Two Times Menstruation Lump Not Missing, Beware Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer is the number 10 killer for women. It needs a self-awareness for women to check her breast health. One that we know together is to perform breast self-examination

The public knowledge we call, when in the examination, if you see a lump around the breast area, we must be careful. Maybe it was cancer. But for the layman, it is difficult to distinguish whether the lump is cancer or not.

Then what kind of lump can be categorized as cancer? Here is an explanation from the Oncology Doctor from Dharmais Hospital, dr. Bob Andinata, SpB (k) Onk.

"If the lump is not lost for 2 times after menstruation from the checking earlier.In addition, the bump did not hurt," he said when met at the Breast Cancer Early Detection event in the Directorate General of P2P, the Ministry of Health.

In addition, he also expressed breast cancer can be detected from the changes in the area around the breast. Like the inclusion of her nipples inside. And the skin changes around the breast.

"If a person who is not married when he does not have a nipple is not said to have symptoms of breast cancer, and their nipples will come out when they have a family and have children.If this when his nipples go inside and we press softly he will remove the red or blood fluid this could be cancer and should be checked by a doctor, "he explained.

Himself does not justify if someone who often feel the pain in the breast to the size of one's breasts there is cancer.

"What is married? If not, the sign should be married, because the hormones are fluctuating and high," he said.