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Breast cancer awareness: Transgenders, women avoid screening, say doctors

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Breast cancer awareness: Transgenders, women avoid screening, say doctors

Not just women, transgenders too avoid breast cancer screening due to the lack of awareness, as per a report in Indian Express.

Speaking about the same, Chandani, who’s a transgender activist who is working for the cause of Transgenders, said, “Our community has no awareness of any kind of screenings. Despite the fact that we use extra hormones and also under breast implant surgeries, even I have not gone to doctor for any cancer screenings.”

Dr Krithika Murugan, Consultant Surgical Oncologist, HCG Cancer Hospital says, many women on the routine follow up examinations, when advised for a sonomammogram the common response she gets from women is “can’t I skip the mammogram, doctor? And go for an ultrasound instead,” this according to Krithika is more to do with how uncomfortable even the means to diagnosis is for women.

According to the data provided by Kidwai Cancer Hospital in Bengaluru, in Karnataka, it is estimated that annually over 9,800 new cases of breast cancers are diagnosed and 26,000 to 30,000 prevalent cases are there.

“Over the years Bengaluru is showing second highest increase in the country only to next to incidence rates in CHennai Based on this data it is estimated that around 1688 new cases of breast cancers are diagnosed every year and prevalent cases in city alone are around 4558 cases,” added a release from Kidwai.

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All that you have to know about menopause

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All that you have to know about menopause

Menopause:

Menopause is the time that marks the end of your menstrual cycles.menopause can happen in your 40’s or 50’s. menopause is natural biological process.It occur when you have gone 12 consecutive months without a menstrual period.

Stages of menopause:

There are three stages of menopause

  1. Per-menopause : per-menopause is the time leading up to menopause.
  2. Menopause : menopause occurs when you’ve stopped producing the hormones that cause your menstrual period an have gone without a period for 12 months in a row.
  3. Post-menopause : post-menopause is the time you’ve been without a menstrual period for 12 months.during this stage, menopausal symptoms, such as hot flashes, get milder or go away.

Symptoms:

  1. Irregular periods
  2. Vaginal dryness
  3. Chills
  4. Hot flashes
  5. Night sweats
  6. Sleep problems
  7. Mood changes
  8. Thinning hair and dry skin
  9. Weight gain and slowed metabolism
  10. Loss of breast fullness
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Do you know cardamom shows the favourable result in treating the Triple –negative breast cancer?

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Do you know cardamom shows the favourable result in treating the Triple –negative breast cancer?

Triple-negative breast cancer:

Triple –negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a particularly challenging form of the breast cancer. Triple –negative breast cancer is a kind of breast cancer that does not have any of the receptors that are commonly found in breast cancer. It spreads faster and has a very less favourable outlook.

TNBC cells test in the negative range for three components that are often targeted in hormone treatments for other breast cancers, they are:

  1. Estrogen
  2. Progesterone receptors
  3. Human epidermal growth factor (HER2) protein.

As a result, there are fewer treatments available.

Cardamom:

  1. It has anticancer properties against breast, prostate and colorectal cancer
  2. It has inflammatory and cardiovascular diseases
  3. It has different natural compounds for their potential as anticancer drugs
  4. These natural source of compounds can fight cancer through
  5. Inhibition of inflammation
  6. Oxidative stress
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Are you well aware of PCOD and its symptoms?

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Are you well aware of PCOD and its symptoms?

PCOD:

PCOD stands for the Polycystic Ovarian Disease. The cause of PCOD is still unknown. However, the association of PCOD with low-grade inflammation, excess insulin, production of male hormones (Hyperandrogenism) in high quality and genetics can be found. Also, early age menstruation, unhealthy lifestyle and pollution are some of the contributing factors of PCOD.

It is characterized by multiple small cysts in the ovaries and makes the ovary enlarged and lead to excessive production of androgen and oestrogen hormones causing various bodily issues. Moderate exercises like brisk walking, jogging, cycling or swimming are all great activities that can help with PCOD. These type of exercises increases your body sensitivity to insulin, which reduces your risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

Symptoms:

  1. Menorrhagia (Heavy bleeding)
  2. Amenorrhea (Irregular periods, occurring every 2 to 3 months)
  3. Acnthosis nigricans ( pigmentation or darkening of the skin around the neck region
  4. Hirsutism (unusual body and face hair growth)
  5. Headaches
  6. Male-pattern baldness
  7. Infertility
  8. Uncontrolled weight gain around the waist area especially
  9. Stubborn acne, this is due to excess peripheral androgen
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