In 2020, among female cancer patients worldwide, breast cancer will surpass lung cancer for the first time, becoming the most common cancer in women worldwide [1].
(Source: IARC)
This has a lot to do with our long-term neglect of breast health, especially some women, who always listen to the rumors of “breast health care” and go to beauty salons from time to time A massage and maintenance, an essential oil treatment, breast augmentation, and ignoring breast screening are actually a kind of “destruction” for breasts.
Source: Zhanku Hailuo
Today, Zhimei will show you the common behaviors of those pitted breasts:
Many beauty salons advertise that massage can “open breasts and evacuate nodules“, but breast nodules have complex tissues and structures that cannot rely on alone. Massage goes away, and massage may exacerbate some breast problems.
For example, many people go to a prolactinist for massage while breastfeeding. But at this time, the breasts are like strings of full grapes, random massage and violent “lactation” will only make the “grapes” rupture, resulting in the accumulation of milk and induce Breast abscess.
(Source: Internet)
Some breast cancers can be cured by regular screening, early detection, and early treatment, but many people are deceived by beauty salons and health care centers , missed the optimal treatment period.
Some beauty salons also illegally add hormones to the essential oils and breast enhancement creams used for massage, which may accelerate the growth of cancer cells and deteriorate the condition Faster, really sad!
(Source: Internet)
Milk tea, yogurt, fruit juice, chicken feet, spicy strips, and egg yolk crisps make us happy, but their high sugar and high fat are comparable to calorie bombs strong>.
Eating and not exercising further accelerates calorie storage.
Ultimately, they teamed up to create a state of human obesity until we couldn’t fit in our pants.
(Source: Internet)
Excess fat is “converted to make” estrogen, causing our body to “oversupply” estrogen levels;
Obesity also reduces our body’s sensitivity to insulin, known as “insulin resistance,” which ultimately makes us more susceptible to breast cancer [2, 3,4], a meta-study in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) revealed [5]:
For every 5 kg of weight gain, the risk of breast cancer increases by 11%.
For postmenopausal women, the association between fat and breast cancer is stronger[6], and even after breast cancer recovery, obese people are more likely to have a recurrence Large [7].
If your BMI is over 24, you are overweight, and over 28 is obese[8] (BMI=weight (kg) ÷ height (m)2), Be especially careful.
The belly fat is more dangerous than the butt or thigh, so waist is also a focus. Women’s waistline Obesity is defined as ≥85 cm [9].
Many girls think, “No chest pain usually means there is no problem“.
Actually 90% of breast cancers are painless, but the most common abnormalities are: nipple discharge, sunken nipples, sunken breast skin, orange peel , changes such as a rash, and a lump in the breast.
(Source: World Breast Cancer Agency)
There are also some people who are completely asymptomatic, so don’t ignore the examination just because there is no abnormality, especially women with the following characteristics[10]:
Premature menarche (<12 years), late amenorrhea (>55 years)
Never gave birth, first birth, pregnancy >35 years old
Mother, sister, grandmother, etc. with breast/ovarian cancer
Push-up underwear looks good, but it can compress the chest cavity, restrict breathing, make women feel chest tightness, dizziness, “squeaky”, and may even increase abdominal pain Internal pressure induces gastroesophageal reflux.
(Source: Internet)
Not only that, wearing too tight underwear on the body is like “squeeze toothpaste“, which will squeeze the breast and affect the normal circulation of local blood circulation and lymphatic fluid. ; When women are active, tight underwear will also frequently rub against the skin, which may induce breast disease.
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