ONCE A MONTH

Adult women of all ages are encouraged to perform breast self-exams at least once a month.  Johns Hopkins Medical center states,

“Forty percent of diagnosed breast cancers are detected by women who feel a lump, so establishing a regular breast self-exam is very important.”

While mammograms can help you to detect cancer before you can feel a lump, breast self-exams help you to be familiar with how your breasts look and feel so you can alert your healthcare professional if there are any changes.

HOW SHOULD A BREAST SELF-EXAM BE PERFORMED?

1) IN THE SHOWER 

Using the pads of your fingers, move around your entire breast in a circular pattern moving from the outside to the center, checking the entire breast and armpit area. Check both breasts each month feeling for any lump, thickening, or hardened knot. Notice any changes and get lumps evaluated by your healthcare provider.

2) IN FRONT OF A MIRROR 

Visually inspect your breasts with your arms at your sides. Next, raise your arms high overhead.

Look for any changes in the contour, any swelling, or dimpling of the skin, or changes in the nipples. Next, rest your palms on your hips and press firmly to flex your chest muscles. Left and right breasts will not exactly match—few women's breasts do, so look for any dimpling, puckering, or changes, particularly on one side.

3) LYING DOWN

When lying down, the breast tissue spreads out evenly along the chest wall. Place a pillow under your right shoulder and your right arm behind your head. Using your left hand, move the pads of your fingers around your right breast gently in small circular motions covering the entire breast area and armpit.

Use light, medium, and firm pressure. Squeeze the nipple; check for discharge and lumps. Repeat these steps for your left breast.

Checking your breasts regularly can be crucial to early diagnosis of breast cancer, which increases the chances of successful treatment.

Stay breast aware and follow these five easy steps:

1.Know what is normal for you

2.Look and feel your breasts (upper chest and armpits too)

3.Know what changes to look for (see below)

4. Report any changes without delay to your GP

5. Make sure you attend breast screening if you’re 50 or over

What should I be looking for?

Everyone’s breasts are different; altering with age and at different times of the month. Lookout for changes that are unusual for you, such as:

1.Lumps or thickening of breast tissue

2.Continuous pain in a breast or armpit

3.One breast becoming larger or lower

4.puckering or dimpling of the skin

5.Nipples becoming inverted (turned in), changing shape or position

6.Nipples developing a rash, crusting or producing discharge

7.Swelling under the armpits or around the collarbone.

8.Not all lumps are cancerous - they may be benign cysts or overgrowth of tissue. But it is always important to report any changes to your GP.

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Breast awareness in men

Men can get breast cancer too. While it is rare, around 400 men are diagnosed with the disease in the UK each year.

Be vigilant and look out for:

1. Swelling or painless lumps in breast tissue, often towards the nipple

2. Nipples that are tender, turned in or producing discharge

3. Swelling underneath the armpits 

An eating regimen containing particular sustenance with properties known to give some insurance against estrogen-touchy growths, notwithstanding certain supplements can offer assistance. It is imperative to recognize what nourishments and routines you will discover to help yourself control battling against this life taking illness. Recorded here are taking after sustenance that effortlessly forestall tumor of the breast. 

Foods That Prevent Breast Cancer : 

Herbs 

Solid enhanced herbs, for example, turmeric, mint, ginger, rosemary, and oregano surge the body with calming intensifies that restrain tumor development. Furthermore they build the adequacy of malignancy treatment and square augmentation of growth. 

Broccoli 

Broccoli-to make the most you can, consume your broccoli crude or quickly steam or stir fry the green florets. Bubbling or cooking broccoli from start to finish through can pulverize the concoction Sulforaphane that is a demonstrated disease battling substance. 

Nuts 

Including a few modest bunches of nuts every week for your eating regimen may help battle malignancy. Brimming with proteins and mono saturated fats, simply a few modest bunches every week can net great well being favorable circumstances for the whole body. Walnuts and almonds are particularly awesome nuts to have for any nibble. Mono saturated fats, particularly, are incredible for those battling or fighting breast growth. 

Beans 

10 grams of fiber a woman added to her day by day slim down, her risk of breast growth diminished by 7 percent. That is generally around a half only one measure a day. Anything that is high in fiber is perfect for the body in discharging of toxic substances and beans are the best supply of protein that isn't meat based. 

Coffee

Coffee contains cell reinforcements that may help shield cells from harm that may prompt tumor. Drinking espresso consistently may bring down the danger of a threatening type of breast disease.