Female Breast Cancer Symptoms

Maybe we've read in a magazine, an article or talk shows that discuss breast cancer. Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that grows in the breast tissue, not only women but also men. But breast cancer killed more women and more risky.

Now we will discuss about Breast Cancer Symptoms Women, completed the picture to find out and check whether you are free from this disease. Breast cancer can begin to grow from in the milk glands, milk ducts, fatty tissue and jarigan tissue in the breast. We can not know for sure what is the cause of breast cancer, but we can tell from the appearance of risk factors for this disease. The following are factors that influence a woman's risk of breast cancer:

1. Age.
About 60% of breast cancers occur in over 60 years of age. The greatest risk found in women aged over 75 years.

2. Ever had breast cancer.
After the affected breast is removed, then the risk of breast cancer in a healthy increase of 0.5-1% / year.

3. Family history of breast cancer.
Women who are mothers, sisters or children suffering from cancer, had a 3 times greater risk for breast cancer.

4. Genetic and hormonal factors.

5. Ever suffered from non-cancerous breast disease.

6. Menarche (first menstruation) before age 12, menopause after age 55 years, first pregnancy after age 30 years or had never been pregnant.

7. The use of birth control pills or estrogen replacement therapy.

8. Obesity after menopause.

9. The use of alcohol.

10 The use of alcohol more than 1-2 cups / day can increase the risk of breast cancer.

11. Chemicals.
Some studies have mentioned the exposure of chemicals that resemble estrogen (which is contained in pesticides and other industrial products) may increase the risk of breast cancer.

12. DES (diethylstilbestrol).
Women who took DES to prevent miscarriage have a higher risk of breast cancer.

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Then how to know the symptoms of someone affected by breast cancer ...? Early symptoms include a lump that is usually perceived differently than the surrounding breast tissue, painless and usually have an irregular edge.

In the early stages, when driven by a finger, a lump can be moved easily under the skin. In later stages, the lump usually adheres to the chest wall or the surrounding skin. In advanced cancer, can form a swollen lump or breast skin ulcers. Sometimes the skin over the lump shrank and looked like an orange peel.

Other symptoms that may be found is a lump or mass in the armpit, change size or shape of the breast, an abnormal discharge from the nipple (usually bloody or yellow to green, may also be pus), a change in color or texture of the skin on the breasts, nipples and areola (dark brown colored area around the nipple), breast looks red, the skin around the nipple scaly, nipples are interested in or feel itching, breast tenderness or swelling of one breast. At an advanced stage may develop bone pain, weight loss, swelling of arms or ulcerated skin.

Cancer is very scary not only for patients but also for those who read or view the malignancy of this disease. Cancer has a lot of types other than breast cancer, one of the most feared is cervical cancer. This cancer is "one of the number one and illness that had claimed the lives of women. We must be sensitive to this disease and know how to prevent cervical cancer.

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