Breast cancer is a type of cancer killer of two Indonesian women as cervical cancer (cancer of the mouth or the cervix). Therefore the disease should watch out. Detect this disease early will increase the likelihood of living sufferers. Has a woman can be immunized against breast cancer? What should be done to prevent it?
Breast cancer is abnormal cell growth in breast tissue person. When you reach an advanced stage, the removal of the breast is ever done for the safety of patients. This certainly is something scary for a woman.
Almost all cancers have a particular reason. For example, most cases of skin cancer caused by ultraviolet rays of the sun. While lung cancer caused by smoking. But there is no single definitive cause for breast cancer.
Several factors may be the cause of breast cancer. For example, genetic factors, environmental, and hormones may contribute to breast cancer. Women are sensitive to this factor may have a high risk.
Breast cancer risk factors
Nobody knows for sure what causes breast cancer. Based on statistical results, most breast cancer patients age women over 50 years. This means that the older a person, then the chances of this disease is increasing. Another factor that affects the family history. If there are families who suffer from this disease as a mother or siblings greater chances. Breast cancer can be caused by previous cancer in other organs that spread into the bay. Or if there is a previous history of cancer in other organs.
Another thing that can cause cancer is lifestyle. Frequently consuming foods that contain chemicals or carcinogens, alcohol, or smoking.
Preventing Breast Cancer
A breast cancer prevention is a healthy diet. An estimated three cases of breast cancer due to dietary factors. A good diet will help keep your immune system and disease prevention is more powerful. Although not known any food that can cure cancer, eating certain foods and reducing certain other foods can be a preventive action.
Fiber-rich foods may help reduce levels of estrogen and prolactin, probably by attaching itself to these hormones and threw the body. This can further release phase of carcinogenesis (cancer formation). In addition, reducing saturated fat diet can reduce risk. Without soy sauce and fermented products can prevent tumor growth.
Vegetables rich in vitamin A, like carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, and vegetables, vegetables with dark green leaves such as spinach, kale and spring vegetables, can help you. Vitamin A prevents the formation of cancer causing mutations. As for fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C, reduce the risk of breast cancer.
Breast Cancer Early Detection
The appearance of a lump in the breast area may be an indication of the possibility of a type of breast cancer. But not all lumps mean cancer because they should be examined further for safety in the hospital or doctor.
Key to survival is to detect breast cancer early, before he has a chance to spread.
One indicator of this disease is a lump in the armpit, chest pain, change in color or texture in the breasts, nipples are interested in, areola (area around the stand-colored milk chocolate), or out. In some cases, breast cancer is detected by the discharge from out yellow, green, or pus.
Key to survival is to detect breast cancer early, before he has a chance to spread. A high mortality due to this disease due to lack of awareness of symptoms that exist revealed. In general, after arriving in the complaints that weight, a new patient consults a doctor who often means cancer is in advanced stage. Therefore, when the disease has reached an advanced stage, will be difficult to heal.
Self breast-Check
In order to society, especially women can perform breast examinations on a regular basis, then made a movement called realization or Sarari which stands for "Breast Self Check". It is recommended that the examination was made 1 month after the period of about 4-7 days after menstruation.
In this test, things are done:
* Standing before the mirror with your shoulders straight and his hands on her hips. Consider if your breast
change of physical, such as changes in shape, size and color of the breast.
* Increase both hands up and again whether there is a physical change in the breast that look.
* Click out and see if there is discharge from the stand.
* Lie on your back and touch the right breast with his left hand and so on. Create a pattern of play and feel
what a lump in the breast and others.
* When sitting or standing try to massage the breast to detect if a suspicious lump. Some pit in the stomach
area to check.
Be aware of the movement can be made by the husband of his wife. Or you can remind her husband to become a regular realization. The role of the family can facilitate terdeksinya this disease.
If you Hit Breast Cancer
When someone was diagnosed with breast cancer, most patients will be immediately destroyed emotionally. They feel a life sentence, even though the patient can be cured even more when still in the early stages. In advanced stages, emotional and psychological impact can cause a depression in cancer patients. This may aggravate the situation. For this, should support the family or friends.
Breast cancer patients should tell their family or friends because people need the support of people close to the emotional consequences that experience. A is normal if the patient does not want to tell family or friends for their diseases. The reason is because they do not want to bother or make people listen to sad or anxious. However, imagine the opposite situation, when they are not informed by your family or close friends that he was suffering from cancer, would be more upset because you do not know and can not provide the required assistance.
Friend is someone who lives nearby and you can talk to find the best treatment and the impact that can be experienced. Breast cancer patients may feel inferior to the situation in order to affect the marital relationship. Instead, she discussed with your husband to understand and can provide help by giving a hug, or caress other.
Children are young, can not understand what was happening. However, if your child should talk to, you can tell with a simple language what is meant by breast cancer and the consequences that can happen to you physically, as a result of chemotherapy, hair loss or changes in breast . It is important that children who are innocent do not get wrong information from people who are not responsible for what they can do mennjadi fear or hate you or think that what you experience from their mistakes.
Not all friends or family who are very close to be notified if you feel uncomfortable to pass. You also do not need to respond to the comments given by friends, family or anyone else who knows your condition. There is always positive and negative comments. So it is not excessive to think that could damage your body's patience.
To add to the spirit, you can join a group of fellow sufferers of breast cancer. In Indonesia, Indonesia Cancer Foundation can accommodate these needs. In this group, they can make the spirit and faith, so you can heal. The stories of other patients may be able to make you feel your condition is better. Or other stories from people determined to fight the disease and healing can get can help you gain strength not to give to the circumstances.
So, remains eager to fight your disease. If any family member or friend suffering from a tumor or cancer of the breast, you can provide appropriate support to know that their suffering. They can help support their recovery.
