Saturday, 28 March 2009

Full Stage Breast Self Examination: View, Squeeze, Palpate, Palpate Oxter



Will be better prepared if a special note book to record your examination results, as well as conditions and changes in your breasts from time to time. When you need to complete with illustrations to clarify the image location aberration found.

Complete breast self examination is divided into several stages:

1. View
Do not use the top of the clothes. Stand in front of the mirror with the second depending arm loose, in the light of the room. Watch your breast:

* What is the shape and size right and left symmetrical?
* What shapes up / set?
* What is the direction putingnya straight ahead? Or change direction?
* Is interested in the hilt?
* What stalk / skin abrasions that have?
* Does the skin appear reddish? Kebiruan? Black?
* Does the skin look thick with broad pore-pore (such as orange peel)?
* Is the surface of the skin smooth, not the contraction / basin?

Repeat all the above observation with the position of both hands straight up. When finished, repeat again with both hands observed in the waist, chest drawn up, both drawn to the back of the elbow. All observations aimed to know the tumor is located close to the skin.

2. Squeeze
With both hands, massage the breast from the soft edge to the hilt, to have to know the case out of the fluid nipple (should not have, unless you're breastfeeding).

3. Palpate
Now sleep in the recumbent on the bed to check the breast one by one. To check the left breast, place a thin pillow under the left shoulder, left arm are in the open top on the side of the head or placed under the head.

Use the fourth finger of right hand to palpate breast meetings. Palpation performed with the movement to play (such as making small circles), from the edge to the breast nipple. After that slide the position next to the little finger, and do more movement from the edge to play until the breast nipple. Do continue sequentially until the entire breast is examined. To facilitate movement, you can use a lotion or soap.

Movement can also play from the nipple, the width of a circle to the edge breast or vertically up and down from the left edge to the far right edge. It is important, the entire breast area must be thoroughly palpate, no that does not handle.

Note that each movement must be made to play with the strength of the pressure is different, with at least three kinds of pressure. First done with light pressure to feel the benjolan near the skin surface, the second with medium pressure to feel the benjolan in the middle of the network breast, the third with pressure strong enough to feel the bumps in the breast base, near the sternum / rib.

Once finished with the left breast, move pillow and arm position, perform a breast examination on the right using the left hand fourth finger.

Then repeat the palpability as 3 points, but in standing position. To make things easier, while a bath can be done, when the body washed with soap.

4. Palpate oxter
Then grapple armpit and the area around the breast to determine the existence of a gravel suspected child sebar cancer.

When in breast self examination, you find a deviation (eg, gravel, small any), check to see a doctor immediately. Do not be afraid and do not delay anymore. Because breast cancer is found in the early stages and treated properly can recover completely!..more

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