awearness of breast cancer

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancer in the women in the developing and developed countries. Cancer is a complex disease.it does not happen overnight. Cancer is due to chaos in the natural body function .There are more than 200 different kind of cancer with its own name and treatment .Breast cancer is one of them .Causes are not yet completely understood.

Some factors may slightly increase a women’s risk of developing the disease.  

1. Women who are taking hormone replacement.

2. Who do not have children.

3. Being overweight.

4. Who have never breastfed.

A small number of breast cancer are thought to be caused by inherently faulty genes.

Symtoms of breast cancer:

In most women breast cancer is first noticed as a painless lump in the breast. other signs of breast may include.

1.a change in the size of breast.

2.a thickening in the breast tissue.

3.any discharge.

Early detection of  breast cancer is helpful for treatment. Self awerness is necessary. Other tests such as memography , ultrasound, niddle biopsy may be used to diagnose breast cancer.

After diagnosis of  breast cancer, proper treatment should be taken .Radiotherapy and chemotherapy treat cancer by using high energy ray and using anti- cancer drugs to destroy cancer cells.

This two therapy causes many side effects, but these can be usually be well controlled by medicine .At the treatment time a breast cancer patient should take nutrition diet, take rest. After breast cancer a women fell emotionally and physically drained. So her family persons should always support herself.

 

Foods that fight breast cancer

Once the rare disease, breast cancer is now widespread .Food habits are directly connected with cancer. A well balanced natural diet containing seasonally available fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, dairy products would help reduce breast cancer risk and promote general health. When possible prefer organically grow foods to commercially grown agricultural products that use pesticides, insecticides and chemical fertilizers. A proper chart of diet might be helpful during treatment time. We can include following health promoting items in our daily diet.

1. A small quantity of dry fruits: almonds, pistachio, walnuts, dates etc.

2. A small quantity of good quality of fats.

3. Daily intake one or two fresh fruits.

4. Vegetables: fresh green leafy vegetables, cabbage, sweat potatoes, carrots, tomatoes etc.

5. Fresh buttermilk promotes digestion and provides nutrients.

6. If appetite and digestion are poor, take 1 teaspoon of freshly ginger, honey or lemon juice.

7. Use spices like turmeric, cumin, coriander, cloves etc. in cooking to make food tasty and to promote digestion.  

It is advisable to avoid foods made from white refined flour, white sugar, bakery products, saturated fats, pop drinks, canned foods, foods containing artificial flavors and colors and chemical preservatives. This items are hard to digest and could to toxic wastes in the body. So everywomen should have good food practices to avoid the risk of breast cancer.