How to Prevent Breast Diseases in Summer
Breast diseases, which cause great suffering to women, are common and frequently-occurring diseases. They are the main diseases that endanger women's physical and mental health. According to relevant data, about 60%-70% of women of childbearing age in our country suffer from various breast diseases. Therefore, paying attention to women's breast health is an urgent matter.
So, how can women prevent breast diseases in summer?
Gynecological experts introduce: Breast diseases can be divided into five major categories: mastitis, hyperplasia of mammary glands, fibroadenoma of the breast, breast cysts, and breast cancer. The causative factors of these diseases are relatively complex. If not treated in time or improperly treated, they may undergo pathological changes, posing a life-threatening danger at any time. Therefore, developing good living habits and preventing the occurrence of breast diseases is the key to ensuring women's health.
So, what should be noted to prevent breast diseases?
[1] Keep a pleasant mood: Diseases like hyperplasia of mammary glands and fibroadenoma of the breast have a lot to do with endocrine disorders. Keeping a pleasant mood and adjusting one's own mindset in time will be very helpful for prevention. At the same time, clinical studies have found that breast cancer patients who are prone to anger often have a higher mortality rate than those who keep a pleasant mood.
[2] Maintain a healthy lifestyle and diet: Long-term unhealthy eating habits and lifestyles increase the incidence of breast cancer. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, preventing breast diseases means changing the "yang deficiency and yin cold" state of the body. Therefore, women should pay attention to keeping warm, avoid living and working in air-conditioned environments for long periods, participate more in outdoor activities, and get more sun exposure; eat more vegetables and less meat, have a reasonable mix of grains, avoid high-fat, high-cholesterol, and high-sugar foods. In addition, in terms of diet, women should not eat too many cold drinks in summer. They should eat less fried food, animal fat, sweets, and excessive nutritional supplements, and eat more vegetables and fruits, coarse grains, black soybeans, walnuts, black sesame seeds, black fungus, and mushrooms. It is best to consume small amounts of warming tonics over a long period, such as wolfberries, longan, sesame, and honey.
[3] Change bad lifestyle habits: Nowadays, many women have picked up some bad habits usually associated with men, such as smoking and drinking, which greatly increase the risk of breast diseases. Studies also show that using hair dyes can also increase the probability of breast disease to a certain extent. Experts point out that to prevent breast diseases, one must first quit these bad habits.
[4] Arrange work time reasonably: With the arrival of summer, women's nightlife becomes increasingly colorful, and their sleeping hours become later. Experts remind that frequent late-night overtime increases the probability of breast hyperplasia and breast cancer significantly. Therefore, arranging work time reasonably, relieving stress, and alleviating work fatigue is beneficial to preventing breast diseases.
[5] Give your breasts a "release": Wearing overly tight bras can affect the normal circulation of lymph fluid in the breasts, making it difficult to eliminate harmful substances in the body, which can lead to breast cell canceration. Therefore, choose a suitable bra. Bras should not be worn for more than 12 hours, and the daily wearing time should be reduced as much as possible. Appropriately massage the breasts to let the chest relax! Avoid wearing bras without shoulder straps or with metal wires.
Experts remind: Women should regularly conduct breast examinations based on the prevalent ages of different diseases to achieve early detection and treatment. If there are sudden abnormal sensations, changes in breast size or shape, or nipple discharge, you should immediately go to a regular hospital for examination and treatment.
This article is excerpted from the official website of Changchun Gynecological Hospital. Original address: http://www.tjfk999.com/ruxianjibing/201105192459.html For more information on gynecological diseases, please visit the official website of Changchun Gynecological Hospital.