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Infrared inspection is a woman breast-screening methods are most familiar with, almost as long as the person who has done physical examination are not familiar with it. Because of this, when some people were eventually diagnosed as “breast cancer” will inexplicably amazed: “I have done in mid-infra-red examination ah, how it actually did not he encounters something abnormal?” As everyone knows, in the early diagnosis of breast cancer, the Infrared inspection can hardly be any difference.

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Swedish medical researchers of the latest research results show that mastitis with breast cancer do not have much direct relevance.

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1. Breast cancer is a genetic disease? Wrong

The pathogenesis of breast cancer is still not clear. However, scientists have discovered two genes associated with breast cancer: BRCA1 and BRCA2. These two genes mutated women, 40% to 80% of the risk of breast cancer, but another 20-60% can not use genetic records to explain, 80% of breast cancer, and there is no clear family history records. So, even if you do not breast cancer, family history, it must never be taken lightly. Meanwhile, those who have a family history of women, should be more close attention to their breasts.

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In the past a very long period of time, breast cancer, the blow to the young women are often more heavily than older women. Young patients sometimes need surgical removal, or removal of ovarian function through radiation! Ovary is the organ representing the female physiology, loss of the ovary to the young patients, both physical and psychological point of view, is a heavy blow, for a small number of patients who did not in terms of fertility and may even lead to marriage and family breakdown.

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1. As the age increases, increased risk of breast cancer.

2. Mother, sister, daughter, or two or more close relatives (eg cousins) has a history of breast cancer (especially of their young age at onset)

3. The early age of menarche and menopause, age, extension of late, often so that breast tissue estrogen effect by the length of time, place great risk of breast cancer.

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Early breast cancer without any discomfort, only in the breast there is a relatively small mass, no pain, hurt, nipple is also unchanged, most of the doctors for medical examination found that a few are touched by the patient themselves inadvertently and then the doctor diagnosed. Therefore, in order to early detection of breast cancer, especially in middle-aged women should regularly examine their own breast lumps exist.

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(4) changes in nipple
If abnormal changes of the nipple with breast cancer, usually presents nipple erosion or nipple retraction.

1 nipple erosion: There is a typical expression of breast Paget’s disease, often accompanied by itching, about 2 / 3 of patients may be associated with other parts of the areola or breast lumps. Start, only the nipple or nipple desquamation of small fissures. Scaling often accompanied by a small amount of nipple discharge and form scabs, thrown off crusts visible red erosion surface, prolonged unhealed. When the whole nipple involvement, may enter an invasion and the surrounding tissue, as the lesions progress, the nipple can be gained from the entire disappear. May also occur in some patients the first breast lumps, nipple lesions subsequently appeared.

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The symptoms of breast cancer may be varied, the common are: breast lumps, breast pain, nipple discharge, erosion, or skin depressions, axillary lymph node enlargement. Although these symptoms do not necessarily have a specific, but the understanding of these symptoms, to know the performance will help us to the early detection of breast cancer, early diagnosis and early treatment. Of course, some of the symptoms of the disease no longer appears that early, so comprehensive, deeper level of understanding and grasp of these symptoms will not allow us to not only miss the time of their treatment and distressed, but also no need to worry too much about the impact of a normal life.

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1. Timing, quantitative eat, do not eat too much, the partial eclipse, a plan for nutrition and calorie intake;

2. Buckleya should not be too precise, appropriate to eat coarse grains, corn, beans and other grains, high-fiber diet is beneficial to patients with breast cancer;

3. A low-fat diet, eat lean meat, eggs, yogurt, eat salted, smoked, roasted, Kaohu coking food;

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Patients with breast cancer after surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, most of all physical weakness, immune dysfunction, physical and psychological needs a good rest and rehabilitation, this time the patient entered the recovery period that is. For this period the patients and their families should be given proper guidance, to master the proper home care will help improve patients quality of life.

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