BREAST CARE PART 1 : How to Detect Cancer with Self-exam

Early detection saves lives. When breasts cancer detected early, there are more treatment options, less radical surgery required and better chances of complete recovery.

Breast cancer can detected with breasts care self-exam. It’s way to you to check your breasts for changes, such us lumps and tickenings. You’ll look and feel both breast. If you notice anything unusual, tell the doctor. In many cases, those changes aren’t cancer, but you need to see the doctor to find out.

Follow these five steps :

1.   Begin by looking at breasts in the mirror with your shoulder straight and your arms on your hips.

Here’s what you should look for :

·      Breasts that are their usual size, shape, and color

·      Breasts that are evenly shaped without visible distortion or swelling.

If you see any of the following changes, bring them to doctro’s attention :

·      Dimpling, puckering, or bulging of the skin

·      A nipple that has changed position or an inverted nipple (pushed inward instead of sticking out)

·      Redness, soreness, rash or swelling.

Step 1

2.  Now raise your arms and look for the same changes.

3.  While you’re at mirror, look for any signs of fluid coming out of the one or both nipples (this could be watery, milky, yellow fluid or blood).

Step 2 and step 3

4.  Next, feel your breast while lying down, using your right hand to feel your left breast and then your left hand to feel your right breast. Use a firm, smooth touch with the first few finger pads of your hand, keeping the finger flat and together. Use a circulation motion, about the size of a quarter.

Cover the entire breast from top to bottom, side to side from your collarbone to the top of your abdomen, and from your armpit to your cleavage.

Follow the pattern to be sure that you cover the whole breast. You can begin at the nipple, moving in larger and larger to circles until you reach the outer edge of the breast. You can also move your fingers up and down vertically, in rows, as if you are mowing a lawn. This up-and-down approach seems to work best for most women. Be sure to feel all the tissue from the front to the back of your breasts: for the skin and tisusue just beneath, use light pressure; use medium pressure for tissue in the middle of your breasts; use firm pressure for the deep tissue in the back. When you’ve reached the deep tissue, you should be able to feel down to your ribcage.

Step 4

5.    Finally, feel your breasts while you are standing or sitting. Many woman find that the easiest way to feel their breasts is when their skin is wet and slippery, so they like to do this step in the shower. Cover your entire breast, using the same hand movements described in step 4.

Step 5

Hope it can help you to check you breast :) If you find any mistakes in my english, just tell me and I will fix it. Thankyou and spread love to all of you💕