HOW TO DO BREAST EXAMINATION
l. Stand before a mirror. Place your hands
on your hips) & press your waist firmly to
tense the chest muscles.
Look at your breasts. Any abnormal
change in size, shape, or color? Any swellin
dimpling, or bulging? Any redness, rashes,1
orange-peel appearance?
Look at you nipples. Has the position
changed? ls it inverted? ls it pushed inward
instead of sticking out?
Raise you arms & repeat the check of the
breasts & nipples as above. Any changes?
Milk your breasts! Press the nipples
slightly. Did any fluid come out? Is it watery,
milky, bloody, or yellowish?
Lie down flat, facing the ceiling! Place
your right arm under your head. Use the pad
of the fingers of your right hand to feel the
left breast, & vice versa. Use firm smooth,
small circular motions. Cover the entire
breast. Move your fingers up & down, in
rows, orderly, till the entire breast is
massaged.
PHC BREAST EXAMINATION
COMMITMENT:
(Women) "I will examine my breasts, at least,
once in a month."
(Men) "I will remind her every month to
examine her breasts."
