Methods of breast examination

summary

General breast self-examination should be once a month. Menopausal or menopausal women can choose to have self-examination on a fixed day every month. Breast self-examination method is very simple, generally can be in get up, sleep, changing clothes, bath. Next, I'll give you a brief introduction.

Methods of breast examination

First: Look: face the mirror, arms droop, hands akimbo, elbow efforts backward, so that the chest muscles taut, observe whether the breasts on both sides are equal height, symmetry, whether there is retraction, depression.

Second: Touch: put your left hand behind your head and gently press the breast with the finger pulp of your right hand to feel whether there is a lump. Start from the nipple and gradually touch it clockwise, then check the other side of the breast.

Third: to raise both hands, carefully observe the situation on both sides of the chest, mainly to see whether symmetrical, normal breast on both sides are symmetrical, and then raise a hand to see if the other side of the breast will be lifted with the other arm, and then change to the other side to do this action, if not up bounce shape asymmetry, then there is breast disease, and is careful Check whether there is a foreign body protruding under the armpit.

matters needing attention

We need to remind you that women need to do breast self-examination after the age of 20, and they need to go to the hospital for examination every year after the age of 40, because women after the age of 35 have a high incidence of breast diseases. If women find abnormalities in self-examination, don't panic. They should go to the hospital for examination in time.