ISSUE 77 : 01-15 August 06 Last update August 1 ,2006 -*-
     
 

Breast Cyst

By Dr. Lalita Theerasiri

Breast disease which is not a cancer can be categorized into 2 groups. First is breast discomfort. The next is breast lumps which can be a connective tissue of lump or a cyst. If one already has an x-ray examination of the breast with the special method called Mammogram or a soft tissue x-ray and the result is not found a malignant tumor but just a small cyst, she will not immediately have an operation. Doctor will appoint her again in the next 6 months to x-ray and check the result, then remove the cyst.

During this 6 months period, patients will be waiting with nervous and scared whether the cyst in their breast will turn out to be a tumor or not.

The excessive amount of hormone called prolactin causes lumps or cysts in breast. (Prolactin is the hormone which stimulates the breast of lactating women to produce milk.) This hormone can cause lump or cyst and also a severe breast discomfort symptom. If anyone has the symptom mentioned, you can follow the method below to cure it as well. The way to lessen a cyst in breast depends on an essential fatty acid called Gamma Linolenic. You have to stop taking other fatty acid derived either from oil and meat, including milk as well. The body will balance itself and then the cyst will be diminished unless the lump is a tumor.

Way to remove a cyst by yourself
1. You have to stop having food products which contain all groups of fat, especially saturated fat. Therefore, you also have to stop eating milk, butter, crispy, cakes, cookies or other types of sweets which major ingredient is butter. You must absolutely quit having chocolate, all kinds of beverages contained alcohol, margarine, creamy, all deep fried or stir fried in oil foods, including boned, sliced Hainan-style chicken with marinated rice and pig leg topping with rice at least 3 months.

2. Next, you have to stop eating sugar, sweets, tea, coffee and alcohol.

3. Stop having meat plus beef, pork and chicken within 3-6 months. You can eat fish and seafood instead.

4. Having half-milled rice every meal with original Thai food without fat such as hot and sour, fish and vegetable ragout (Kaeng Som), vegetable soup (Kaeng Liang), jungle curry paste (Kaeng Pa), hot and sour soup with mushrooms (Tom Yum), spicy salad, hot and sour salad, paste sauce with vegetables, etc. If you want to eat Thai rice noodle (Ka-nom Jean), you must eat it served with slivered vegetables and pulverized-fish curry (Nam Ya Pa).

5. Stop taking any sex hormone medication, for example, contraceptive pills and hormone treatment for climacteric women.

6. Eat an essential fatty acid called Gamma Linolenic which derives from 4 natural sources; the evening primrose oil, borage seed oil, black currant seed oil and the oil extracted from fungi called "Javanicus". In our country, there is only the evening primrose oil which is quite well-known. You should dose it 2 grams a day within 6 months. It is not necessary to buy any expensive brands or to believe any advertisements. Every brand has the same quality.

If you can follow all of these steps, the cyst will be diminished. Plus, if the size of cyst is not bigger than a lemon; it will disappear from your breast within 3 months. On the contrary, if the cyst is bigger than a size of lemon, it spends a little more time to diminish but most of the breast cyst will disappear by 6 months. Then, you go to have an x-ray again and you will get a pleasure result.