Breast Cancer Symptoms And Signs

As the name implies, breast cancer is a disease caused by the growth of cancer cells in the breast area. This disease mostly affects women, but men can also be affected. Breast cancer is a type of cancer with the second highest number of people in the world. While the rate of death, type of cancer is the fifth largest cause of death in the world.
Early signs of breast cancer was the discovery of a lump in the breast that feels different. If pressed, the lump is not painful. Initially these bumps are small, but gradually enlarged and finally attached to the skin or cause changes in the breast skin or nipple.

Here among other things to keep in mind that a symptom of breast cancer:

1. A lump in your breast change shape / size
2. Breast skin changes color: from pink to brown to orange peel into the nipple (retraction)

3. One of the nipples suddenly loose / missing4. When the tumor is large, the pain appears intermittent

4. Breast skin feels like fire
5. Breast bleeding or other fluid, but you do not breastfeed

Signs of breast cancer is the most obvious is the presence of ulcers (ulcers) in the breast. Over time, these ulcers will become increasingly large and deep so that it can destroy the entire breast. Other symptoms are frequent breast stink and bleed easily.As for the symptoms of advanced breast cancer, the following is an excerpt from Wikipedia. Advanced breast cancer is very easily recognized by knowing operbilitas Heagensen following criteria:
1. There is extensive edema of the breast skin (over 1/3 area of ​​the breast skin);

2. Satellite nodules in the skin of the breast;
3. Breast cancer types of mastitis karsinimatosa.

4. There parasternal model;

5. There supraclavicular nodule;
6. Edema of the arm;

7. Presence of distant metastases;

8. And there are two of the signs of locally advanced, namely skin ulceration, skin edema, skin fixed to the thoracic wall, axillary lymph node 2.5 cm in diameter, and axillary lymph nodes attached to one another.

Number marked on it are the traits of breast cancer. However, if you have one or more of the above, does not mean you have breast cancer. Try to consult your doctor and do a test to mammography. Later the doctor will analyze the resulting mammogram and provide suggestions for you.