Cancer, especially of the breast, has become a malady of great concern to many people in Nigeria and even globally. In Nigeria, where income is poor and medical facilities are in deplorable state, diagnosing any one of a breast cancer is like sending the person to the guillotines...
Despite the awareness some organisations, including voluntary and religious groups, are making, efforts to ensure that young ladies and women go for cancer screening early enough have not yielded desired result. Many would still not go, for reasons ranging from cost to quality assurance, fear of chemotherapy and traditional belief and male chauvinism especially as screening centres are dominated by male handlers.
The global health body added that the chance that one woman in every 39 will die of breast cancer is high. This seems to be the case as many advanced breast cancer patients in the country are women in their pre-menopausal stage; that is from mid-30s to mid-40s.These are women that are still in their productive age and part of the nation’s active workforce.
Although, Western Europe has the highest incidence of breast cancer of per 100,000 women), the West African region and Melanesia have the highest mortality rate of 22.3 per cent and 27.5 per cent ASR per 100,000 women respectively. In addition, Orji cautions ladies on menopausal hormone therapy or any birth control pills to always ask of the side effects before taking them and if there are any reactions that have brought any unpleasant changes in their bodies, they should immediately desist from taking them because some of the drugs could trigger breast cancer in a woman.
“It is also good to have a mammogram if you have not had one before and do not wear your bra beyond eight hours daily. Have a quality sleep, reduce pressure on the breast and loosen any tight bra, reduce intake of fried or canned food and live a stress free life,” he said. He called susceptible women to maintain a healthy lifestyle, avoid tobacco and alcohol, protect themselves from sun exposure, use sunscreen and follow recommended measures from cancer screenings and check-ups.
She also disclosed that the research revealed that a woman who had a child before, but stayed away for long without sex are at a higher risk of developing breast lumps, saying this equally goes for women who wear their brassieres for as long as 10 to 12 hours a day.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
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