Do you understand the prelude to breast cancer?

In modern society, the incidence of various breast diseases is getting higher and higher. Therefore, if you want to have healthy breasts, you should always pay attention to the condition of your breasts, and be alert immediately if any abnormality occurs. Female friends should establish the awareness of "early prevention, early detection, and early treatment". Eat a reasonable diet, relax, pay attention to self-protection, have regular physical examinations, and do a good job in preventing breast cancer. It is necessary for women to have a safe physical examination every year. Early treatment is easy and late treatment is difficult to cure. But even if it is discovered in the late stage, don't be discouraged, and don't give up easily. As long as you cooperate with the doctor's active treatment and keep a calm and happy mood, the condition can be well controlled.

Orange peel-like changes

Breast cancer invades the subcutaneous lymphatic vessels, obstructing lymphatic return and causing skin edema, but the skin at the hair follicles does not swell, so the surface is prone to depression, just like orange peel. Experts remind that diseases that can cause orange peel-like changes include: fibroadenoma, tuberculosis, fibrocystic hyperplasia, sarcoma, breast cancer and fat necrosis.

Skin ulcers

Among breast cancer patients, some will have skin problems, manifested as local ulcers that are difficult to heal and accompanied by large amounts of bloody, purulent and foul-smelling secretions.

Redness, fever

If the nipple and areola become darker and hotter, please pay attention to the cupping circle, where all kinds of Chinese medicine skills are available. This indicates that there may be hyperplastic or cystic hyperplastic lesions in the bilateral or unilateral breasts, or accompanied by increased estrogen levels in the body.

Nipple discharge

There are many reasons for nipple discharge, in addition to breast hyperplasia, there are breast tuberculosis, mastitis, breast cancer, etc. Some female endocrine disorders can also cause nipple discharge. These diseases are both benign and malignant and need to be checked in time.

Small pits

The appearance of "dimples" on the breast is a manifestation of the involvement of the breast suspensory ligaments. Chronic breast inflammation, fat necrosis, subcutaneous thrombophlebitis of the breast, and postoperative scar contracture can all cause skin depressions.

Deep induration

If you feel a lump in your breast that is firm, smooth, but grows slowly and has no other sensation, it may be an adenoma.

Lump

Slow-growing and painful lumps are mostly benign hyperplasia or inflammation; rapidly growing lumps with unclear boundaries need to be examined as soon as possible.

Inverted Nipple

There are several reasons for nipple inversion: wearing too tight clothes, especially tight underwear for women during breast development; improper use of bras, too small, too tight, too early, etc.; genetic factors. Long-term neglect can increase the risk of cancer.

Vein visualization

Because superficial veins are located superficially and close to the skin, they may become varicose during pregnancy and when breast lesions progress rapidly, such as breast sarcoma.

Breast cancer is actually a chronic disease

The survival period of patients with advanced breast cancer is longer than that of patients with other tumors. For example, patients with advanced lung cancer and gastric cancer may not survive for more than a year, but patients with advanced breast cancer can survive for three or four years. Some patients can survive for five, ten, or even longer. Many experts now believe that advanced breast cancer should be treated as a chronic disease, and the treatment plan should be adjusted and the progression of the disease controlled through continuous drug adjustments and timely follow-up visits.

Therefore, breast cancer patients should not give up easily even in the late stages. After proper treatment, the condition of many breast cancer patients may be effectively controlled, and some patients can even survive with the tumor for a long time.