Breast Cancer on Teenage Girl
Breast cancer is rare during adolescence, but on the other hand, breast lumps are common for girls age. This apparent contradiction is explained by the fact that teenagers often get cysts or tumors in their breasts that are not cancerous and those results from sensitivity to estrogen.In most of time, these lumps will disappear on their own, but please always check them to a doctor. Small nodules sometimes appear on some girls breasts, this condition used to be called fibrocystic disease but this term no longer used because actually from the current awareness that this is not a disease, but only a normal variation. And when you find a lump and before taking any action, doctors will usually wait up to three menstrual cycles, as they most likely disappear.
The X-rays of the breasts called mammograms, are not generally helpful for teenagers. That’s why teenagers are encouraged to learn and practice the self breast examination techniques by the time they reach their 50 when chances of having breast cancer will increase, so it will become a good health habit.
Another note is that breast cancer during adolescence will not increase just because of using birth control pills, as in fact it has been shown will lower the development risk of developing noncancerous breast tumor
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