Rourou is a programmer in Tan Truc (Taiwan, China).She suddenly discovered breast cancer thanks to a "strange" feeling when applying lotion at the age of 29 - ie 2 years ago.It is worth mentioning that before that, she did not have any signs of the disease and even when checking her health, all indicators were normal.
According to Rourou, she always thinks that she is healthy because she eats everything, easy to sleep and is rarely sick.Until she accidentally discovered her chest skin became rough, so she started to take care of her skin more carefully.Some time later, she felt "strange" like in her chest there were small lumps when her hands were over to apply lotion.
Going to the chest skin abnormally, the 29 -year -old girl discovered dangerous breast cancer (Artwork)
At first, Rourou was not too concerned because they were not painful.However, when she told an acquaintance, she was advised to see a doctor immediately.As a result, she went to the hospital and received a rare and dangerous diagnosis of breast cancer: the breast cancer was negative.
Signs of breast cancer should pay attention
Rourou's treatment doctor said that breast cancer is negative (Triple -Negative Breast Cancer - TNBC) is a type of breast cancer without a hormone receptor, accounting for 10-15% of the total number of cancer cases.breast.This type of cancer grows rapidly, the recurrence rate is higher than other types of breast cancer.Due to the lack of hormone receptors, the disease has very little treatment options.
To cope with this disease, Rorou not only experienced all kinds of pain but also has great mental pressure because they are single, not yet giving birth.She also had financial difficulties when medical costs were up to millions of dollars in the past two years.
Currently, she is still tenacious fighting even though the prognosis is not too positive.She shared her story on many social networking platforms in the hope of warning people, especially women about the importance of self -examination and early detection of abnormal signs in the body.Simultaneously.She called for a better health insurance policy for cancer patients.
If you do not want to fall into the case of "not repentance" like Rourou, do not underestimate the symptoms of breast cancer such as:
- Abnormal big breasts, disproportionate (usually large on one breast).
- Chest pain for unknown reasons.
- The chest skin becomes red, rough, or has a concave
- Chest area, armpits swollen or lymphadenopathy.
- The nipple is dropped in, unusually fluid
- Some people do not have breast pain but back pain, shoulders, and neck.
- When the illness is seriously ill, it will come with other systemic symptoms such as weight loss, fatigue, persistent fever ...
Whether men or women can have breast cancer, should regularly check themselves at home and periodically examine (Artwork)
In particular, women are at high risk, such as having a family history of breast cancer, so they should go to regular health checks and perform necessary tests such as mammograms.In addition, it should be noted that breast cancer not only affects women but also men are at risk of disease, so they are not subjective.
Source and photo: Ettoday, Women’s Health