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Health
Part II
EXAMS AND TESTS
Your doctor can check for breast cancer before you have any symptoms. During an office visit, your doctor will ask about your personal and family medical history. You’ll have a physical exam. Your doctor may order one or more imaging tests, such as a mam- mogram.
Doctors recommend that women have regular clinical breast exams and mammograms to find breast cancer early. Treatment is more likely to work well when breast cancer is detected early.
Tests include:
• Clinical Breast Exam • Mammogram
• Imaging Tests
• Biopsy
• Lab Tests With Breast Tissue
TREATMENTS
There are many treatment options. The treatment that’s best for one may not be best for another.
The options are surgery, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy. You may receive more than one type of treatment.
Surgery and radiation therapy are types of local therapy. They remove or destroy cancer in the breast. Hormone therapy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy are types of systemic ther- apy. The drug enters the bloodstream and destroys or controls cancer throughout the body.
The treatment that’s right for you depends mainly on the stage of the cancer, the results of the hormone receptor tests, the result of the HER2/neu test, and your general health.
How To Use Cucumber For Puffy Eyes
It is really frustrating to have puffy eyes especially when you have a big day ahead. Puffy eyes or under eyes bags is the most common cosmetic prob- lem faced by many people. They make you look tired, ill and aged.
Lack of sleep is the main culprit behind puffy eyes. Apart from that allergy, dehydration, medications, hormonal imbal- ance, smoking, alcohol con- sumption, dust, pollution, exposure to bright lights, water retention, iron deficiency, low blood sugar and hereditary also contribute to the under eye bags.
If you have puffy eyes along with high fever, pink eyes, red- ness and burning sensation, then consult a doctor as soon as possible. In normal cases, puffy eyes can be treated easily with simple home remedies.
Natural ingredients like cu- cumber, aloe vera, milk and po- tato which are easily available at home can be very effective in treating puffy eyes. However, in this article let me provide more information on cucumber for puffy eyes.
Does Cucumber Really Help To Reduce Puffy Eyes?
• The ascorbic and caffeic acids present in cucumber re- strict the water retention under the eyes which reduces the puffiness.
• Cucumbers are rich in as- tringent properties which re- duce the sagging of skin and increase its elasticity.
• Sometimes, puffiness can be accompanied with irritation. The soothing and cooling prop- erties are thought to reduce ir- ritation and tired look.
• The antioxidants and flavonoids in cucumbers soothe inflammation in the eye area and reduce swelling.
How to Use Cucumber for Puffy Eyes
There are several ways of
using cucumber for treating puffy eyes. We have provided a detailed step-by-step process below for your convenience.
1 ChilledCucumber Slices
Chilled cucumber slices provide an instant relief to the redness, heat and irritation as- sociated with puffy eyes.
• Take a cool cucumber from the refrigerator. (Cool one cucumber if you do not have a chilled one).
• Slice two pieces large enough to sit on your eyes.
• Close your eyes and place cucumber slice on them.
•Letthemrestfor15–20 minutes.
• Remove and pat your eyes dry.
• Do this once in the morn- ing and once in the evening till the puffiness comes down.
Cucumber Juice
• Blend one cucumber, ex- tract its juice and let it cool in the fridge.
• Now soak 2 cotton buds in the chilled cucumber juice.
• Place these buds on your closed eyes and rest for 10
minutes.
• Remove the buds and pat
your eyes dry.
• Do this 2 times a day for
fresh feeling eyes.
3 Cucumber and Potato
Potatoes contain cate- cholase which reduces the water retention under the eyes. Potatoes also have anti- inflammatory properties which can have a cooling ef- fect on your eyes.
• Mix 2 tablespoons each of cucumber juice and potato juice.
• Soak a small cotton swab in this solution and apply it under your eyes.
• Close your eyes and rest for a couple of minutes.
• Wash your eyes with cool water and pat them dry.
• Repeat this process 2-3 times a day.
Alternative Method: You can dip few cotton swabs in cucumber juice, refrigerate them by placing them in a zip lock bag. Once they are cold, you can take 2 swabs each time and place them on eyes for few minutes and pat dry.
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