Breast health daily care

Regular self-examinations are required to check for abnormalities, regular breast screenings are performed as directed by doctors, and a healthy daily routine is maintained. Most of the other fancy operations are IQ taxes and may even damage the breasts.

I have been working in the breast department for almost 8 years, and I have met too many patients who have been cheated by beauty salons. The most common one is a girl who applied for a "nodule clearing card" worth RMB 20,000 at the beauty salon. After three months of pressing, the nodules did not go away, but the pain was so painful that I could not lift my arms. I came to check whether the breast tissue was edema caused by massage, and the nodules were even larger than before. It was really a shame. In fact, there are different opinions in the industry about massage: Most Western breast medicine departments do not recommend breast massage for non-medical purposes, especially for groups with clear nodules and cysts. External squeezing may cause damage to the lesions and edema of surrounding tissues. If you happen to encounter an undiscovered malignant lesion, massage may also accelerate the spread. ； However, the massage department of regular traditional Chinese medicine hospitals also has acupoint massage techniques for menstrual breast swelling and pain. Before the operation, the patient will be asked to provide a recent breast examination report to rule out malignant lesions. The techniques are gentle and professional, and can indeed relieve physiological swelling and pain. To put it bluntly, the core is not whether the massage itself is good or not, but who performs the massage, who performs the massage, and whether there has been a formal examination before. Technicians from beauty salons who have been trained for half a month, say they can "press away the nodules" for you, which is pure nonsense.

Rather than fussing with random clicks, a more reliable risk check can be done in 3 minutes when you take a shower every day. There is no need to memorize any complicated techniques. Just choose 3-7 days after the end of menstruation. At that time, the estrogen level is the most stable and physiological swelling and pain will not be regarded as a problem. Press the breast flatly with the fingertips and slowly turn it from the outer ring to the direction of the nipple. By the way, feel for any lumps in the armpits. , if you touch a hard little pimple that cannot be pushed, or the skin is wrinkled like an orange peel that has been left for two or three days, or there is bloody discharge after squeezing the nipple, don’t frighten yourself by Baidu, and don’t ask the beautician. It is better to call the breast department directly.

By the way, there is also the matter of physical examination. Don’t think that you don’t need to take one because you are young. Not long ago, I met a 22-year-old girl who had been taking the postgraduate entrance examination for more than half a year. She found a hard lump and found out it was a fibroma. Fortunately, it was benign and she was fine after being removed. Generally speaking, it is enough to have a breast ultrasound once a year before the age of 35. Young women’s breasts are denser, and ultrasound can see them more clearly than mammography. ； After the age of 35, you can have an ultrasound every year and a mammography every 2-3 years. If you have a family history of breast cancer, you can start joint screening as early as the age of 30. There was a patient who was afraid of having radiation from the mammography target. In fact, the amount of radiation from the mammography target is very small, which is equivalent to taking three or four long-distance flights. It is completely within the safe range. There is really no need to stop eating due to choking.

There are also many opinions about diet. From time to time on the Internet, it is said that "drinking soy milk will replenish estrogen and damage the breast glands" and "eating honey will cause hyperplasia." In fact, according to the clinical consensus of nutrition and breast medicine, the soy isoflavones in soybeans are phytoestrogens, which are two-way regulation. If your estrogen is high, it will help you lower it a little, and if it is low, it will help you supplement it. Drinking a cup of pure soy milk every day will not cause any problems.； As for honey, as long as it is pure honey produced by regular manufacturers, it does not contain exogenous estrogen. You don’t have to worry about eating it occasionally to moisten your throat. What you really need to avoid are those iced milk teas with a lot of added sugar, breast enhancement pills with unknown ingredients, and royal jelly. These are the real culprits that may disrupt endocrine.

Oh, and there’s also the matter of underwear. You really don’t need to wear push-up underwire bras that are so tight that you can’t breathe to show off your breasts. Many colleagues around me wear soft underwire-free underwear at work and change into home clothes when they go home. Your breasts won’t sag just because you don’t wear push-up underwear. Instead, the lymphatic circulation will be poor after a day of strangulation, making it more likely to swell and ache. There are also emotional factors that many people ignore. Last month, a patient felt that her breasts were so swollen that they were about to explode just after an argument with her husband. She was diagnosed with physiological hyperplasia. Women’s breasts are particularly sensitive to emotions. Staying up late for a long time, being anxious, and sulking will disrupt endocrine and lead to problems. Really, being less angry about trivial things is more effective than any skin care products.

To put it simply, breasts are ordinary organs of your body, no different from your heart and lungs. You don’t need to put too many additional requirements of “sexiness” and “fullness” on them. You should toss them less and pay more attention to the signals they give you. It will be better than any fancy maintenance. If you really feel uncomfortable, don't believe in folk remedies or beauticians. Go directly to a regular hospital to get a breast examination. The registration fee of more than ten yuan can solve the problem, and you don't have to pay those IQ taxes.