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The best way to deal with breast cancer, both before being diagnosed and after, is to be completely knowledgeable about it. Educating yourself about its symptoms, signs and causes can help you detect it early and also avoid it. With every one woman in eight being at the risk of getting this cancer, it is the best thing we can do for ourselves.
To understand this type of cancer, it is important that you understand its signs and symptoms so you can detect it at an early stage and prevent any further harm.
Some Of The Male Breast Cancer Risk Factors Are:
- Exposure to radiation
- Family history
- High estrogen level cause by diseases
- Cirrhosis
- Klinefelter's syndrome
- Age
- Excessive use of Alcohol
- Excess Weight
The Main Symptoms For Male Breast Cancer Are:
- Lumps
- Changes to the nipple or breast skin
- Discharge of fluid from the nipple
Paget's disease of the Breast
Another complex symptom of this cancer is the Paget's disease of the breast. In this syndrome the skin presents changes as eczematoid skin changes. It shows redness and mild flaking of the skin of the nipple. It is said that as Paget's advances, the symptoms may change to redness, itching, tingling, burning, increased sensitivity and pain. Around half of the women diagnosed with Paget's syndrome have also had a lump in the breast.
Why Do More Men Die With Breast Cancer Than Women
Since it is rare in men, education, research, prevention, and yearly screening in men is not perform routinely like in women. Men lacking the knowledge about this type of cancer will wait too long before seeking medical advice. This delay is why more men die with it. When they seek medical help it is in its advanced stages which lowers the survival rate.
Treatment For Male Breast Cancer
Here again the smaller number of men with this type of cancer handicaps the medical profession. The lower number of men forces doctors to depend on research in women for the type of treatment to use for men.
Conclusion
After researching and writing this article I feel strongly that its time for men to become more proactive in this area by pushing for better education, research, prevention, and yearly breast screening for men after forty just like the women
