Tumor of the breast: Is it worth worrying about an anxiety symptom?
The most common reason for the treatment of womenhalf of the population to a specialist is a breast tumor. The treatment of this disease is mammologist, gynecologist, oncologist. In the world annually more than one million women discover in their breasts various kinds of neoplasms. Some of them do not pose a particular threat and are treated fairly quickly, others can carry a danger both for the health of the woman and for her life.
Why every year the number ofwomen with breast cancer? Even specialists can not answer this question. While scientists argue about the insecurity of life in a polluted atmosphere and the dangers of smoking for the body, thousands of women find themselves on the surgeon's desk. The risk factors for malignant neoplasms include:
- age: most often this disease occurs in women during menopause;
- early onset of menstruation - usually up to 12 years;
- absence of stable sexual life, late delivery;
- use of oral contraceptives;
- excess weight;
- presence of breast implants;
Today, a malignant tumor of the breastsuccessfully treated only at the initial stage of the disease and only through surgical intervention. Removed, as a rule, either the entire breast is completely, or part of it, affected by the disease. Rehabilitation after the procedure takes a long period of time. After full recovery, a woman must undergo a medical examination twice a year. It should be said that any healthy woman should apply to her gynecologist twice a year for a routine examination so that she does not lose her health.
Fortunately, the appearance of seals in the chest more oftenall is not a sign of cancer. A benign breast tumor can be the result of a hormonal disorder or a chest injury. Many women have this symptom every month. Before the onset of menstruation, the mammary gland expands, the breast becomes more sensitive and increases in size. This phenomenon is called mastodynia. If it does not cause inconvenience, there is no cause for concern.
The most frequently diagnosedbenign neoplasms of the chest include: cyst, mastopathy, papilloma, fibroadenoma, lipoma. The greatest danger to the health and life of a woman is mastopathy and leaf-shaped fibroadenoma. The latter always degenerates into breast cancer. Mastopathy until recently was considered incurable, medicine only offered drugs to slow its progression and prevent degeneration. Today, mastopathy is successfully treated and not only with the help of a scalpel surgeon. Many drugs, including Russian ones, not only struggle with the manifestation of its main symptoms: pain and chest stress, but also have a resolving effect.
Any breast tumor, if it isbenign, implies conservative or surgical treatment. The first is the admission of special medicines, most often hormonal, the second - in the surgical removal of the neoplasm.
Determine the presence of breast disease is capable ofthe woman herself. Any change in its shape, the appearance of discharge from the nipples, cracked nipples - are an alarming symptom. Starting to conduct independent examinations is recommended from the age of 20, this procedure is quite painless and does not take much time. Any breast tumor, as a rule, is easily palpable by hand. If seals are found, you should visit a doctor (gynecologist or mammologist), who will prescribe an ultrasound, according to the results, a decision will be made about further treatment. Wait until the neoplasm itself dissolves, and delayed with treatment in the clinic is not recommended, because even a very harmless at first glance breast tumor in the absence of treatment is able to eventually degenerate into a malignant.
