Breast health care knowledge

There is no special maintenance method that can replace "regular screening + healthy living habits". The breast massage, essential oil dredging, and nodule rubbing mentioned on the Internet are all IQ taxes. The vast majority of benign breast problems do not require additional intervention, and regular follow-up is enough.

Last week, we just received a 30-year-old girl from the clinic. She went to a beauty salon to get her shoulders and neck done a while ago. She was tricked by a salesperson into buying an annual card for 8,000 yuan to clear her breasts. She massaged her breasts three times, which were originally just a little swollen before menstruation. The pain lasted for almost ten days. After a color ultrasound, it was found that there was a small hematoma under the skin, which was caused by too much force during the massage. I have been in the breast department for almost seven years, and I have seen too many cases of this kind. Problems arise when a good gland is pressed, but it turns out to be a benign nodule that bleeds when rubbed. There are even cases of acute mastitis in pregnant mothers, which is really not the case.

Some people will definitely ask, will drinking soy milk supplement estrogen and cause breast problems? In fact, there are really different opinions on this. Many people think that the phytoestrogens in soybeans will increase the level of estrogen in the body and increase the risk of disease. However, the consensus in the clinical nutrition community is that soy isoflavones are two-way regulated - if the estrogen in your body is high, it will help you lower it, and if it is low, it will help you supplement it. Drinking one or two cups of soy milk every day will not only not damage the breast glands, but also reduce the risk of breast disease, and there is no need to eat taboos.

Oh, by the way, there is another topic that has been debated for many years: Should I wear underwear when sleeping? Those who support wearing it feel that the support can prevent sagging, while those who oppose it feel that it will suppress lymphatic flow and affect health. To be honest, there is currently no high-quality clinical research that can prove the direct relationship between the two and breast disease. It all depends on your own comfort - if you feel comfortable wearing it, just wear it, if you feel uncomfortable, sleep naked. There is really no need to worry about this.

Many girls have breast swelling and pain before menstruation, and they cannot touch it, so they wonder whether they are getting cancer. To be honest, 90% of premenstrual swelling and pain are physiological, caused by hormone fluctuations, and disappear after menstruation. There is no need to take any medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. On the contrary, taking many medicines for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis will increase the menstrual volume, which is not worth the gain. If the pain is really unbearable, just take ibuprofen, which is more effective than any other folk remedy.

If we really talk about maintenance, there aren’t that many bells and whistles. If you don't mind the trouble, lie down and touch yourself 7 days after your menstrual period to see if there are any hard lumps that are not painful to touch, have unclear boundaries, and cannot be pushed. If you find anything wrong, go to the hospital quickly. It will be much more useful than spending thousands of dollars every month to go to a beauty salon. For screening, it is enough to do breast ultrasound once a year if you are under 30 years old. If you are over 40 years old, you can add a mammogram. If you have a family history, you can advance the screening time by five to ten years. If there are no special circumstances, you don’t need to spend money on expensive genetic tests.

Oh, by the way, lactating mothers should mention one more thing. If the breasts are blocked, don’t go to a breast-feeding specialist who does brute force to clear the breasts. If the breasts are slightly blocked, let the baby suck more, apply a warm compress for three to five minutes before sucking, and it can basically clear the breasts. If you have a fever and the breasts are red, swollen and hot, don’t hesitate to go to the hospital. It’s mastitis. If you rub it blindly, it will easily become pus. Then you will have to incision and drainage, and you will suffer the same fate.

In fact, breasts are not as delicate as you think. They are just normal human organs, no different from your nose and eyes. You don’t need to think about filling them with this and that every day. Stay up less late, be less sulky, wear well-fitting underwear, and do regular screenings, it will be more effective than any sky-high price maintenance kit. Don’t panic if you really find nodules. For BI-RADS category 3 and below, just check once every six months. The probability of malignant transformation is less than 2%. Don’t scare yourself, let alone tossing around looking for folk remedies. In the end, you will spend money and suffer, the problem has not been solved, and you can’t do it.