BSE
The human body is complicated and not very easy to understand for a common man. There are few things that should be known in order to keep yourself safe from something bad. Take an example of breast cancer, which is spreading at a high rate. In order to detect it at an early stage, the Self Breast Examination is a great idea. BSE is an abbreviation of self-breast examination, which can be done quite easily if demonstrated once or twice by a nurse or a doctor. BSE is ideal for young girls and should be done once a month on regular basis 4-5 days after the menstrual period ends. A girl of 20 years of age should begin to check her breasts in order to detect the disease as early as possible as it can be treated well at the initial stage.
In order to have a thorough self breast examination, a woman must remember 7 Ps namely position, perimeter, palpation, pressure, practice with feedback and plan of action. Start the examination while standing in front of the mirror, look for changes in your breasts, the nipples, the color, the shape and check if there is any evidence of discharge. Check your breast by changing four positions, hands on hips, arms on sides, arms relaxed above head and bending forward. Check for palpation by either lying side ways or flat and check the left breast with the right hand and right breast with left hand. Examine the armpit as most of the breast cancers develop here. You can use few search patterns to examine the breasts and the armpits thoroughly, the vertical strip, the wedge, the circle, check for nipple discharge by squeezing it slightly but some females have normal discharge, and axially examination by relaxing arms at the side. Do learn properly and practice with the instructor and do ask whether you are doing it correctly or not. When you feel any changes in your breasts, do visit your health provider and ask for further assistance.
You can also find breast self examination videos either on web or at stores in order to learn the self examination method as some people don’t like to learn it from the instructor. One of the recommended site to watch the video on breast self examination is available at Imaginis.com, that is quite detailed and easy to understand. It can be useful for women of all ages in general. No matter what is the size of your breasts small or large, the self-examination is same for all. The only thing is that Breast self examination is an effective tool for your breast health care early detection. If you are a mother of a young girl, keep your daughter aware of the risks of breast cancer and guide her for the regular breast self-examination and make sure that she does it regularly. Remember that ‘Prevention is better than cure’, so why not detect it before it gets worse and untreatable.
