According to authoritative medical data, one person dies of breast cancer every 13 minutes worldwide. Breast cancer has become one of the major diseases that threaten the health of contemporary people, and as the incidence rate increases, the mortality rate also increases gradually, so as women really cannot ignore it.
In the last decade, the mortality rate of breast cancer in our cities has increased by about 39%. Breast cancer has become the biggest threat to women’s health, ranking first among female tumor diseases in all major cities. Some first-tier cities are even at high risk of breast cancer incidence. It is especially noteworthy that Chinese women with breast cancer have one characteristic: the age of onset is low, with a peak age of only 35-49 years old!
Breast cancer may not have any precursors
There are many people who have no signs of breast cancer, there may just find a lump without any discomfort, but there are few cases where breast cancer is diagnosed as soon as the examination is done, and even some of them have developed into advanced stage of breast cancer and can only take the way of removing the diseased breast to save their lives. Therefore, it is important to pay close attention to the changes of the breast and to have an annual medical checkup to rule out cancerous factors.
Some women face the crisis of their families being torn apart after mastectomy. I believe that all the men in the world care about women’s breasts, breasts are the most real beautiful expectations and dreams of men for women. And the removal of the mammary woman psychological changes will certainly occur, men can not adapt to her sudden change of character temperament, can not accept their wife is an incomplete woman, the couple’s feelings and sex life will be affected, over time between the two sides of the couple will produce a gap, to the family harmony sowed the seeds of instability.
So whether for the sake of women’s own beauty, health, or for the sake of family harmony, women’s attention to breast health, good breast care are extremely important.
The younger you are, the less hope you have for survival
For breast cancer patients, the younger they are, the less hope they may have for survival. Young people have a fast metabolism, and if they are breastfeeding, their bodies are more active and the cancer cells are stimulated more obviously, so the chance of metastasis is higher. As a result, even a small tumor can grow rapidly in young people, with unimaginable consequences.
Early maintenance is prevention, late maintenance is treatment
According to authoritative statistics, China will enter the peak period of breast cancer, and 2.5 million people will suffer from breast cancer in China by 2021! Breast care is no longer an optional question of “like it or not, need it or not”, but in the future, breast cancer prevention will be a necessary choice for every woman of different ages.
Every year, there are celebrities appearing nude to advocate for breast health, calling on women to “pay attention to breast health and stay away from breast cancer”, hoping that more women will care for their breasts and cherish their lives!
The main symptoms of breast cancer
1.Lumps
Lumps are the first symptoms of 95% of breast cancer patients. Most of the lumps are single, but rarely multiple lumps are seen, with round, oval or irregular shape. The texture is generally hard and the boundary is unclear. Individuals with medullary carcinoma have a softer texture and clearer borders. Most of them are found in the upper outer quadrant, and the masses increase rapidly and may have mobility in the early stage.
2.Skin changes
Superficial venous anger, dimple sign and orange peel-like skin are common. Inflammatory breast cancer patients may have a large area of chest skin with dark color, hard nodules and thickening, mixed with cancerous plaques and ulcers in armored chest wall. Advanced breast cancer may ulcerate superficially and form ulcers or cauliflower-like neoplasms.
3. Nipple areola change
Paget’s disease can lead to eczema-like changes of nipple and areola skin.
4. Nipple overflow
Breast cancer with overflow accounts for 1.3-7% of all breast cancers, and it is mostly seen in intraductal and papillary cancers. Bloody overflow is common, followed by plasma, plasma blood, watery and so on. Most of the breast cancers with overflow as the only symptom are early intraductal carcinoma and papillary carcinoma, and most of the breast cancers with overflow are found to be lumps first and then accompanied by overflow.
5.Pain
The early appearance is painless lump. When breast cancer is combined with cystic hyperplasia, there may be swelling pain and dull pain. The pain of advanced breast cancer often indicates direct invasion of nerve by tumor.
6. Enlarged axillary lymph nodes
As the first symptom of breast cancer, it is rare (except for occult breast cancer). Most of them indicate the progression of breast cancer and need to exclude the metastasis of other malignant tumors in upper limbs, shoulder and back, and chest.
What are the early signs of cancer
1. Hard nodes or hard lesions can be palpated, such as those found in the breast, skin and tongue.
2.Significant changes in warts (superfluous tumors) or moles.
3.Persistent abnormal digestion.
4.Persistent hoarseness, dry cough and difficulty in swallowing.
5.Irregular menstrual period, heavy bleeding, extra-menstrual bleeding.
6.Unexplained bleeding from nose, ear, bladder or intestine.
7.Wounds that do not heal, swelling that does not go away.
8.Unexplained weight loss.
The symptoms and signs mentioned above are not unique to all cancers, but are common signals of cancer. Once any of the above signs appear, you should go to hospital for examination in time to strive for early detection and early treatment.