Assessing Surface Lumps: Consistency and Implications
Learn how to assess the consistency of surface lumps or masses to determine potential implications. Understand the categories of hardness and softness, with tips on self-diagnosis and managing health concerns. Empower yourself with knowledge to alleviate fears and anxieties related to cancer risk.
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ROJoson Medical Clinic Advisories & Health Nuggets Patient Empowerment Program 2025-03-29 Assessing the consistency of a surface lump or mass or bukol
ROJoson Medical Clinic Advisories & Health Nuggets Patient Empowerment Program 2025-03-29 Assessing the consistency of a surface lump or mass or bukol By palpation or feel of your fingers of the surface lump or mass or bukol.
ROJoson Medical Clinic Advisories & Health Nuggets Patient Empowerment Program 2025-03-29 Assessing the consistency of a surface lump or mass or bukol May use 2 or 3 categories to describe the consistency: 2 categories: HARD or NOT HARD 3 categories: HARD, FIRM or SOFT Note: NOT HARD - can be soft and firm
ROJoson Medical Clinic Advisories & Health Nuggets Patient Empowerment Program 2025-03-29 Assessing the consistency of a surface lump or mass or bukol Implications of consistency: Hard lumps suggest the possibility of cancer. Fluid-filled lumps may be tense (and thus quite hard). Soft lumps are more likely to be benign. Firm lumps neutral as to likelihood of benign and malignancy.
ROJoson Medical Clinic Advisories & Health Nuggets Patient Empowerment Program 2025-03-29 Assessing the consistency of a surface lump or mass or bukol How to determine consistency: compare the consistency feel of the lump with some reference in the body such as: HARD is like the feel of your chin or forehead FIRM is like the feel of the tip of your nose SOFT is like the feel of your lip or ear-lobe
ROJoson Medical Clinic Advisories & Health Nuggets Patient Empowerment Program 2025-03-29 Assessing the consistency of a surface lump or mass or bukol Know how to determine the consistency of a body surface lump, mass or bukol. It will be a big help in the management of your health in case you develop a body surface lump, mass or bukol. It will help in self-diagnosis; in helping a physician makes a diagnosis; and most important of all, it may control a reflex fear and anxiety of CANCER if you develop a body surface lump (eg. if the lump is NOT HARD or SOFT then you will have a relief of a greater likelihood of benign lump, not cancer).
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