Breast Cancer Awareness

 

As the world marks breast cancer month this October, we at Amela Pharmacy thought we offer you with few tips on Warning Signs and Prevention.

5 Common Warning Signs Of Breast cancer

√ Lump, hardknot or thickening inside the breast or underarm.
√ Swelling, Warmth, redness or darkening of the breast.
√ Change in size or shape of the breast.
√ Dimpling or puckering of the skin on your breast.
√ Nipple Discharge

 10 Tips for Breast cancer Prevention

📌 Avoid becoming Overweight
📌 Eat Healthy to avoid tipping the scale
📌 Keep Physically active
📌 Drink little or no alcohol
📌 Don't Smoke
📌 Mother, breast feed your babies for as long as possible.
📌 Avoid hormone replacement therapy.

Breast Cancer Screening
Early detection remains the primary defence in preventing breast cancer.
√ Breast self examination
√ Clinical breast examination
√ Mammography.