10/02/2022
Since this is Breast Cancer Awareness Month all over the world, I must definitely send you a post about how to detect breast cancer and about periodic breast cancer screening. First, I want to puzzle over how many points about breast cancer and its causes. Breast cancer is one of the common cancers, it is the number one most common cancer in women, and it is also the third cause of death in women.
There are several types of breast cancer, for example, the one that appears inside the milk ducts and is called (invasive ductal carcinoma), and the other type is located inside the lobes of the breast and its name is (invasive lobular carcinoma), and also inflammatory, which includes all parts of the breast in addition to the skin, which is (inflammatory breast cancer). The severity varies according to these types
The causes of breast cancer and the factors that contribute to its occurrence, but not necessarily for everyone, but the possibility is higher:
1- Genetic problems, meaning that the DNA of cancer cells becomes distorted, and surely, the increase in the age of the woman increases these abnormalities.
2- As a result of women inheriting cancer genes and this leads to breast cancer at a younger age and there is also a high possibility of ovarian cancer at the same time because they inherit a gene named BRACA1 and BRACA2 and this gene causes two types of cancer, so if you have a family history with these types of cancers try to check them And also at an early age, before the age of 50.
3 Increase of estrogen in the body and this happens in women whose menstruation begins early and ends late due to exposure to a high amount of estrogen every month.
4- Women who do not have children or are pregnant during their lives are more likely to develop breast cancer than others due to continuous exposure to estrogen.
5- Problems in breast cells that may turn into cancer in the future. This needs continuous follow-up, because cancer usually begins in stages of deformation of cells until it reaches the stage of cancer, so it is very important that we detect it early in these stages and prevent its appearance with treatment. Or the presence of cancer in one breast is the possibility of it happening in the other breast. be at a higher rate.
6- Exposure to radiation.
7- Obesity, and I hope everyone pays attention to this issue, because obesity and a weight higher than the ideal weight causes breast and uterine cancers, in addition to other diseases.
8- Drinking alcohol and also taking hormonal medications after menopause to treat menopausal symptoms that contain estrogen and progesterone.
Breast cancer symptoms
It may be completely asymptomatic. Or it can cause the presence of a knot inside the breast tissue that is solid and different from the rest of the tissue and there is no pain, or a change in the color of the breast skin so that it becomes like boils and scars, or an increase in the thickness of the skin and a change in the size, shape and external appearance of the breast, changing the shape of the ni**le may enter the inside Or there may be ulcers and cracks with peeling of the skin in or around the ni**le area, in addition to that some types cause blood to appear from the ni**le. One of the symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer may be redness with swelling in the breast so that its shape resembles the shape of an orange fruit.
The important point in all this talk is what is the way to prevent it from happening, because the development of science currently led to its early discovery and also led to an increase in the rate of recovery and also reduced the rate of death.
Detecting breast cancer by periodic repeated examination for all ages and it must be in a standing position and in several positions, including raising the hands above the head and also placing the hands on the side of the body (on the waist) with feeling the area in the form of four sections if we want to divide it like clock into four areas and then feel the armpit area Because it is the first place the cancer god moves to the lymph nodes. Note any change in the shape, as I mentioned in the previous symptoms, but this is not a certain thing, and it is possible that it is a mistake. If the size is very small, so the most recommended thing for me is the work of mammograms, which is an x-ray that shows the details of the chest tissues in women after the age of 50. It is preferable to examine them once every two years. Women without exception, even if it is normal for the first time, it is repeated every two years. As for people who are less than 50 years old and have a history of breast cancer in the family, they need to check mammograms earlier or be done by ultrasound in some cases, especially at the age less than 50 years, and in the case of a knot helps The sonar device detects its type and if it has cancerous characteristics, the next step is to take a biopsy and transplant cells to confirm the diagnosis of cancer.
