Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is no longer the monopoly of the eve. The man turns out to also be affected, so am aware of the symptoms show up and immediately do the treatment at early stages.
When Mark Doel (41) first saw blood spots on bed linens, he is not worried. Even when a colleague showed some spots on his shirt, he assumed only dry skin or the former friction with his shirt during sport.
After a few months, she visited a doctor sentenced him had breast cancer.
“I don’t know the guy can hit it. There is a sense of shame, it took a while for me to say this to anyone. If the lung cancer or cancer of the brain, perhaps I could be more open. As currently, there is a stigma that breast cancer is only experienced by women, “said the father of two children.
In fact, the man could also be affected by breast cancer, usually at the age of over 60 years of age, obesity, and have a family history of breast cancer.
However, the age Mark 41 and has no history of cancer in her family. Even though it has no other symptoms, after using the cream prescribed by his doctor, putting Mark still looks like a pain that will not heal.
Hers is a form of cancer that was the beginning of Duktal Carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the most common type of cancer that forms in the nipple. As prakanker, the cells as yet began to spread.
“In addition to lump breast, men and women can experience symptoms such as discharge of the liquid from the nipple, changes shape or size of one or both nipples, armpits or swelling of the gland,” explains breast cancer consultant Dibyesh Banerjee from St. Anthony’s Hospital, Surrey.
“In fact, it’s not cancer because by definition, means something that is going to cancer to spread to other parts of the body. However, DCIS would eventually become cancerous if you don’t prevent it early on, “he added, as reported by the Dailymail.
Mark also underwent mastectomy where most of the male breast cancer is treated this way. Mastectomy is removing the skin, breast tissue, nipple, areola, and perhaps the lymph in the armpit.
Although there are no statistics for men with DCIS, anecdotes seem to describe a tendency to increase.
“The increase in May to raise awareness of men and not ashamed to be honest. For men, generally have very little breast tissue behind the nipple is called gynecomastia. If the soft and subtle, the network may not be dangerous. If hard and slowly zoom in for a few months, consulting a doctor, make sure You don’t put off, “he asserted.
Early signs of breast cancer man appears in the form of lumps, just below the nipple and almost always painful. Some other symptoms, such as:
-Changes to the appearance of the nipple.
-A nipple is interested into the breast.
-Expenditure on the juices of the nipple (which may contain blood).
-Ulceration (pain in the breast skin).
-Swelling of the breast.
-A lump under arms.