How to check breast nodules?

Female friends have obvious physiological characteristics and many health risks. For example, breast diseases are very common, which will bring great inconvenience and trouble to the health and life of female friends. Only when you feel breast discomfort, you can check and diagnose as soon as possible to prevent the disease from getting worse. So how to check breast nodules?

1. Ultrasound examination

B-ultrasound examination is also one of the commonly used examination methods for breast diseases and can be used in combination with breast molybdenum target X-ray examination. This method is non-toxic, harmless, simple, and can identify benign, malignant, cystic, solid, hyperplastic and other breast diseases. However, ultrasound examinations sometimes produce false positives and are difficult to diagnose for masses smaller than 1 cm.

2. Ductoscopy

If the patient has nipple discharge (watery discharge), a ductoscopy can be performed, which can confirm the diagnosis in most patients. This method has a high diagnosis rate and little pain, but before the examination, the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) should be checked, and if necessary, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) should also be tested to prevent cross infection.

3. Pathological examination

Pathological examination is an essential basis for clinical diagnosis of breast cancer, and is mainly used for suspected breast mammography and B-ultrasound examinations. Pathological examination includes cytopathology and histopathology. Cytopathology examination is less invasive, less painful, fast, and easy to perform. Histopathological examination can not only characterize the tumor, but also determine the type of tumor before surgery, providing a reference for treatment. The new generation of tissue puncture equipment can even remove early cancer lesions without the need for surgery.

4. Breast infrared examination

Breast red light examination and therapy device: This examination is often used as an initial screening test for breast diseases during physical examinations because of its fast speed and non-radioactive nature. It is especially suitable for pregnant and lactating women and costs about a few dozen yuan. It uses the different infrared absorption rates of normal tissue and diseased tissue to display different grayscale images such as translucent, dark and bright, thereby diagnosing breast diseases. Although it is not a professional examination for breast cancer, it can be used as a screening for breast lesions.

The above article gives a clear introduction on how to check breast nodules. I believe everyone is very clear about this. In fact, there are still many breast health examination items. Even if there is no breast disease, it is necessary to do regular examinations so as to truly prevent problems before they occur.