Is true that that early sign of breast cancer is losing weight for no reason?

Answer 1

If losing weight a lot suddenly, it may be a bad signal for your health. There are many possibilities for it.

If you are anxious it is breast cancer, you can do Breast Self-Exam firstly:

1. Lie down. Flatten your right breast by placing a pillow or towel under your right shoulder. Place your right arm behind your head. Examine your right breast with your left hand.
2. Use the pads, not the tips, of the middle three fingers on your left hand. With fingers flat, press gently using a circular, rubbing motion and feel for lumps. In small, dime-sized circles without lifting the fingers, start at the outermost top edge of your breast and spiral in toward the nipple.
3. Press firmly enough to feel the different breast tissues, using three different pressures. First, light pressure to just move the skin without jostling the tissue beneath, then medium pressure pressing midway into the tissue, and finally deep pressure to probe more deeply down to the ribs or to the point just short of discomfort.
4. Completely feel all of the breast and chest area up under your armpit, up to the collarbone, and all the way over to your shoulder to cover breast tissue that extends toward the shoulder.
5. Gently squeeze both nipples and look for discharge.

After you have completely examined your right breast, examine your left breast using the same method with your right hand. You may want to examine your breasts or do an extra exam while showering. It's easy to slide soapy hands over your skin and to feel anything unusual. You should also check your breasts in a mirror, looking for any change in size or contour, dimpling of the skin, or spontaneous nipple discharge.

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However, the safest way is to visit a specialty doctor. N.B. Cancer is more possible to be cured in the early stage!

Answer 2

Losing weight for no reason is a sign of all cancers, but is not an early sign. Usually, when somebody loses weight due cancer, the disease is in an advance stage.
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Answer 3

Unexplained weight loss could be a sign of cancer - but not usually of breast cancer. 10 lbs or more lost could be a sign of cancer of the pancreas, stomach, esophagus, or lung. Go get yourself to a doctor and get checked out. Cancer sucks. I'm was diagnosed with breast cancer last November - thankfully, it was caught early, and I'm defnitely one of the lucky ones. Good luck to you and I hope all goes well.

Answer 4

MANY things can cause unexplained weight loss...from something as simple as stress, to a thyroid issue, to something as severe as cancer. A complete physical with blood work would hopefully provide answers. Thinking "cancer" is definitely putting the cart before the horse.

Answer 5

Hope not otherwise I should be deceased. I seem to loose weight for no reason, usually in the spring, summer but come the autumn and winter it goes back on.