But he, sympathizing with your grief and regretting you in his own way, guiltily looks away.
No, there is no mistake.
Quickly, from these hospital corridors, saturated with the smell of sickness and despair - home, hide from all, remain alone with your misfortune, to endlessly torment yourself with questions and not find answers to them. Why me? For what? After all, there were no symptoms ...
Breast cancer is a scourge of modernity. Think about it: it accounts for one third of all cancers. For a long time - sometimes up to twenty years - the disease can be hidden, practically not manifesting. But what concerns the external and internal signs of gourdie cancer?
External signs
Deformity of the nipples. The normal nipple (not flat) is somewhat retracted, and the skin adjacent to it looks as if pressed into the inside. Such external changes may indicate a neoplasm in the chest.
Skin Changes. A tumor very often gives a push to skin changes: redness appears on the chest, causing permanent burning or itching. In addition, the smooth surface of the skin becomes rough, wrinkled. Of course, external changes can be caused by other diseases, it can be a usual allergic reaction to the medication taken. But in any case, there are no causal deviations from the norm in the body. Therefore, with the described changes in the skin, it is better to seek advice from a specialist.
"Dimples" on the chest. Another characteristic symptom of diseases of the mammary glands are "dimples" or "hollows" on the skin. They can be seen if your hands are raised high above your head.
Internal signs
Condensation in the chest. Another alarm is the tightness in the chest. It can be small in size and not cause painful sensations. Any destructive changes that are noted when probing the breast are a serious reason to think about their causes.
The problem is that the signs of cancer are similar to the symptoms of mastopathy, other common diseases of the mammary glands. That is why with any external or internal manifestations described above, you need to immediately visit a mammalian doctor. After all, only a deep diagnosis of the breast and lymph nodes will make it possible to establish the presence (or absence) of cancer cells, to put the correct diagnosis and begin treatment. And in time to identify signs of a possible tumor helps self-examination.
Methods of self-diagnosis
Survey at the mirror. Examine the chest, standing at the mirror with arms spread apart. Then the examination should be repeated in other positions: with arms raised high above his head, bending forward. First of all, assess the condition of the skin on the chest: whether the veins did not come out, whether cavities had formed.
Then we move on to studying the nipple. Gently pressing on it, we observe the presence of excretions.
Inspecting lying down.
Lie down on the bed and put a pillow under your right breast. With the fingers of the left hand tightly pressed, thoroughly probe the entire surface of the skin. Then change the position and examine the left breast.
Why is it important to use all three methods of self-diagnosis? Because seals, which remain invisible, suppose, standing, you can feel lying down. The duration of each procedure is not more than five minutes.
"Risk groups"
Unfortunately, oncologists have not yet come to an unequivocal opinion about the causes of cancer cells. Some believe that genetic predisposition is at fault, some are early puberty, frequent abortions, late first births, etc. Therefore, self-diagnosis is recommended for all women without exception, and for those who directly or indirectly fall under the so-called "risk groups", especially .
The main "risk groups" can be classified according to the following characteristics:
a) the age qualification. The risk of developing cancer cells is higher in mature women;
b) genetic predisposition. Especially if such diseases have already been noted in the genus;
c) early puberty. This includes girls who have a menstrual cycle before they reach the age of twelve;
d) late first childbirth. This category includes those who have the first pregnancy in their thirties and older;
e) late menopause. How late gynecologists classify menopause at the age of over fifty-five;
e) hormonal disorders. The development of cancer cells is facilitated by the regular intake of hormonal drugs with a high concentration of estrogens.
An unthinkable story
While we are young and healthy, it seems to us that this can happen to everyone but us. But, believe me, cancer does not spare youth and does not sympathize with old age. In conclusion, I would like to tell the story of a fourteen-year-old Marina, whose habitual way of life turned the diagnosis of "right breast sarcoma" in an instant.
The disease manifested itself suddenly. Marina has been doing sports gymnastics since childhood and she dreams of a great sporting future. The girl returned home after training and felt a slight malaise, which she wrote off for fatigue. But in the morning she could not get out of bed: her head was spinning, something was squeezing in her chest from the inside, the temperature jumped sharply. Further - tests, X-ray, computer tomogram, biopsy - all external and internal signs of breast cancer were evident. And - the terrible truth of doctors: the tumor "threw" metastases into the lung.
Marina courageously transferred the news of hospitalization to the regional oncology dispensary, tried to encourage her mother. Also staunchly, with a smile on her face, she transferred the course for a course of chemotherapy. And after the heaviest drippers, I managed to perform simple physical exercises and do stretching to stay in shape. At the price of how many incredible efforts it was given to her, everyone who has ever experienced the action of antitumoral chemicals will understand. This small, fragile little girl with a pale face was faced with a complex operation to amputate the breast. And we, adults, could only admire her will for life, the desire to defeat the disease. And believe that recovery is possible. Even if the medicine is powerless.