Breast cancer has now become the world's largest cancer.
According to the 2020 global cancer burden data released by the National Institute for Cancer Research, which is a subsidiary of WHO, the global number of new cases of breast cancer reached 2.26 million, exceeding the 2.2 million cases of lung cancer.
Breast cancer has also replaced lung cancer as the world's number one cancer.
Is the detection of breast nodules a precursor to breast cancer?
For the causes of breast cancer, in fact, there are many, genetics, environment, hormone secretion, and even some health care products, nutritional products, inferior cosmetics in the estrogen, may induce cancer.
Some women have examined their breast nodules in the body, and some are afraid that this will not be a precursor to early cancer of breast cancer, and whether further treatment is needed to prevent it from deteriorating into cancer.
So, are breast nodules a precursor to cancer?
Female friends find out that they have breast nodules, don't panic, breast nodules are not necessarily cancer.
The so-called breast nodules are tiny lumps in the breast, including benign and malignant lesions.
Among them, benign lesions include breast hyperplasia, breast fibroma, breast cysts, clinically more than 90% of breast nodules are caused by the above diseases, only 4% to 10% of breast nodules are related to breast cancer.
Therefore, after the female friends are found to be nodules in the breast, they should also do further examinations to clarify the nature of the nodules, and if they are malignant nodules, they should take timely measures to treat them.
However, if it is a benign nodule, there is no need to worry too much, but the patient should do a good job of nursing care in life. According to clinical data, about 80% of the outpatient clinics are breast nodules, which are only breast hyperplasia.
However, if the nodule worsens, or if the pain is prolonged, affecting daily life and work, further treatment is needed.
What should patients with breast nodules usually pay attention to?
1. Regular work and rest
Nowadays, the pace of people's lives is getting faster and faster, and many women often stay up late and work overtime for work reasons, which can cause endocrine disorders in the long run, especially affecting the secretion of estrogen, which can affect breast health.
Therefore, female friends must learn to combine work and leisure, pay attention to regular work and rest, ensure adequate sleep time, and try to stay up late as much as possible.
2. Maintain a calm mood
"Anger is the source of all diseases", often angry, the harm to health is particularly great.
For women, if they are often angry, or long-term mental tension, anxiety, depression, can affect the endocrine, leading to endocrine disorders, thereby inducing breast nodules. No
Good mood can also lead to a decrease in resistance, inducing a variety of chronic diseases.
3. Adjust your diet
Women with breast nodules should also make sufficient efforts in their diet, usually eat less fried, high-fat foods, such foods can cause obesity, induce three highs, and are not conducive to the recovery of breast nodules.
In addition, patients should eat less spicy and irritating foods, such as ginger, pepper, garlic, etc., and should also stay away from tobacco and alcohol.
4. Choose the right underwear
Women with breast nodules should also pay attention to when choosing underwear, to avoid underwear that is too tight in size, otherwise it can cause compression on the breast, affect local blood circulation, and be detrimental to breast health.
It is recommended to choose suitable, supportive underwear, and take off the underwear when sleeping at night.
If I feel a hard lump in my chest, do I need further processing?
For young women under the age of 30, if they find that they have a hard mass in their chest, it is most likely due to changes in hormone levels in the body, which leads to breast nodules.
However, for women over the age of 30, because the risk of breast cancer is often relatively high, if there is a long nodule, or a family history of breast cancer at home, you need to seek further professional medical help.
During the examination, the doctor will examine the breast in detail, such as the softness and hardness of the breast nodule, the degree of motion, whether the surface is red and swollen, etc., it is necessary to further judge, combined with their actual situation and then perform breast ultrasound or X-ray mammography.