What are the methods of breast self-examination?

Breast self-examination is simple? In a well-lit room, face the mirror and naturally hang your hands at your sides to see if your breasts are symmetrical. Deformation? Is there any shrinkage or depression in the skin, and is there any abnormality in the nipple epidermis? Then gently press the nipple to see if there is secretion flowing out, and then touch the armpit of the membrane to see if there is lymphadenopathy.

To check the appearance of breasts, first put your hands together and stick them on both sides, and stand up straight as far as possible. Then put your hands around the back of your head, lean your elbows forward as far as possible, then press your hips with your hands, and stretch your shoulders and elbows forward. Through the stretching action of these three muscles, you can clearly see whether the breast is deformed.

Then there is self-palpation. Sit down first, let your left hand droop naturally, use your right hand (which can be dipped in soapy water or lubricant to increase finger sensitivity) to refer to your abdomen, slide it clockwise for examination, and then examine your right breast in the same way? Then, raise your hand to the back of your head and check it again in the above way to determine whether the inspection result is correct.

In order to check carefully, it is best to reconfirm in a prone position. When detecting the left breast, you can put a pillow under the left shoulder, bend your left hand under your head, put your right finger horizontally on the inside of the left breast, and touch it clockwise and vertically. The strength should be gentle, but not too strong. And then check the right breast in the same way? In addition to the above-mentioned vertical moving palpation, breast palpation also has a rotating type, and fingers make circumferential spiral palpation along the outer side of the breast to the nipple direction; Finally, in the form of a wedge-shaped palpation, fingers touch the nipple vertically from the outside of the breast until the whole breast examination is completed?