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Re: Breast exams

From: Alfredo (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 03 Feb 2003 07:28:55 -0300

On 2/1/03 10:11 AM, "Hannah Brooks" <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:

> Dear Same-
> The only way a young woman (who does not get mammograms yet) can find
> anything is to do a regular self examination and have a breast exam
> at least every three years. If you get to know your own lumps, you
> will know when something new crops up. Examination without gloves is
> more sensitive and some doctors choose to examine this way (as long
> as he or she washed hands). Ask your doctor if you are uncomfortable.
> Also, call the local American Cancer Society to take a free self
> examination course--these are very helpful in learning how to tell
> when something is normal or not. You are right about cardiac disease
> and cholesterol, too, so keep up with your healthy habits.
> Hannah Brooks, MD, FACS
>
> Subject: Breast exams
> Date: 02/01/2003 05:02am
>
> How do you differentiate normal lumps from abnormal? I never feel the
> BSE do any good because of all the lumps I always find (the dr. once
> said I have fibrocystic breasts). And this is after two children and
> nursing. Also, if you are 27, and have never had any problems, do you
> really need an annual every year, and at that annual, isn't the doctor
> supposed to use gloves for the breast exam? The past 2 times I went
> they
> didn't use gloves and it freaked me out. I just think the risk for
> heart disease is so much higher and more dangerous for women, and most
> of us don't even get our cholestrol checked every 5 years like we
> should.
>

Ithink with an ultrasound scan it a god method of examination with young women.It could detects cysts Alfredo 

--
Dr. Alfredo F. Elena
Urquiza 3868
Mar del Plata  7600
Argentina
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