Sunday, 14 August 2016

Breast cancer - how yoga help



 Breast cancer - how yoga helps  in curing-   Indian Yoga  Management, India

Breast cancer begins in the lobes  and ducts ( in its cell ).  There are 4-stages of cancer.  It can occur in both men and women.  But chances are more in women. So, our discussion is about women breast cancer.  Breast cancer is more in educated women than illiterate women. Its treatment is
Depend on examination  of breast cell- tissue, by x-ray, MRI, Ultrasound.


Breast cancer affect 1 in nine Australian women.  In India  one in every 28 women develop breast cancer in lifetime ( 18.5%  population).  We know it when it becomes Invasive.
It means spreads beyond the milk duct area and affects other part also.

It spreads to Lymph Node, bone, liver and lungs. Deficiency in vitamin D results in tumor progression and metastasis in breast cancer.

Yoga and life -
The women who performed yoga reported having more energy and less

Daytime

sleepiness, better physical functioning, and better overall quality of life.

Since Yoga activate functioning of organ, remove waste before changing

into disease

cell, and make stronger the bone tissue improving immunity function.

When a cure for breast cancer in not possible – later stage when it spread

to a point  where

Cure is no longer possible. Now treatment is only improving quality of life

by relieving  the symptoms means “Palliative” treatment with medication.

Here it is Yoga which gives  relieve to improve life.

Now let’s discuss in details - 
The fatty area of female breast is a type of tissue called Connecting Tissue.
This tissue is in form of  lobes ( 15 to 20   lobes ).
These lobes have lactiferous ducts opens in hole of nipple.
It means there is a thin pipe like structure connecting lobes and nipple.
Milk formed in these lobes come out with this pipe ( lactiferous duct ) in nipple.
These are under control of following hormone, it means hormone activate them as per function, work and type of work.
·                     Hormone – prolactine and  oxitocine

The source of these hormones is Pitutiary Gland and Thalamus. 




Reasons  of  Cancer -
1. Hormone prescription drugs
2. Too much body fat
3.  Much Stress/Not Enough Sleep
4. Chemicals in our food
5. Chemicals in our body care products and cosmetics
6. Fewer and later pregnancies
7. Less breastfeeding
8. Not enough physical activity and exercise
9. Exposure to Pollutants
10. Smoking

 In Australia  Screening Mammography is free for the women above age 50 years.
Reasons on breast cancer  in other words –
1.     Children after age 35
2.     First period in early age.
3.     Menopause age more than 55 years
4.     Alcohol  using frequently
5.     Obesity-  gaining weight after menopause
6.      More use of  contraceptive pill
7.     Use of hormone pill as replacement therapy ( HRT )

Vitamin D which is obtained from food or sunlight is converted into

hormone calcitriol in body tissue including breast tissue. Calcitriol binds to

the vitamin D receptor VDR which regulates a large number of gene which

are associated with cancer.

Following should be precaution -

Precautions -    Self Examination –

·        Step 1: Begin by looking at your breasts in the mirror  - Breasts that are their
usual size, shape, and color
·        Breasts that are evenly shaped without visible distortion or swelling

Step 2: Now, raise your arms and look for the same changes.

Step 3: While you're at the mirror, look for any signs of fluid coming out of
          one or both nipples (this could be a watery, milky, or yellow fluid or    
          blood).

Step 4:  Next, feel your breasts while lying down, using your right hand to feel your left breast and then your left hand to feel your right breast. Use a firm, smooth touch with the first few finger pads of your hand, keeping the fingers flat and together. Use a circular motion, about the size of a quarter.


 Yoga functions like a tool to improve health and live healthy life even after 
suffering from disease. There are many yoga poses say  asana and activity which improve metabolism, hormone secretion, digestion, stress minimizing,
reducing fat, obesity, improving blood circulation and many more.  



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