Significance of Regular Self Breast Examination

Planning to raise breast cancer awareness among the people you love is a great idea to observe the month of October. Although, October is at its end, there are still numerous opportunities for you to raise awareness and support the cause. A lot of events are still happening to raise awareness and funds for research into breast cancer. If it is not possible for you to manage an event during this month you need not to worry at all. This is because raising awareness is not essential during this month. You can raise awareness even after the month of October.
Making the habit of self examination of breasts is one of ideal ways to observe this month. Do you know what the purpose of observing this month is? Why promote awareness during the month of October? October is internationally recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The whole world participates in various events during this month to promote awareness, but it is not compulsory to limit your efforts of promoting awareness up to one month only. You have plenty of time to raise awareness and support the cause.

You can educate your love ones about the importance of performing self examination of breasts to raise awareness. Self exam is a powerful tool to get familiar with the normal appearance of breasts. It allows you to differentiate between the normal and abnormal changes so you can detect any breast anomaly right away. As breast cancer can affect you at any stage of your life, it becomes essential to be breast aware with help of self exam of breasts.