1982_03 The Daily Collegian March 1982

              Health
Pure 6—the Daily Collegian-March 26, 1982
Self-examinations could prevent breast cancer
By Dianna Costa, RN, FNP
Special to the Daily Collegian
Breast cancer in some ways touches
almost everyone. About 108.000 women
in the United States will develop breast
cancer this year and about one woman in
every 13 will develop the disease at sometime during her lifetime. It usually strikes
women over the age of 30. but younger
women and even men develop this disease.
For you. and for those people special to
you. it is important to learn self-breast
examination and to know the proper signs
and symptoms to look for.
You should examine your breasts
monthly, shortly after your menstrual
period. This is the lime when your breasts
are least likely to be influenced by cyclic
hormones. The following is a three-step
procedure to check your own breasts: I)
Feel them while you are bathing or showering; fingers glide more easily over wet
skin. Ise the right hand to examine the
left breast, and the left hand for the right
breast; 2) Look at them in the mirror.
Inspect your breasts with arms at your
sides and then raise your arms high over
head. Look for any changes in contour of
each breast, a swelling, dimpling of the
skin or changes in the nipple; 3) Examine
your breasts lying down. Place your right
hand behind your head and with your left
hand, fingers Hat. press gently in small
circular motions around in an imaginary
clock face. Begin al 12 o'clock and move
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around and circle back to 12. Then move
slightly toward the nipple, and keep circling 10 examine every part of your breast
including nipple. This usually requires at
least three more circles. Now repeal for
the left breast. Finally, check each nipple
by very gently squeezing between thumb
and index finger to detect any discharge.
Breast lumps vary greatly in the way
ihcy feel. The smallest lump which you
may be able to detect would be about the
size of a pea. It may be rubbery, like an
eraser, or firm IM hard like wood. Over
80 percent of breast lumps found arc
benign cysts or collections of fluid (not
cancerous), of which most will disappear
within a month or.so.
If you find a lump, nipple discharge or
oihcr changes in your breast, seek help
from your doctor or your nurse prac-
tioner. Feel free to come to the Health
Center with any questions you may have.
Wc want you to become comfortable with
self-breait examination arid hope, in time,
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Physical therapy seniors receive hands-on
training which will give thtm the experience
and confidence they need. Al right, a baby
Is tested for primitive reflexes; when the
baby's head is turned, the normal expected
response is to extend Ihe arm in Ihe direction the head is turned. Below, Susan Johnson (holding baby) and Susl Dalzell test
Stephanie Graves for normal head riding
reaction. Stephanie's mother Brenda
(through arms) looks on.