Breast Self-Check

In order for society, especially women can perform breast examinations on a regular basis. It is recommended that the examination was performed 1 month after the period of about 4-7 days after menstruation.

In this examination, the thing done is:

* Standing in front of the mirror with your shoulders straight and your hands on the waist. Notice if there are physical changes in your breasts, such as changes in shape, size or color of the breast.
* Raise your hands up and consider again whether there are physical changes in the breast that look.
* Click the nipple and see if there is discharge from the nipple.
* Lie down and touch the right breast with his left hand and so on. Create a pattern of play and feel whether there is a lump in the breast and the other.
* While sitting or standing trying to massage the breasts to find out whether there is a suspicious lump. Feel the underarm area to the stomach to check it out.

Be aware of the movement can be performed by a spouse to his wife. Or the husband may remind his wife to perform regular checks Realize. The role of the family certainly can facilitate the detection of this disease.


If you have breast cancer

When someone was diagnosed with breast cancer, most patients will immediately be emotionally devastated. They feel a death sentence, although it could have cured the patient even more so when still in early stages. In advanced stages, emotional and psychological impact can cause a cancer patient suffering from depression. This can exacerbate the situation. For that, need the support of the family or friends.

Breast cancer patients should inform their family or friends because people need the support of the people closest result of the impact of emotions they experienced. Is normal if the patient does not want to tell family or friends about their illness. The reason is because they do not want to bother or make the people who heard it to be sad or worried. But, imagine the opposite situation, when you are not informed by the family or your close friends that turned out he had cancer, would you be more upset because you do not know and may not provide the required assistance.

Mate is someone who most closely and you can talk to find the best treatment and the impact that may be experienced. Breast cancer patients may feel inferior to the current circumstances that affect the marital relationship. Instead, it is also discussed with your husband to be understood and can provide assistance by giving a hug or other endearment.

The children are still small may not understand what was happening. However, if your child is able to talk to, you can tell in simple language what is meant by breast cancer and the effects that might occur in your physical such as hair loss from chemotherapy or changes in the breast. It is important that children who are innocent do not get the wrong information from people who are not liable to make them be afraid or hateful to you, or feel that what you experienced as a result of their mistakes.

Not all of your friends or family who are not too close to be told if you feel uncomfortable to have them delivered. You also do not need to respond to the comments given by friends, family or others who know your illness. There is always a positive and negative comments. So, it's not excessive to consider that can damage your body's endurance.

To add to the spirit, you can join a group of fellow breast cancer sufferers. In this group, they can give spirit and confidence that you can recover. The stories of other sufferers may be able to make you feel your situation is still better. Or stories from other sufferers to fight the disease are persistent and can obtain healing can help you gain the strength to not give in to circumstances.

So, still eager to fight your disease. If any family member or friend suffering from a tumor or breast cancer, you can provide the necessary support for knowing the suffering that they experienced. Such support can help cure them.