Self Breast Care

Self Breast Care: Most breasts are asymmetrical. Study your own breasts carefully. The key to breast examination is change therefore, you must be aware of what is normal and what is abnormal for you.

The following changes should be watched very carefully in a self breast care:

1. Lump: Lest then 10% of lumps are cancerous, so it is difficult to say without the help of expert medical personal. Get advise from a doctor if you feel one.


2. Watch out for moles iif it has changed in size or color


3. Dimpling or puckering, an unusual in the prominence in the blood veins on either breasts, or retraction of the skin.


4. Inverted nipples: If your nipples are always being inverted nothing to worry. If it has recently inverted then further examination is essential


5. Discharge from one or both nipples. You can look for it inside the bra before going for an examination.


6. Enlarged or inflamed glands. See a doctor if that does not subsides after 2-3 weeks.