| According to papers, news and internet, breast | | | | late. |
| cancer is a disease that specially targets women | | | | 3. Women eating foods with saturated fats and |
| irregardless of their age. It is also regarded as the | | | | lacking nutrition. Lack of proper diet can also be a |
| world's second lethal killer after cancer. | | | | determining factor in them suffering from it. Without |
| It usually occurs after women reached their 20s | | | | sufficient calcium and vitamins, their body loses the |
| although in some cases, there are teenagers or even | | | | necessary resistance to sickness and becomes more |
| children getting it. Every year, there are millions of | | | | prone to breakdown. |
| women around the world suffering from it given their | | | | 4. Women drinking alcohol, smoking or taking drugs |
| frequent medical checkup statistics provided by | | | | excessively. However awkward it may sound, they |
| hospitals. | | | | will be inviting all the unknown germs to attack and |
| The most common procedure recommended by | | | | infect their body cells simply through frequent use of |
| doctors is mammogram. Mammogram is a treatment | | | | alcohol, beer, cigarettes, drugs, medicine or even |
| meant to examine their breasts for any symptoms | | | | wine which they think they know a lot but really |
| of cancer. Symptoms such as mutation of cells within | | | | know nothing about. |
| their breasts. An early detection will certainly help | | | | 5. Women with family history of breast cancer. If |
| women to have it cured faster. If not, doctors will | | | | their sisters, mothers or grandmothers have breast |
| recommend various ways for them to avoid it. | | | | cancer, there is a high possibility of them getting it |
| So what causes women to have breast cancer? | | | | too. |
| There are several possibilities pertaining to this. Such | | | | 6. Women undergoing estrogen replacement therapy |
| as: | | | | for various reasons. If they have been doing this for |
| 1. Women beginning their menstrual cycle too soon. | | | | 10 years and more, the chances of them getting it |
| The average age is 12. Yet some begin much earlier. | | | | are very high. |
| Therefore their risk of getting it is much higher | | | | Whichever the possibility, breast cancer should not be |
| before they reach 30s. | | | | taken lightly. An early checkup, consultation and |
| 2. Women beginning their menopause cycle too late. | | | | detection from doctors will certainly help to manage |
| The average age is 50 and earlier. But for those | | | | or better still, avoid breast cancer. As to how to |
| starting beyond 50, their bodies will start to have | | | | avoid and manage breast cancer, I will be covering |
| adverse reaction since their hormones change too | | | | that in my next article. |