Every woman should do this once a month! You just have to stand in front of the mirror.

Despite the fact that breast cancer is the most common oncological pathology among the fair sex, if the disease is detected at an early stage and timely therapy is started, most women win this terrible disease. You just have to make sure that your health is safe.





"Site" I'll tell you self-examination Mammary glands, because these are skills that every woman should possess.

Doctors urge: in order to detect breast cancer at an early stage and prevent further development of the disease, it is necessary not only to visit a doctor regularly, but also to conduct monthly breast examinations on your own. This method is the first to identify pathological changes and establish their localization, so that then accurately examine the specialist.

Mammary self-examination It is recommended to carry out once a month, preferably on the 6-8th day after the start of the cycle. During menopause, the examination should also be carried out once a month, it is advisable to choose a certain day or number for this. If necessary, the examination can be carried out more often.





Mammary self-examination algorithm

1. Step 1
   Start by examining your underwear. Examine the bra in those places where it comes into contact with the nipples, and make sure there are no spots on it. The presence of spots may indicate discharge from the mammary glands.
   
   
   
2. Step 2
   Pull yourself to the waist and stand in front of the mirror with your hands behind your head. Check the shape and symmetry of the mammary glands. Examine the skin and areolas and make sure that they do not have areas resembling a lemon peel, there is no redness, peeling, retract and other defects. Breast asymmetry It does not always indicate the presence of a pathological process. Often the shape and size of the two mammary glands may vary, and this is normal. There is no symmetry in nature. But if the asymmetry progresses, do not miss this symptom, but immediately consult a specialist.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Step 3
   Alternately press the nipple of the right and left chest with your index and thumb. If fluid is released from the breast, pay attention to its nature (milk, bloody, purulent).
   
   
   
4. Step 4
   The next stage - examination of the mammary glands pronely. Lie on your back and relax. Under the shoulder blade on the side of the breast under study, lay a small roller so that the chest is raised, and the mammary gland spreads over it. With the help of 3-4 fingers of the left hand, brought together, probe the right mammary gland with circular movements, centimeter by centimeter. Feel the iron in a circle, from top to bottom or in segments. Each time conduct the examination in the same way to be sure of the absence or appearance of pathological changes. In the same way, examine the left mammary gland for the presence of areas of compaction or noticeable softening, pain when feeling, or any other changes in the consistency of the gland.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Step 5
   Feel your fingers. lymph nodes axillary area. Pay attention to the presence of painful seals, enlarged lymph nodes, swelling or redness of the skin. In this case, it is necessary to consult a doctor for further examination and professional advice.
   
   
   
6. Step 6
   You can and should conduct a control examination of the mammary glands under the shower. Soap fingers are sometimes much easier to detect pathological changes in the chest.
   
   
   

It is very important to diagnose the breast for the presence of pathologies regularly! This will help you to study the normal structure of your mammary glands and in the case of a neoplasm, it is easy to determine whether it was earlier or appeared relatively recently.

Do not forget to visit a mammologist or gynecologist once every six months, and remember – you conduct an independent examination to make sure that you are perfectly healthy, not to find a disease!

Keep this irreplaceable scheme and remember to remind your friends about it.