Steemers October is commemorated as a month of Breast Cancer Awareness. The pink ribbons serve as a warning symbol to continue raising awareness of the second leading cause of death in the world for women.
Breast cancer is a cancer that we generally know to infect women. It is estimated that in 2017 there are 252,710 women diagnosed with breast cancer. Apparently, men can also get the disease.
Although not as many women sufferers, but about 350 men were diagnosed with breast cancer annually and 80 people died. While in women there are 55 thousand who fell ill the disease and 11 thousand who died.
Causes of Breast Cancer in Male
The symptoms of breast cancer in men are almost the same as that experienced by women. Cancer grows in the small breast tissue behind the nipple. In men, the symptoms shown are there is a hard lump in one of the chest, sometimes the nipple goes in, irritate, even discharge.
In the medical world itself is still not much to give information about the exact cause of breast cancer that attacks this man. This happens because very few cases of breast cancer that occurs in men. Nevertheless, there are more common causes of breast cancer that attack men, namely due to heredity, alcohol consumption, and also because of obesity.
1. Heredity Factor.
Hereditary factors seem to be the most difficult factor to avoid from the spread of certain diseases. the three genes of a parent who have a certain disease decreased to his son, then the child has a high risk inheriting the illness of his parents.
Like breast cancer that attacks this man. One cause of the onset of breast cancer in men is due to hereditary factors. The genes that go down this type of breast cancer are the BRCA2 gene. Therefore, when parents lower the gene and parents who have breast cancer, then his son was also potentially high cancer.
2. Excessive Alcohol Consumption
Alcohol is widely consumed by humans. Humans who consume alcohol is more done by men than women. Excessive consumption of alcohol can lead to breast cancer coming men. This is because alcohol does have the damaging properties of organs that exist in the body.
Therefore for men who have a habit of consuming alcohol have a higher risk of breast cancer than men who do not consume alcohol at all.
3. Obesity
Everyone already knows that obesity is a condition of the body that is not good. In addition to making the scene uncomfortable views, obesity is also a gateway for various diseases that can affect humans. One of the diseases that can be caused from obesity is breast cancer.
Breast cancer that attacks the male one cause is because the man is obeseatas. Therefore, a man who is obese will have a greater chance of breast cancer than men who have normal weight.
4. Smoking
Smoking is one of the fun activities that at the same time can kill humans gradually. Why is that? This is because smoking is an activity that brings in many guests, namely disease. It is not a secret that smoking can bring a lot of diseases. This has been announced in various social media, both print and electron. Even in the pack of cigarettes sendri already written bahwasannya smoking can cause the arrival of various health problems.
And one of the diseases that can be caused by smoking is cancer. All kinds of cancer can be caused by this cigarette. one of which is breast cancer that happens poada man. This is because the materials that are present and used to construct cigarettes are substances containing substances that are corrosive or damaging. So that breast cancer can easily attack men.
5. It has Klinefelter syndrome
One of the male penyabab having breast cancer is because it has linefelter syndrome. Klinefelter syndrome is a genetic disorder in which there are extra chromosomes in the male body. This is what can trigger the occurrence of breast cancer in men.
That's some of the things that cause the incidence of breast cancer by men. To be able to avoid the occurrence of breast cancer, then from ourselves must start to leave bad habits, especially that can cause health problems.
Symptoms of Breast Cancer In Men
Breast cancer that occurs in men can also be seen from several symptoms. Symptoms suggesting breast cancer in men include the following:
- There is a lump in the breast
- Putting breasts bleeding
- Weight loss
- Appetite decreases or disappears
- There is a disruption of body function
- Often tired and weak
- There is a change in the structure of the breast
Breast Cancer Prevention in Men
Before a man actually finds breast cancer in him, then you should do a variety of ways to prevent cancer. Some ways that can be done to prevent the occurrence of breast cancer are as follows:
- Reduce levels of fat in the body
- Avoid excessive amounts of meat
- Regular exercise
- Eat enough fruits and vegetables
- As much as possible to avoid consuming alcohol
- Avoid stress
Treatment of Breast Cancer in Men
Treatment of breast cancer in men is also almost similar to women, namely masektomi, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy.
In addition to treatment by way of surgery, treatment in a natural way can also be done. Some plants are able to provide efficacy in overcoming cancer. Some of these plants are turmeric, tread virgin (Catharanthus roseus), and god leaves (Gynura divaricata).
Well, that was about health information about breast cancer. Indeed, most of these diseases cause many women, but men can be affected by this disease. Hopefully this article is useful for all of us, and can make us more loving and care about the health of ourselves or the people closest to us. Regards!
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The reasons are clear, there are warnings and signs, its on the walls and on the news But still we care not until we have to be cared for.
Well, it's only natural that we only care but pay less attention. Perhaps, because women are more susceptible to this disease than men.