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How to give yourself a monthly breast exam

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Check your breasts in the shower. Look for any puckering, dimpling, sores, or discoloration. The solution is simple. The national screening programme, BreastScreen Aotearoa, provides free mammograms every two years for women aged 45-69.

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While no single test can detect all breast cancers early, Breastcancer. Over the years, there has been some debate over just how valuable breast self-examination is in detecting breast cancer early and increasing the likelihood of survival. For example, a 2008 study of nearly 400,000 women in Russia and China reported that breast self-examination does not have a meaningful impact on breast cancer survival rates and may even cause harm by prompting unnecessary biopsies removal and examination of suspicious tissue. Because of the ongoing uncertainty raised by this and other studies, the American Cancer Society no longer recommends breast self-exam as a screening tool for women with an average risk of breast cancer. Each of these screening tools works in a different way and has strengths and weaknesses. Breast self-exam is a convenient, no-cost tool that you can use on a regular basis and at any age. We recommend that all women routinely perform breast self-exams as part of their overall breast cancer screening strategy. How to do a breast self-exam: The five steps Step 1: Begin by looking at your breasts in the mirror with your shoulders straight and your arms on your hips. Step 3: While you're at the mirror, look for any signs of fluid coming out of one or both nipples this could be a watery, milky, or yellow fluid or blood. Breast Self-Exam — Steps 2 and 3 Step 4: Next, feel your breasts while lying down, using your right hand to feel your left breast and then your left hand to feel your right breast. Use a firm, smooth touch with the first few finger pads of your hand, keeping the fingers flat and together. Use a circular motion, about the size of a quarter. Cover the entire breast from top to bottom, side to side — from your collarbone to the top of your abdomen, and from your armpit to your cleavage. Follow a pattern to be sure that you cover the whole breast. You can begin at the nipple, moving in larger and larger circles until you reach the outer edge of the breast. You can also move your fingers up and down vertically, in rows, as if you were mowing a lawn. This up-and-down approach seems to work best for most women. Be sure to feel all the tissue from the front to the back of your breasts: for the skin and tissue just beneath, use light pressure; use medium pressure for tissue in the middle of your breasts; use firm pressure for the deep tissue in the back. When you've reached the deep tissue, you should be able to feel down to your ribcage. Breast Self-Exam — Step 4 Step 5: Finally, feel your breasts while you are standing or sitting. Many women find that the easiest way to feel their breasts is when their skin is wet and slippery, so they like to do this step in the shower. Cover your entire breast, using the same hand movements described in step 4. Most women have some lumps or lumpy areas in their breasts all the time, and most breast lumps turn out to be benign not cancer. There are a number of possible causes of non-cancerous breast lumps, including normal hormonal changes, a , or an injury. This is especially true for changes that last more than one full menstrual cycle or seem to get bigger or more prominent in some way. If you menstruate, you may want to wait until after your period to see if the lump or other breast change disappears on its own before calling your doctor. The best healthcare provider to call would be one who knows you and has done a breast exam on you before — for example, your gynecologist, primary care doctor, or a nurse practitioner who works with your gynecologist or primary care doctor. Know what to expect. At an appointment to evaluate a breast lump, your doctor will take a health history and do a physical exam of the breast, and will most likely order breast imaging tests. Ultrasound is often the first or only imaging test used to evaluate a lump in women who are under age 30 or are pregnant or breastfeeding. Both an ultrasound and a mammogram are typically recommended to evaluate a lump in women who are over age 30 and not pregnant or breastfeeding. He or she may also refer you to a breast specialist typically, a breast surgeon for further evaluation. Make sure you get answers. How to make breast self-exam part of your breast cancer screening strategy Make it routine. The more you examine your breasts, the more you will learn about them and the easier it will become for you to tell if something has changed. Try to get in the habit of doing a breast self-examination once a month to familiarize yourself with how your breasts normally look and feel. Examine yourself several days after your period ends, when your breasts are least likely to be swollen and tender. If you are no longer having periods, choose a day that's easy to remember, such as the first or last day of the month. The lower half of your breast can feel like a sandy or pebbly beach. The area under the nipple can feel like a collection of large grains. Another part might feel like a lumpy bowl of oatmeal. Start a journal where you record the findings of your breast self-exams. This can be like a small map of your breasts, with notes about where you feel lumps or irregularities. It is not unusual for lumps to appear at certain times of the month, but then disappear, as your body changes with the menstrual cycle if you are still menstruating. In fact, mammography misses at least 10% of breast cancer. So if you feel a lump that doesn't show up on a mammogram, bring it to your doctor's attention. Reviewed by: Marcia Boraas, M.

How to do a breast self-exam: The five steps Step 1: Begin by looking at your breasts in the mirror with your shoulders straight and your arms on your hips. Place your right hand behind your head—this distributes breast tissue more evenly on the chest. With your left hand, fingers flat, press gently in small circular motions around an imaginary clock face. To bring you the best content on our sites and applications, Meredith partners with third party custodes to serve digital ads, including personalized digital ads. Learn why to do them. Notice any changes and get lumps evaluated by your healthcare provider. Seems obvious, but sometimes one of the easiest ways to see if something is amiss is visually — this can include the glad of your breasts, the shape, or any unusual rashes or discolouration. Love, The BeeHive is proud to match and donate Just Nips Stick-On Nipples for each order placed during the month of October. Move your finger circles up and down the breast tissue, kind of like a pattern you xi mowing a lawn, until you cover the whole breast and underarm area. Press firmly down on your hips to engage the muscles, which will help you notice changes. Performing these exams monthly can help you familiarize yourself with the look and feel of your breasts so that you can more solo detect changes. Though breast self-exams were once thought how to give yourself a monthly breast exam be essential to screening for breast cancer, they are now considered a helpful, optional tool.

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