1, breast cancer self-detection
(1) detection time
When we check the breasts, we should choose the right time, because the breasts will be affected by hormones a few days before menstruation and during menstruation, and there will be some changes. In order to avoid the misunderstanding of poor students and the harm to breasts, the best time for our test is the first day after your menstruation 10.
(2) Visual inspection method
In a well-lit room, preferably a well-lit bathroom, stand in front of the mirror, put down your hands and do some actions, such as leaning forward. Expand your chest, or put your hands behind your head, and carefully observe whether there are nipple depressions, orange peel-like skin changes, or overflow. Whether the breast shape is symmetrical, or whether it is red and swollen.
(3) Touch breast detection method
Because the incubation period of breast cancer is long. Generally speaking, symptoms are difficult to detect, so we should have a self-examination of our breasts once a month. You can lie in bed. Put one hand behind your head. Touch the whole breast with the other hand to see if there is a lump or tenderness when touching it.
(4) Self-inspection method of squeezed nipple
An obvious symptom of breast cancer is that it will overflow. You can gently squeeze the nipple when taking a bath to see if there is any liquid flowing out. If there is liquid, you must go to the hospital for examination and treatment.
2. Early symptoms of breast cancer
1. In the early stage of breast cancer, there is usually a lump in the breast, but some breast cancer patients do not have a lump, but they often feel local discomfort, especially postmenopausal women. Sometimes they feel mild pain and discomfort in one breast, or one shoulder and back is heavy, sore and uncomfortable, and even pull the upper arm.
2. In the early stage of breast cancer, the breast will touch a lump the size of a broad bean, which is generally hard and can move. Under normal circumstances, there will be no pain, but some people will have dull pain, tingling and other symptoms.
3. The appearance of breasts will change. Skin swelling can be seen in the place where the lump occurs, and orange peel appears in some parts, and even symptoms such as edema, eczema and discoloration may occur.
4. Nipple retraction, invagination, breast skin depression, nipple erosion, nipple asymmetry.
5. Nipple may overflow, nipple may overflow blood sample, or it may overflow pus.
6. Regional lymph node enlargement, generally speaking, is ipsilateral axillary lymph node enlargement.