Five steps to detect a breast lump

Guardian Nigeria

In just 5 minutes, you can take a powerful step in understanding your breast health! This quick and easy breast self-exam guide will walk you through the essential steps to familiarize yourself with your breasts and detect any potential changes.   Learn how to perform a thorough self-check by looking for any differences in size or shape, redness, swelling, or discomfort. We'll cover how to examine your breasts from different angles, even with your arms raised, to ensure a comprehensive assessment.   Discover the importance of checking for any nipple discharge, whether it's clear, white, yellow, or even bloody. This simple visual check can provide crucial early information about your breast health.   Understand the proper technique for feeling for any lumps or uneven areas while lying down and standing up. This includes extending your examination up to your armpits, a vital area often overlooked.   Make breast self-awareness a regular part of your routine. Early detection is key, and this five-minute check empowers you to be proactive about your well-being.   #BreastSelfExam #BreastHealth #SelfCare

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00:00Do you know that it could take you just five minutes to examine your breasts?

00:03So the first step is to look at yourself in the mirror while standing like this.

00:08Look at your breasts.

00:10Check for any uneven size, uneven shape.

00:13Check if you can see any discoloration, any redness, any discomfort.

00:18Check for any swelling.

00:20Check for any new changes in your breasts.

00:25Then the next step while standing, raise your arms in the mirror and also check.

00:31Look at your sides, look at your breasts, look at it from any angle and check for the other things

00:37I mentioned in the first step.

00:39The next thing you want to do, look in the mirror at your breasts for any signs of fluid coming

00:45out of the nipple, any discharge.

00:47It could be white, it could be yellow like pus, it could be red or pink, that is bloody.

00:52Check for all those signs.

00:54Step 4, lay down on a bed or a flat surface and while laying down, use two fingers to check

00:59for any lumps, check for any uneven areas in your breasts.

01:04And then the final step, step 5, you stand up and then you raise your arms and do the same

01:08thing.

01:09Check all the areas of your breasts, up to your armpits, check on that breast and check for any lumps

01:14or any signs of unevenness.

01:16Step 6, let's keep moving.

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