Facts About Breast Implant Surgery Breast implants are used for cosmetic enhancement of breast size. In South Africa, the operation is performed by plastic surgeons It is believed that more than 50,000 South African women have silicone breast implants for breast augmentation or breast reconstruction In 2010, approximately 2,000 women performed cosmetic breast surgery Silicone implants can be placed either below or above the great pectoral muscle Despite intensive research have failed to show significant adverse health effects of breast implants When you use the breast implants? Breast implants are used for cosmetic enhancement of breast size. In South Africa, the operation is performed only by plastic surgeons with special permission to perform cosmetic surgery. Breast implants are also used […]
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Breast Lumps
Facts About Breast Lumps Nodules in the breasts are common in women because of hormonal fluctuations of the menstrual and breastfeeding Emerging nodules that persist during menstruation, should always be examined for breast cancer What are breast lumps? Mammary consist of mammary glands and milk ducts. Additionally, there are plenty of fat and connective tissue between the glands. Tumors and nodes can be both in glands and kirtelgange and in fatty tissue and connective tissue. Furthermore, also nodules or lumps in the skin of the mammary glands could be perceived as breast lumps. Of the nodes that are discovered, the vast majority thankfully benign. In 85% of cases it is women themselves who discover the knot. Why addressing patient care? […]
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Facts Fibroadenoma A fibroadenoma is a benign tumor of the breast. It is a benign lump and not a real tumor Fibroadenomas are relatively common and seen in women in the 16-45 age There are usually no symptoms, but any lump in the breast should be examined by a doctor In most cases, the need for further investigation to rule out that in the case of a malignant tumor Previously, all fibroadenomas surgically removed. Today everything is a little more reluctant operation More than half of the tumors disappear by themselves within a few years What is a fibroadenoma? A fibroadenoma is a benign tumor of the breast in women and can be located anywhere in the chest. It is […]
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Facts Benign Breast Lumps Nodules in the breasts are common in women because of hormonal fluctuations of menstruation and while nursing. Emerging nodules that persist during menstruation, should always be investigated. Generally Breast lumps in women is a frequent cause of contact with the doctor. The breast is composed of mammary glands, in glands that after birth developed to produce milk. In addition, there are varying amounts of fatty tissue and connective tissue. There may be both nodes in the glandular tissue and fat or connective tissue. Like other places on / in the body, there may also be lumps in the skin, both in the superficial and the deeper skin layers. How common is benign lump in her breast? […]
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Facts About Nipple Secretions The fluid from the breast is normal during pregnancy and in the period after a breastfeeding. Fluid from the breasts of newborn children is also quite normal If you are not pregnant or breastfeeding recently, the liquid from the breasts be a harmless phenomenon, which can be a side effect of certain medications In rare cases caused by fluid from the breast disorders in the brain or the metabolism Cancer of the breast can cause fluid from one nipple, often bloody What fluid (secretion) from the nipples? With liquid from the breast (s) is meant the fluid delivery from one or both nipples in women who do not breast feed The secretion may be continuous or episodic, […]
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Facts About Breast Pain Breast pain often have relationship with the menstrual cycle and due to hormone exposure of breast tissue Breast pain associated with amninger is very common, but signs of infection should contact a doctor When breast pain that is not related to lactation or menstruation cycle, one finds rarely a cause. The pain usually goes by itself within months What is breast pain? Breast pain is relatively frequent. Occurs especially in the age group between 30 and 50 years. The symptom often causes anxiety for cancer Studies have shown that cancer only exceptionally lead to breast pain. Fewer than 1 in 200 women with breast pain have cancer Tips for diagnosis Pain, which tend to fluctuate with the […]
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Facts About Breast Cancer Treatment Treatment of breast cancer consists primarily of operation Following surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and / or hormone ablation be topical Recurrence of breast cancer gives you primarily anti-hormone therapy or chemotherapy General information on the treatment of breast cancer There are many factors that come into play when choosing treatment. It is important that you participate in the decisions and decide what information you want. The treatment will be decided by a team of doctors consisting of surgeons, oncologists (doctor specializing in chemotherapy and radiotherapy), radiologists and pathologists (physician specializing in tissue samples). Treatment depends on the type of cancer that is about the size of the knot over your breasts, the severity tumor has (stage), it […]
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Facts About Breast Cancer Identification On suspicion of breast cancer doctor examines chest with his fingers, ordering an X-ray and possibly an ultrasound If the doctor in these studies find a tumor to make a biopsy (Pap smear) from the tumor to diagnose cancer Generally Clearing of breast cancer are often started because you have felt a lump or change in the breast. Breast cancer is also sometimes by routine examinations of the chest. There are several ways to test for suspected breast cancer, but they usually go through a program called “triple diagnosis”. This means that doctors are looking for the tumor in three different ways, usually by feeling the breast (palpation), X-ray (mammogram) and ultrasound. To do this normally, […]
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Facts About Breast Cancer Causes Causes of breast cancer to be found in lifestyle, environment and heredity First of all breast cancer occurs more frequently, the older you get, because the risk of cell damage increases with age General conditions Gender and age are the major causes of breast cancer. It is almost exclusively women who get breast cancer, only 1% of breast cancer patients are men. Breast cancer can occur at any age, but the disease is more frequent in older you get. The risk of developing breast cancer over a lifetime is 10%. This means that one in 10 women get breast cancer at some time during their lives. 80-90% of all cases of breast cancer occurs in the […]
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