Breast reconstruction

Suffering From Back Pain? Consider Breast Reduction Benefits of breast reduction for chronic back pain and other physical ailments. Tremendously large breasts have been connected with a number of physical complaints including back pain, neck pain and even numbness and tingling in the fingers in hands. They have also been associated with shortness of breath, shoulder pain, migraine headaches, poor posture, skin irritation and infections, painful indentations from bra straps, an inability to play

Breast Tomosynthesis When people are asked about preventive medical care for women, they usually think about mammography. Mammography is a type of breast imaging that uses x-rays to help detect breast cancer and other abnormalities. 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime; it is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. Using mammography as a screening tool for breast cancer has a major impact on the mortality rate. It has been associated with a 15% to 20% reduction

Tuberous breasts are a type of deformity experienced by many women. Tuberous bBreast dDeformity, or TBD, is a congenital breast condition with no known cause. It occurs during the development of breast tissue during puberty. TBD is easily recognized by these physical characteristics: small breast size, constriction of breast tissue, lack of breast skin, puffy or bulging nipple and areolar area, and extreme breast asymmetry. This condition can cause severe psychosocial and self-esteem issues in affected

diagnosed, a stage is assigned to it, based on how advanced it is. Stage 0 is used to describe non-invasive breast cancers. (Breastcancer.org) In stage 0, there is no evidence of cancer cells or non-cancerous abnormal cells. Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is the most common type of non-invasive breast cancer. Another stage is stage IV, which is invasive breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast and nearby lymph nodes to other organs of the body. (Breastcancer.org) When cancer has metastasized, it

Mammograms are a test one can have done to see if they have breast cancer. A mammogram is an x-ray picture that can show lumps in one’s breast up to two years before it can be felt (National Cancer Institute.) Mammograms can be very controversial on whether or not they are necessary. Despite having a quick 5-6 minute breast examination at your doctor’s appointment, regular mammogram screening is necessary for discovering the lumps that haven’t progressed enough to detect by touch. Mammograms are

A Few Things To Know About A Mastectomy Prosthesis If you're waiting to have a mastectomy for your breast cancer, one of the things you'll want to consider is if you'll wear a prosthesis. In some cases, reconstructive surgery can be done at the same time as your mastectomy. Other times you'll have to space out the surgeries or you may not want reconstruction surgery at all. If that's the case, you'll probably want to wear a prosthesis so your figure will be balanced under your clothing. Here are

diverse websites regarding analogous topics to compare and assess their effectiveness for providing medical information on Breast Cancer to individuals. The websites that have been chosen for assessment are as follows: 1). http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/guide/understanding-breat-cancer-basics#1 2). http://www.cancer.gov/types/breast/hp/breast-treatment-pdq WebMD focuses on information that can be understood by individuals that are untrained in the medical profession

medical field, analog mammography was the gold standard for breast cancer detection. Digital mammography is now replacing the old analog mammography units. There are many concepts digital mammography has implemented into their new unit that came from analog mammography. The most basic concept is, x-rays pass through the breast. The breast tissue attenuates the x-ray photons in different degrees, which shows us different structures inside the breast. Cancer is demonstrated by being "whiter" than granular

Plastic surgery in today’s medical world Plastic surgery can be defined as the specialty in the medical field that involves the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body. Plastic surgery can be separated into two groups: reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. The thesis of this essay is to examine these two types of surgery and to examine the effect that it has on today’s medical world, and what causes people to seek plastic surgery. Reconstructive surgery includes craniofacial

Symptoms and Treatment of Breast Cancer Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women and has the highest fatality rate of all cancers affecting this sex. It is the leading cause of death among women aged 35-54. In 1999 an estimated 175,000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer. That is one woman every three minutes. At the same time 43,000 will die, at the rate of one every two minutes. The incidence of men diagnosed with breast cancer is rare, however it does occur. Approximately