Get Aware to Save Yourself

According to some research 1 out of 8 women is at high risk of developing breast cancer. Breast cancer involves many factors which add to increase the risk of breast cancer development. Age, gender, family history, genetic changes and some other factors cause breast cancer. Furthermore there is some involvement of factors like diet, weight, drinking alcohol and smoking habits are also leading to breast cancer.

You can beat this fatal disease if it is identified earlier. In early stage it may not cause any pain. So the thing is that you don’t wait for its exam unless you feel any pain. You can be all the time at a risk of breast cancer, so you should take a check of your breasts on regular basis. A regular exam of your breasts takes you nothing but can save you from the risk of this lethal disease. You should take an exam of breasts by standing in front of mirror and feeling your breasts by yourself. If you feel any variation that is not normal for you, you should inform your doctor. 

Only self breast exam is not enough, so along with a regular self breast exam on monthly basis you should go for an annual mammography as well. There are some symptoms which can’t be diagnosed by a regular exam, so for that you have to undergo a mammography. Mammography is performed with help of a machine, which captures x-ray of your breast and hence if there is any tumor it will be printed in x-ray. 

Breast cancer can attack any one without considering age, gender or anything else. Essential is to be regular in breast self examination. It will increase your chances of survival by early detection of breast cancer and by practicing regularity in treatment.