Breast cancer is also seen in men, what is the reason?

 Breast cancer is also seen in men, what is the reason?

Gyan Bahadur Lama of Kathmandu went to the University Teaching Hospital in Maharajganj to take care of his sick friend. Gyan Bahadur, who was taking care of his friend, was suddenly called by the nurse and said - 'Brother, there is blood on your T-shirt.' After listening to the nurse, Gyan Bahadur looked at his chest and saw a pool of blood. Thought - 'Maybe the girl got blood in her sleep.'

Without paying much attention to the nurse, he returned home and opened the T-shirt in the evening and saw more blood on the T-shirt than in the afternoon. Suspecting that the blood came from a wound, they looked for a wound on the body but did not find it.

Afraid of what might have happened, he asked the nurse the next day who alerted him to blood on his T-shirt. The nurse advised Gyan Bahadur to be tested.

In 2017, there was a problem of water drops coming out from her right breast. At that time, he underwent all the check-ups at Chirayu Hospital. The doctor said everything was normal and prescribed medicine. While prescribing the medicine, the doctor said "everything is normal but don't squeeze your chest". For that reason, he speculated that the blood might have come from scratching with nails.

However, following the nurse's advice, he decided to do the test once. Did all the tests in teaching. The results after the test were abnormal.

After the test, it was found that she had breast cancer. Gyan Bahadur is the first man in Nepal to be diagnosed with breast cancer.

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In the year 2079, Dhan Bahadur KC of Nuwakot suddenly felt a lump on his right chest. After slowly starting to feel pain, he went to Trishuli Hospital for examination and told the doctor about his problem. The doctor advised him to have a video x-ray. After taking video X-ray and showing the report, the doctor said - 'You should go to Kathmandu once and get tested again and get treated there.'

A few days later, he reached Patan Hospital and met the doctor. The doctor at Patan Hospital said that he should examine the flesh of his chest. After examination, it was found that she has first stage breast cancer. After being diagnosed with cancer, he panicked for a moment. But the doctor said that he will recover after treatment. Now he has been successfully treated.

After 2022, breast cancer is the number one cancer in women. According to the data published by Globocan in 2022, about 2,255 people were diagnosed with breast cancer.

Breast cancer occurs not only in women but also in men. Out of 1,000 breast cancer patients, three to four, i.e. less than one percent, are seen in men. It has not been discovered that this is the main cause of breast cancer in men, but there are many risk factors.

Abnormal changes in the cells in the breast, due to their uncontrolled and unnecessary growth, lumps, lumps and non-healing lesions are called breast cancer. Although it is seen that breast cancer mostly affects women, recently men are also affected by this disease. Arun Shahi says.

"In order to control breast cancer, which is on the rise, people should be trained and public awareness should be raised," he says.

Causes of breast cancer in men

In the family, grandmother, mother, sister had breast cancer and ovarian cancer. If grandfather, father had prostate cancer, stomach cancer, there is a possibility of breast cancer in other men of that family. In this way, breast cancer can occur in the children of blood related families due to genetic reasons. Shahi says.

Due to bad lifestyle and diet, obesity has become a problem for many people. Obesity is also causing many diseases. Because of this, there is also a possibility of breast cancer in men. Obesity increases the number of fat cells in the body and later it can cause tumors. In addition, fat cells increase the amount of estrogen in the body, which is one of the causes of breast cancer in men, he said.

Shahi says that men who smoke a lot and drink a lot of alcohol are more likely to develop breast cancer.

Men who work at night in factories and work in radiation-exposed areas are also at risk of breast cancer. In addition, men who take hormonal therapy are also at risk. Shahi says.

Symptoms

A small lump can be found at the bottom of the breast, feeling uncomfortable in the chest, indentation of the nipple, changes in the shape of the breast, a hole in the breast, a small wound that does not heal, pain in the muscles around the breast, white discharge or bleeding from the nipple, weight loss, etc. Oncologist with symptoms of breast cancer Dr. Shahi says.

Measures to reduce risk

The risk of cancer can be avoided by improving lifestyle and diet. Dr. According to Shahi, attention should be paid to these things to reduce the risk of breast cancer.

- Avoid things that can cause cancer, such as smoking and alcohol.

- Be physically active. Do regular exercise, yoga, pranayama.

- Stay positive and energetic.

- Do not eat processed food, junk food.

- Reduce stress, get enough rest.

- If there are unnecessary lumps in the body, if the color has changed, get tested immediately.

- If hereditary cancer runs in the family, the risk is high. Therefore, it should be checked once a year to see if there is cancer in time.

- Even if the message that breast cancer should be identified and treated in its early stages can be conveyed to everyone, the risk of it can be avoided.