Breast cancer is a malignant tumor of the breast, most of which originates from the epithelial tissues of the breast, while a few may originate from various non-epithelial sarcomas of the breast. In Chinese medicine, breast cancer is classified as “breast stone carbuncle” and “breast rock”.
Diagnostic points
Breast lump: Painless lump is the first symptom of most breast cancer patients, which is small at first and difficult to be touched clinically.
2.Breast pain: In early stage of breast cancer, there is usually no pain, only a few patients have hidden pain, pulling pain, stabbing pain or dull pain; in late stage, there can be obvious pain.
Nipple overflow: A few patients with breast cancer may have nipple overflow, which may be colorless, milky white, yellowish, brown, red, etc.; the nature may be watery, blood-like, milk-like or plasma-like; the amount of overflow may be more or less.
4. Skin changes: The lesions are superficial, invade the skin and subcutaneous tissues and adhere to them, making the skin sunken and forming “dimple sign” and orange peel-like changes. In advanced stage of breast cancer, local ulceration, irregular edges, like a flower, or sometimes flowing dirty blood.
5. Change in appearance: The curved contour of normal breast is missing or the shape is changed.
6. Nipple abnormality: advanced breast cancer may cause nipple retraction and fixation due to tumor invasion.
7. Systemic symptoms: In case of lymph node metastasis, swollen lymph nodes are often palpated in the ipsilateral lower and supraclavicular areas. In the late stage, the patient may suffer from emaciation, anemia or cachexia, pallor, fatigue, palpitations, shortness of breath, or feverishness of the heart and hot flashes in the afternoon.
Life care
1, appropriate to participate in sports, radiotherapy period should not go to public places.
2.Keep your mood relaxed and calm, not impatient. Be open-minded and self-soothing.
3.Avoid inferiority complex due to image change after surgery, and face life positively to eliminate depression, impatience and other emotions.
4.Give full play to the potential of love of family members. Give full play to the influence of self-role on others, which is conducive to the recovery of personal dignity and the recovery of physiological functions.
5, in the case of physical health condition allows, appropriate sex life is also necessary.
6.Moderate exercise after surgery: it can promote blood return to the limbs and prevent swelling of the fingers. 1-3 days after surgery, move your fingers and wrist joints; 3-5 days later, move your elbow above; 5-7 days later, move your shoulder; increase the range of shoulder movement after stitch removal. On weekdays, you can do wall climbing activities for the fingers of the upper limbs, combing your hair, etc. to restore the function of the limbs.
Dietary care
1. Do not take too many health products and be careful with estrogenic drugs.
2, balanced diet, coarse grains and omnivorous food, moderate amount of protein and vitamins, low fat, low salt, low sugar, avoid fried, greasy, thick hair.
3, appropriate weight control, less meat, butter, cheese and animal fat.
4.Postoperatively, we should give the products that benefit qi and nourish blood, regulate qi and disperse knots, such as yam porridge, loofah, etc.
5.Depletion of yin and fluid during radiotherapy, it is appropriate to take sweet and cool nourishing food, such as almonds, umeboshi, etc.
6, during chemotherapy, fresh ginger juice, black fungus, etc. can be eaten and the stomach and lower the rebellion, benefit Qi and blood products.
Chinese medicine diet
1, fresh orange barley drink: fresh orange two (about 150g), 50g of raw coix seeds. coix seeds cleaned with cold water 800ml cooked over moderate heat, when coix seeds cooked until thick as porridge, add fresh orange, and then cook for a few moments, ready to use. Can cure breast swelling and pain.
2, ginseng and asparagus soup: ginseng 10g, asparagus 20g, red dates 10, lotus root powder 30g. first ginseng, asparagus decoction with water for half an hour, take out the dregs and mash, then put back into the liquid, add red dates and boil for 20 minutes, add the lotus root powder pulp that is well mixed with water beforehand and cook into a sweet soup. It has the effect of nourishing Yin, eliminating tumors and dispersing knots.