1, factors affecting breast health
1, hormone level changes
With the change of women's aesthetic concept and the proliferation of breast enhancement products, many young women can't help but be tempted. Most of these breast enhancement products contain hormones, which will affect the normal hormone level after entering the human body. In addition, bad lifestyle, diet and environmental pollution will disturb the normal hormone level in the body and increase the risk of breast cancer.
2. Increased mental stress
The accelerated pace of life makes women face pressure from all sides, which leads to the decline of women's physical fitness and is easy to be infected by external viruses or bacteria. It can also cause endocrine disorders. Breast promotes its growth and development through the secretion of estrogen, so once endocrine disorders and disorders occur, it will become the cause of breast cancer.
3. Late marriage, late childbearing and late breastfeeding
Some young women get better development for their careers, and often get pregnant and have children after the age of 30. Even Dink, although late marriage and late childbearing are not risk factors for breast cancer, they will have adverse effects on the breast to some extent and increase the risk of breast cancer.
4. Use products containing excessive hormones.
A large number of cosmetics with estrogen added to achieve skin rejuvenation effect are used; Young women's reluctance to give birth or breast-feed after giving birth to keep fit also increases the incidence of breast cancer. At the same time, if many breast enhancement products contain unhealthy or excessive hormones, it is definitely bad for the breasts.
5. Bad eating habits
Many studies have shown that hormone-related cancers, such as breast cancer, are related to protein's intake of animal fat. Therefore, we should reduce the intake of animal fat and protein, including whole milk, cream and red meat, and limit the daily intake of fat to 65,438+05%-30% of the total daily calories.
6. Improper contraceptive methods
Although the ingredients of contraceptives have been adjusted many times, the side effects have been very weak, but incorrect use will also amplify the side effects of contraceptives. At the same time, the wrong contraceptive method will lead to contraceptive failure, unplanned pregnancy, repeated abortion and improper nursing after abortion, which will have a far-reaching impact on the body and bury the hidden danger of breast cancer.
Tip: Drinking red wine is not absolutely safe for breast cancer. For women with breast diseases, it is best not to drink alcohol in order to prevent breast cancer. Therefore, the prevention of breast cancer should start from the small things around us.
2, breast self-examination misunderstanding
Touch breast = self-check.
For women, self-examination is as important as regular physical examination in hospital, or even more important. In China, it was found that many breast cancer patients were treated after self-examination. The incidence of breast cancer in summer is very high, but it doesn't mean that there is a high incidence of breast cancer in summer. Instead, because the frequency of women taking a bath in summer increases, the number of' self-examination' of their breasts increases accordingly, so the number of people coming to see a doctor will increase.
Expert: It is recommended that the husband touch his wife's bilateral breasts moderately every day.
As long as conditions permit, the husband should touch his wife's bilateral breasts moderately every day; Husband should slowly learn to touch in circles from the inside out, slowly learn to touch every "hard core" of the round chest with his fingers, and ask his wife warmly and gently, does it hurt to press here? If the wife's breast pain is related to the official holiday, it is an extremely healthy and environmentally friendly treatment to be often caressed by her husband, whether it is pure medicine or spiritual feedback to the hypothalamus female center.
If you do this for a long time, on the one hand, you can continue to love your husband and wife, on the other hand, you can find something wrong and uncomfortable in time, and take the time to go to a better hospital for chest surgery or even B-ultrasound and X-ray molybdenum target examination, because early examination will reveal whether you have breast tumors.
A simple way to "touch" the disease
1, time selection. Premenopausal women generally have a self-examination on the 7th 7- 10/0 day after menstruation. At this time, the breast is soft, and it is easier to find if there is a lump. Postmenopausal women can choose a fixed day for self-examination every month.
2, check to be comprehensive. Touch all the parts that should be touched, and don't miss anything.
3. Look in the mirror. Mainly depends on whether the shape of the breast has changed, whether the nipple is sunken, and whether the skin is sunken.
4. Posture and method. The method of self-examination is to check the contralateral breast with index finger and middle finger, which is sensitive and easy to find problems. The posture can be standing or supine. If you lie on your back, you can put a pillow under your chest.
Do the above and seek medical advice at any time when problems are found, then the incidence of advanced breast cancer will be greatly reduced.
I am both a doctor and a husband. I have heard and seen many breast cancer patients in recent years. In addition to the urban and rural patients I met at work, my third cousin, my wife's second aunt, and several women in the medical system all unfortunately got this disease, which requires mastectomy and is difficult to cure.
Breast cancer, from the pain after getting it to the subsequent surgical treatment, will cause great psychological and physical harm to women, especially the psychological trauma is difficult to adjust. Women have subtle psychological feelings. "Two breasts" shows that plump breasts are pleasing to both themselves and their husbands. If a breast is removed, even if the husband loves it as always, he will bear the heavy psychological burden of whether the husband will no longer dislike himself and find another lover, which will eventually affect the comprehensive treatment effect.
Touch the lump at random and muddle along.
We often meet some female patients in clinic. Although I felt the lump myself, I didn't see a doctor in time because of busy work or family affairs, which delayed the best treatment opportunity. "After three months and a half, I again remind of going to the hospital. As a result, the early stage developed to the later stage. The most common type of women in outpatient clinics is the delay in accompanying their children to the college entrance examination. "
Early detection and early treatment may lead to long-term survival without other auxiliary treatment, but it becomes late and difficult to cure because of delaying time. Never "touch" your breasts like this.
Breast self-examination is best carried out in the following three situations:
In the shower. Especially after applying shower gel, hands are easy to move on lubricated skin. Gently move the flat hand and check every part of the breast. Check the left breast with your right hand and the right breast with your left hand. Touch the breast for lumps, induration or thickening.
2. Check in front of the mirror. Hang your hands on both sides in front of the mirror, and then slowly raise your hands over your head to observe the changes of your breasts, including whether there are swollen parts, slight depressions in your skin or inverted nipples. Then, put your hands on your hips to see if your breasts are symmetrical.
3. Lie on your back with your shoulders slightly raised. Place your hand flat on the skin and gently press the skin, starting from the top of the breast, clockwise on the right breast and counterclockwise on the left breast, and check from the periphery of the breast to the nipple. Pay attention to touch the opposite armpit and check whether there is a lump in the tail lobe of the breast. Pay attention to gently squeeze the nipple with your thumb and forefinger to observe whether there is nipple discharge.
Generally speaking, the best time for self-examination is 9- 1 1 day after menstrual cramps, and menopausal women can have a fixed day for self-examination every month. If abnormal masses, nipple discharge during non-lactation period, axillary lymph node enlargement and upper limb edema are found, further examination should be done immediately.
Ignore the doctor's experience in hand diagnosis
In addition to breast self-examination, regular physical examination is also a necessary item for early detection of breast cancer. Experts said: "Because western women's breasts develop greatly, the effect of molybdenum target film is very clear, but Chinese women's breasts are generally small and compact, and the onset age of breast cancer patients is younger than that of foreign women (the average onset age of breast cancer in foreign countries is 45-55 years old, and that in China is 35-45 years old), so at present, B-ultrasound examination is considered more suitable for Chinese women."
In addition, it is also important for experienced doctors to consult by hand. "Some tumors that can't be found by B ultrasound and molybdenum target examination can be found by experienced doctors, such as some marginal tumors under areola."
Physical pain is too tense.
Compared with some women's indifference to breasts, others show excessive anxiety about breasts. Breast pain before menstruation, mild breast hyperplasia during physical examination, made many women panic and seek medical treatment everywhere.
Most of the pain in the breast is a physiological change, and the real early breast cancer is painless. The structure of the breast consists of ducts and acinus, which are controlled by different hormones. The ducts are controlled by estrogen, and the acinus is controlled by progesterone. Periodic changes of estrogen and progesterone can cause changes of ducts and acinus. Excessive changes in each hormone will cause excessive proliferation of the corresponding tissues, resulting in secretions, hydrops and even cysts, which will lead to swelling, pain or cell mass. But most of these physiological changes are short-lived and will heal themselves after a period of time.
Early patients don't cooperate
Some patients are particularly afraid after being diagnosed with breast cancer and fidget every day, which is also wrong and does not help the treatment. Sun Qiang said, "If you have breast cancer, you must first understand it. It's no use worrying about it. "
In fact, 95% of patients with early breast cancer can survive for a long time, and early breast cancer can even be separated from cancer. "It can be cured." Therefore, it is urgent to know and choose a reliable professional medical unit. "Any patient, found early, without treatment, is wrong. After being discovered, I didn't go to the hospital in time, but I blindly believed in folk remedies and panacea, so that cancer deteriorated rapidly and it was too late to regret. "