Breast Cancer Awareness – Check Yourself Regularly
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Breast cancer awareness month is just around the corner in October 2011. This article about breast cancer focuses on the disease in women. Although breast cancer can affect men too, it’s far more common in women with approximately 50,000 new cases diagnosed in the UK every year.*
Raising awareness of breast cancer can help to save lives, and the forthcoming breast cancer awareness month will hopefully put the issue of checking their breasts regularly at the forefront of women’s minds.
Checking your breasts regularly is important so you can be aware of any changes that may occur.
Breast cancer awareness month will highlight how to check the look and feel of your breasts. Remember your breasts may change naturally throughout the month as a result of your menstrual cycle, so it’s worth feeling and looking at them at different times of the month.
Keep reading below to find out how to go about checking your breasts and what to look out for.
* The way your breasts look
Looking at your breasts regularly can help increase your awareness of any changes. You should be looking out for changes to the shape, size and position of your breasts as well as any skin puckering.
It’s important to remember that not every change in your breast means you have cancer, but if you do notice anything unusual you should see your GP right away to have it checked.
* The way they feel
Things like lumps and bumps or any discomfort in your breasts should also be checked out by your GP.
As part of breast cancer awareness month, women will be encouraged to regularly feel their breasts so they know what’s normal for them and what’s not. Breast cancer awareness also means checking your armpits too and not just the breast itself.
* Check your nipples too
Breast cancer awareness month will also encourage women to examine the look and feel of their nipples.
If you notice any of the following, you should arrange an appointment with your GP as soon as possible.
* A discharge from the nipple that isn’t milky in appearance
* A rash on your nipple or around it
* Any change to the shape or position of your nipple
* An inverted nipple
* Any bleeding from one of your nipples
* Any moist red areas that aren’t healing on their own
Through raising awareness, it’s possible to increase survival rates from breast cancer, which is why it’s so important to see your GP as soon as possible if you have one or more of the possible breast cancer symptoms described above. |
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Author Resource:-
For more information on breast cancer awareness visit the Co-operative Pharmacy website. Don’t wait until breast cancer awareness month to check your breasts, do it now and if you find anything unusual, arrange to see your GP.
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By :
Gareth Hoyle
Submitted
2011-09-06 08:31:04 |
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