Early symptoms of breast cancer
1. Some patients with early breast cancer can't touch the definite breast lump. However, local discomfort often occurs, especially in postmenopausal women, who sometimes feel mild pain and discomfort in one breast, or heavy shoulder and back, and even pull the upper arm.
2. Early breasts can touch lumps the size of broad beans. Hard and movable. Generally, there is no obvious pain, and a few have paroxysmal dull pain, dull pain or tingling.
Morphological changes of breast: The skin at the lump is swollen, some local skin is orange peel-like, and even edema, discoloration and eczema-like changes appear.
4. There is nipple invagination near the center of nipple. Breast skin has slight depression (medically called "dimple disease"), nipple erosion, nipple asymmetry, or breast skin thickening and pore enlargement (medically called "orange peel disease").
5, nipple discharge: when the discharge is bloody and serous, special attention should be paid to further inspection.
6. Regional lymphadenopathy: The most common is ipsilateral axillary lymphadenopathy. Advanced supraclavicular lymphadenopathy.
In addition, estrogen is one of the prerequisites for the onset of breast tumors. The onset period of breast cancer is from 18 to 70 years old, and the age is from 30 to 60 years old, especially in the growth period and menopause. Women who have used estrogen replacement therapy for more than 10 years should be closely monitored and genetic screening should be carried out if possible. Deputy Director Chen also reminded that due to the small size of breasts and the small area of exposure to estrogen, people with small breasts are relatively less likely to get this disease, but there are many cases. It is not accurate to say that only plump people will get breast cancer. If you find any changes, you should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible.
2. What are the hazards of breast cancer?
First, breast cancer chemotherapy can cause systemic multi-system adverse reactions. The first is bone marrow suppression, that is, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia and even anemia.
The second is gastrointestinal reaction, which is also an important reason why patients are difficult to adhere to or unwilling to complete chemotherapy, that is, strong nausea and vomiting, which makes patients uncomfortable and unable to eat.
Thirdly, chemotherapy can cause some oral mucosal inflammation, some oral ulcers and mucosal ulcers. And hair loss.
Fourth, hair loss, some patients began to lose hair after two cycles of chemotherapy, especially some young female breast cancer patients. It is hard for them to tolerate this when they hear that their hair is going bald, and they may have a resistance to chemotherapy as soon as they hear it.
Fifth, it is the damage of liver and kidney function. According to different drugs, the degree of damage is different, such as elevated transaminase, jaundice, and severe acute renal failure.
Sixth, the toxicity of the heart, especially anthracycline drugs, is more obvious. Breast cancer patients will have palpitations, chest tightness, even arrhythmia, heart ischemia and other symptoms.