I. Common breast diseases.
1, breast pain.
Severe pain with tenderness is often an inflammatory manifestation of the breast. Localized pain is seen in simple hyperplasia and cystic hyperplasia of the breast.
In patients with breast cancer, the pain is mild, dull and vague in nature, confined to the lesion with pinprick-like pain, sometimes intermittent.
2.Breast lumps.
When breast lumps are found, we should pay attention to the location, size as well as the growth rate of the lumps, whether the border surface is smooth, whether there is adhesion and fixation with the surrounding area, whether there is pressure pain, the number of lumps, etc.
3, nipple overflow.
The overflow can be milk-like, plasma-like, watery or bloody, and is mostly unilateral nipple overflow.
4, limited thickening of the breast gland.
(generally named as “hyperplasia”), which must be taken seriously for long-standing hyperplasia that is unrelated to changes in the menstrual cycle and is increasing in extent, especially in postmenopausal women.
The symptoms of breast disease are usually breast lumps, but not all lumps that feel like lumps mean that you have breast disease. Some women, especially young unmarried women, have uneven thickness of the glands and connective tissue of the breast and feel lumpy or granular, which may be normal and need not be a cause for concern. If the lump is a new growth, you need to pay special attention to it, because if it appears after puberty, it is likely to be due to breast disease. Therefore, it is very important to learn self-examination of the breast, early detection of the condition and early treatment.
Second, common causative factors.
1, mental depression and excessive tension.
According to the survey, introversion, long-term mental depression and unhappy early life are important factors leading to cancer. Young urban women face fierce competitive pressure and their spirits are in a state of stress and tension for a long time, leading to emotional instability and lack of peace. These mental factors together with bad life and work style cause further damage to breasts.
2, ionizing radiation.
The breast is a more sensitive tissue to the carcinogenic activity of ionizing radiation. When young, the mammary gland mitotic activity stage is the most sensitive to the carcinogenic effect of ionizing radiation, and the effect of ionizing radiation has a cumulative nature, multiple small dose exposure and a large dose exposure to the same degree of risk, with dose-effect relationship. Among the survivors of the atomic bombing in Nagasaki, Japan, the proportion of breast cancer has increased significantly, and those who have received chest radiotherapy during childhood and adolescence have an increased chance of breast cancer when they grow up.
3. Unhealthy lifestyle.
Some female white-collar workers who have been working in office for a long time sit more and move less, lack of exercise and less exposure to sunlight. Most professional women, due to their work, spend a lot of time with their bras tightly closed, rarely giving their breast glands a “break”; some professional women are forced to live a single noble or dinky life due to the pressure of work or the pursuit of career success, without a family and without children. These factors are related to mastopathy.
4. Unhealthy dietary habits.
There is a strong correlation between the incidence and mortality rate of breast cancer and the amount of digested fat per capita. The high income of some company employees causes a high standard of living, resulting in an unscientific and unhealthy “high-calorie, high-fat” diet, which leads to a much higher incidence of breast cancer.
5. Drugs.
Some drugs, such as blood pressure drugs like reserpine and phenothiazole, and steroids have the effect of increasing the incidence of breast cancer. Some health products, skin care products and cosmetics contain cancer-causing ingredients and should be used with special caution. In addition, harmful in the air, residual pesticides on vegetables and fruits have different degrees of carcinogenic ingredients.
6. Hormones.
Breast cancer is related to the imbalance of human endocrine balance. Among the various endocrine factors, the most important ones are estrogen and progesterone. Research results show that estrogen stimulates excessive proliferation of breast gland epithelial cells, which is an important cause of breast cancer. Frequent use of hormone supplies and hormone replacement therapy for women during menopause can increase the risk of breast cancer.
7. Acidification of body tissues and fluids.
Body cells are in acidic body fluids, which in turn form a decrease in the amount of dissolved oxygen in normal cells of the body, resulting in a decrease in the activity of cells and a slowing down of metabolic cycle to 65% of the normal value, normal cells cannot survive, but there are also cells that take active mutation without changing chromosomes, the phenotype of cells is changed and tumor traits are expressed, and these cells expand rapidly, thus forming a real tumor entity.
In addition, there is also cancer of other tissues that occurs in the body due to acidification of the body, and then due to the decline of body functions and acidification of body tissues and fluids, cancer cells take advantage of the situation and cause breast cancer.
The causes of breast disease in women are different for each individual, but it is important to note that early symptoms of breast cancer must be sought early, leaving it to develop will only reduce the possibility of successful cure.