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Radical mastectomy, a very small percentage of patients due to axillary lymph node dissection, lymph return blocked, axillary poor venous return can cause ipsilateral upper extremity edema. At this point ipsilateral upper extremity should be hanging with the bandage on the chest, while strengthening the limb functional training, the promotion of upper limb blood circulation, increase the regenerative ability of the formation of collateral lymphatic vessels to lymph back flow to alleviate the ipsilateral upper extremity edema.

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The performance of concurrent symptoms of breast cancer:

Nipple discharge: discharge a bloody, serous, and mixed. Discharge wide-ranging nature of breast cancer can be seen, of which the most common bloody fluid. Haemorrhagic a light red, bright red or old. Nipple haemorrhagic reported in the literature, there are 63% of the Department of duct papilloma caused by 23% for breast cancer cause. Young nipple haemorrhagic, and 90% of the above is the fault of duct papilloma; older, especially in post-menopausal women with breast pieces, with the nipple haemorrhagic, and the possibility of great evil of Health tumors.

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Breast cancer, is a breast glandular epithelial cells under the action of a variety of cancer-causing factors, with the gene mutation, resulting in uncontrolled cell proliferation. Because the biological behavior of cancer cells has changed, showing a disorderly proliferation of malignant unlimited. It consists of a large number of naive and uncontrolled proliferation of cancer cells and disorderly like to crowded into the mission, squeeze, and erosion of the surrounding normal tissue damage, destruction of normal tissue structure of the breast. Breast cancer after surgery, if improper care, but also the emergence of complications brought unnecessary troubles. Specific complications include the following:

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Experts have pointed out, breast cancer is currently one of the most common malignancy of women, according to survey statistics, the incidence of breast cancer accounts for 7-10% body a variety of malignant tumors. It is often associated with the incidence of inherited, as well as 40-60 years old, pre-and post-menopausal women have a higher prevalence. But experts pointed out: a woman as long as a month to spend 5 minutes to make breast self-examination enables early detection of breast cancer, the specific steps are as follows:

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The focus of post-operative care of breast cancer:

1. Ipsilateral upper extremity rehabilitation, training: 24 hours after surgery to encourage patients to wrist, and the Department of elbow flexion and extension movement, but to avoid the outreach arm. Get out of bed after 48 hours, activities, application of tape to prop up limbs Rotary, Rotary Do not take other people to support the affected side, so as not to affect the healing axillary flap slide. After 1 week of activities for the shoulder. 10-12 days to encourage patients to proceed with the surgery side of self-care, such as brushing teeth, hair, face, etc., and carry out joint activities in the entire upper arm.

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Breast cancer patients with advanced breast cancer, physical function is to decide to Huoduo Jiu an important factor in physical function is good, strong immunity to resistance to cancer development, tolerance of a variety of drug treatment. Therefore, improving the immune function and enhance tumor immunity in patients with advanced breast cancer is extremely important. First of all, in their daily diet, Yi Shi kelp, seaweed and other functions with phlegm Ruanjian Sanjie food; advanced breast cancer chemotherapy response readily from the digestive tract and bone marrow suppression, edible sugar cane juice, bergamot, fresh fruit juice, etc.; should be reduced fat foods Eat less fat, eat less spicy food.

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Breast Cancer Care should pay attention to rest and exercise, doing sick side of upper limb functional training to keep the blood return to smooth, clothing to wear disease first side of the first strip off the healthy side.

After discharge the patient should be kept ease of mind, emotional stability, pay attention to rest, not to fatigue, attention to dietary adjustments, proper exercise and protect the radiation parts of the skin on a regular basis to the hospital for review. Families in the care of breast cancer patients, paying particular attention to the following points:

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Breast Cancer Care should focus on three aspects of grasp

Psychological care of patients with breast cancer:
To strengthen the psychological care of patients with breast cancer and give patients psychological comfort, help create a positive mood, the patient to eliminate anxiety, fear, unrest and avoid the unnecessary stress to the normal state of mind with the diagnosis, treatment, exercise a strong will, for life is full of hope that this is an important spiritual pillar of overcoming breast cancer.

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Regular activities can stimulate breast cancer patients who self-immune mechanism of resistance to stimulate the body’s natural resistance to diseases, effectively reversed the suppression status of breast cancer patients, therefore, exercise on breast cancer patients has beneficial rather than harmful. The type of movement under the patient’s specific situation will have to be chosen.

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Of breast cancer patients and their families in the care work, found that patients should pay attention to the mood changes, should pay attention to the needs of patients according to degree of ability to give and receive spiritual solace; to as much as possible psychological communication with patients to help analyze the treatment of favorable conditions for and progress, so that patients can see hope, to eliminate concerns of patients and negative psychological treatment to enhance the confidence to participate actively in treatment and care.

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