December 23, 2024

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How to prevent breast cancer?

Breast cancer is a common disease among modern women, which can be painful or require removal of both breasts, causing great psychological and physical pain. So, how to prevent breast cancer in daily life? What are the early symptoms of breast cancer? Please read below to learn more.

How to prevent breast cancer

1. High-fat diet

Long-term intake of large amount of fat will produce too much estrogen, which will stimulate tumor growth.

2. Alcohol

The risk of breast cancer increases by 45% for those who drink one or more glasses of alcohol per day compared to those who do not drink alcohol.

3.Chocolate

These foods contain a lot of xanthine, which can contribute to benign breast hyperplasia.

4.Refined cane sugar

High intake of sucrose is a risk factor for breast cancer in women over 45 years old.

5.Tobacco

Women who have smoked for more than 10 years are more than 3 times more likely to develop breast cancer than other women.

6.No exercise

The intake without consumption will make the body accumulate too much fat, which will increase the risk index of cancer.

Early symptoms of breast cancer:

1. Lumps in the breast, abnormal discharge from the nipple especially bloody discharge.

2. Epidermal erosion and eczema-like changes at the nipple or areola.

3. Enlarged lymph nodes in the armpit and supraclavicular area, sometimes you can feel a feeling of squeezing objects in the armpit.

Local ulceration or pain in the breast, often intermittent and confined to the lesion, pain does not change with the cycle.

5. Asymmetry of both breasts; nipple retraction and orange peel-like change of breast skin.

6.Unexplained bone pain, back pain, abdominal distension, epigastric gas lump, and wasting.

7.Significant enlargement, redness and swelling of the breast with rapid progress of changes.

8.Breast shrinkage and nipple retraction.