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Breast self exam
Breast self exam is a method in which a person checks her own breasts to help detect breast problems or changes. Breast problems can be first discovered by women themselves, often by accident. Breast lumps can be noncancerous (benign) or cancerous.
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A 21-year old asked:
How often should I do a breast self-exam (bse)?
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A 30-year old asked:
Is a breast-self exam still suggested by doctors?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Is a breast self-exam more accurate than a mammogram at 35?
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A 33-year old asked:
How long should breast self exams be done to ensure reproductive health?
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A 32-year old female asked:
If I have high anxiety doing breast self exams and choose not to, is It ok to have clinical breast exams from Dr every few months? If so, how often?
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A 41-year old asked:
Breast self exam should end at age 85?
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A 40-year old asked:
What is a breast self-exam? Is it easy?
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A 29-year old asked:
How can we conduct thorough breast self exam?
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A 29-year old asked:
What is the best way to do a breast self-exam?
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A 41-year old asked:
Is a breast self exam supposed to be done by guys?
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A 38-year old asked:
What should men be feeling for during a breast self exam?
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A 47-year old asked:
What exactly is the proper method to perform a breast self exam?
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A 32-year old asked:
What's the proper method to perform a breast self exam? Sitting, lying?
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A 24-year old female asked:
What are the chances that your breast is damaged during breast self exam and ultrasound?
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A 31-year old asked:
How many days after your?Period should?You do a breast self exam?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Is a breast self exam 1 week after period a good time? When is the breast the least swollen?
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A 37-year old female asked:
How long after period can I do a breast self exam? Some say 3 days, some 1 week. My breasts feel least swollen 1 week after period. Is that possible?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Area of fibrosis in breast. biopsy proven. how to get rid of it (medicines massage?) feels firm and scares me all the time with a breast self exam.
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A 35-year old asked:
How often should people perform breast and testicular self-exams?
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A 31-year old female asked:
When is best time to do self breast exams?
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A 40-year old asked:
What can my breasts feel like when doing a self breast exam?
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A 37-year old asked:
Can I do a self breast cancer exam?
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A 33-year old female asked:
During self breast exam I note my areolas feel lumpy beneath the skin. Some lumps larger and firmer than others. Are lumps meant to be there?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Is it recommended to do a self breast exam while pregnant and/or nursing? My breasts are going through changes so i don't know what to look for.
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A 28-year old female asked:
Have been having aching pains in left breast, when I do self breast exam, some areas are more tender to touch than others. What's wrong?
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A 56-year old female asked:
Why can't i find or feel the 1cm smooth breast lump on self exam my doctor can feel?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Can you do too many self breast exams in two weeks? my breast hurts, feels slightly warm and i have tingling under my armpit and down my arm.
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A 35-year old female asked:
I noticed tenderness in my right breast. Did a self exam and have discovered a lump. Should I go to the Er?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Self breast exam, there is yellow and milky discharge from my right breast only when squeezed. There is sometimes shooting pain in both breast (more in right one). Gynec. found no lump upon physical exam. What could this be? Pain mild and not persist?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I did a self breast exam last year October and I saw greenish yellow discharge coming from my left nipple. It only happens when I squeeze it. From then to now there is no other symptoms. I am 19 with PCOS and fibrocystic breasts. Is it cancer? Scared?
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