left hand four fingers together with the end of the palmar surface of the examined breast parts of any lumps or other changes. Check three ways. A clockwise loop check method, namely using four fingers from the nipple area began to ring from inside to check; the two is a vertical strip inspection method, namely using four fingers tip top-down check the entire breast; three is the wedge inspection method, namely using four fingers tip from the nipple outward radially check. The third is to use the same method to check the left breast, breast and more about what is the difference. Finally, with the thumb and index finger gently squeeze the nipple, such as discharge and is transparent or bloody should be promptly reported to the doctor.
3: the shower shower examination method, because the skin easier to detect breast problems. Method is to use a finger end volar glide slowly, carefully check each part of the breast and axillary whether mass.
Breast examination should be regularly carried out. Breast self examination time is usually menstrual cramps after ninth ~ 11 days. The effects of estrogen on breast minimal effects, breast is in the state of relative rest, easy to detect lesions. At the same time attention bra wearing properly, too tight, too thick, ventilation bad, will affect the normal breast lymph circulation, can remove the harmful substances, in the course of time, easy to make the normal mammary cell lesions. Even through the self-checking and diagnosis was found to have breast hyperplasia is not nervous, because proliferation is not equal to cancer earlier, but also not paralysis. If there is a cystic hyperplasia, mass, a node, may develop breast cancer, although the incidence rate is not high, also should be early diagnosis and treatment.
