In western countries almost 70 percent of the entire women population is afflicted with changes in breast condition. The main reason has been identified as irregular menstrual cycle and many of the changed breast condition precipitate as breast cancer at a later date.

It is found that many women experience that their breast becoming tender or swollen and some times becoming nodular during their menstrual cycles.

This particular problem of changes in breast condition is a very serious issue as far as women’s health is concerned, and hence this has to be studied and understood in detail so as to get the condition treated before it could get blown into a full fledged cancer. The need of the hour is to know the reasons as to what causes the condition and the possible treatments, both natural and medicinal, which could ameliorate women from such deadly health issue.

Factual Aspects of Breast Health

Women of all ages are much prone to various health concerns and they include irregular periods or menstrual cycles, cystitis, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, excess bleeding, hysterectomy, breast problems, endometriosis, miscarriage, menopause, absence of menstrual cycles, osteoporosis, PMS, vaginal infection, prolapse, abortion, polycystic ovary syndrome, pregnancy, and thrush. Besides what has been said above, women also face problems of overweight, obesity, infertility, and other variety of diseases.

When it comes to breast cancer, most of the women living in United States have been afflicted with the cancerous growth and amongst the afflicted, many women have seen recurrence of cancer even after treatment. This is one of the major concerns in the US, and to tackle this particular women’s health issue, it is important to educate women in understanding their physiology and inculcate the habit of regular checkups.

Today, there are various diagnostic tools available with which one can get the disease identified in its initial stages itself and take corrective measures or treatments so as contain the disease before it could take a virulent form. Still many women respond to their disease, especially breast related health issues, differently and hence creating awareness and educating the general mass is the urgent and immediate need.

Out of the various women’s health related issues, this breast cancer need to be studied further in detail, as each and every woman stand a very good chance of contracting breast cancer at some point of time in their life. When it comes to the risk factors that trigger onset of breast cancer, there are many factors such as family history, high tissue density in breast area, gender, age, personal history of breast cancer, exposure to estrogen hormone for quite a long period, breast hyperplasia, hormonal therapy for treating menopause related problems, not conceiving before the age of 30 or conceiving after the age of 30, exposure to radiation, diet, smoking, environment and genetics as well.

Today, breast cancer is one of the most seriously prevalent women’s health issues and the disease continues to take its toll without any respite. Only a well-coordinated research and development of treatment methods alone can see the disease driven out of the country, perhaps the world, permanently.

[tags]Fibroids, Hyperplasia, Menopause, Pregnancy, Abortion[/tags]