How to check for breast cancer

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My great aunt suffers from breast cancer. In her daily life, she often has symptoms of breast swelling and pain. She went to the hospital to check and found that it was caused by breast cancer. For patients with breast cancer, we should find and treat it early. Now I will tell you how to check whether they have breast cancer.

How to check for breast cancer

First: the more convenient self-examination can be carried out in the shower, because it is easier to feel the breast tissue after applying soap. You can first press the breast tissue with your hand, then draw a circle on the breast, and then continue to press the breast tissue.

Second: first use the three fingers in the middle of the left hand to circle the breast, then press the breast from top to bottom, and then press it radially from the nipple (during this process, the fingers should never leave the breast). To make sure you don't miss any part of your breast, you can't omit any of the three steps. Then repeat the above steps to check your left breast.

Third: breast cancer invasion of the skin will cause specific changes in the skin, with orange peel to compare the most vivid, mainly for breast skin inflammatory changes, skin color from light red to dark red, accompanied by skin edema, thickening, surface temperature rise, can be expanded from local to full breast.

matters needing attention

Breast cancer patients with this disease to have a positive and optimistic attitude to the treatment of this disease, actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment, superficial lymph node enlargement: if found axillary, clavicle lymph node enlargement, especially the texture is hard, poor activity (can also be active), should suspect the possibility of breast cancer.