Sex after breast cancer surgery

Sex after breast cancer can do? Sex will not conducive to the rehabilitation of ill and it? When surgery can begin after the resumption of sexual life? In the clinic, patients often ask these questions. In the reader's letters, phone calls are also frequently referred to such problems, we can see, this is a risk of breast cancer patients and their families are concerned about.

Case

Ms. Wang, 38 years old, has always been in good health. Have a bath, I stumbled across the left breast lump, immediately to the Cancer Hospital for treatment. Hospital doctors recommend surgery. Frozen section on the operating table confirmed breast cancer, made a radical operation. Recovered fairly quickly after chemotherapy, more than three months after surgery and would like to exchange feelings with her husband, can over and over again to others, had breast cancer if the same room, it will immediately die, so very scared, and very painful two consecutive to out-patient consultation, to oral sedation to no avail. Finally, doctors told her that sex abroad is reported recovery after surgery and breast cancer rates and no connection to their suffering might as well not to believe such a baseless legend. After the follow-up, the patient condition did not increase.

Ms. Zhang, 49 years old, usually physical health, gynecology unit of a particular time of the census found in the left side of the chest with a mass, the latter to the Cancer Hospital for further examination, biopsy confirmed breast cancer. Not recover after six months of life, fear of sex will make breast cancer recurrence. Also started a more harmonious relationship between husband and wife a few months, six months after her husband becomes irritable temper, and often for some trivial little things like mad. The very fact clearly in mind the same room while her husband was due not to find fault with his wife. The very fact that advice came after maternal and child health hospital could have "married life", when the doctor can clear answer, she resumed sexual life, her husband is no longer angry for no reason, a couple can live in harmony.

Age of onset of breast cancer increased gradually from 30 years of age, the age of 45 to 50 for the peak age of onset of the first. And later rose slowly to 70 to 75 years to peak. The number of incidence of the majority of 45 to 60 years old, accounting for about 55% of the total number of breast cancer patients. Thus, an adult female breast cancer is common disease, a serious threat to the majority of women's health. In Britain, the United States and other developed countries, the incidence of female breast cancer rate has more than 80/10 million people, ranking the first in a variety of malignant tumors. United States each year about 10 million women suffering from breast cancer, which killed 3 million people. New York, every 14 women had had a breast cancer.

The incidence of breast cancer below the world level, but there is an upward trend in recent years. Data report, the incidence of female breast cancer rates in Shanghai more than 20/10 million people. Nanjing in 1984 did a survey and found that the incidence of breast cancer has reached 19.6/10 million people, ranking woman in the first incidence of a variety of malignant tumors.

For women, the breast is not only the secondary sexual characteristics, but also fed the baby's organs, but also the excitement induced organ, is "sensitive area" one. Not only can women get breast sexual stimulation, men can arouse sexual desire. Therefore, after mastectomy, the couple, especially his wife would cause greater psychological pressure. In fact, after breast cancer surgery is completely sex life. In the U.S., there are doctors on sexual behavior in women after mastectomy done a follow-up found that 49% of women within one month after discharge will be restored sexual life; about 33.3% of women 6 months after hospital discharge still not recovered sex life.

And who in restoring sexual life, sexual intercourse, reducing the number of the cross, of which 52% before surgery for women sexual intercourse at least once a month, while in operation during the first three months, only 35% of women can maintain this level. Frequently requested sexual intercourse before surgery, women in general no such desire after surgery (except a few), more than half of women are passively waiting for their husbands sexual demands. After a follow-up found that sexual life does not promote breast cancer recurrence, but generally reflect the requirements of women after surgery reduced.

Reduced after surgery because female sexuality, there are two aspects. One is the body factor, and the other is the psychological factor.

After suffering from breast cancer, either surgery or chemotherapy or radiotherapy, may cause physical weakness, mental fatigue and loss of appetite and so on. In the case of physical condition was poor, typically do not have sexual desire. Psychological factors, the fear of sex will lead to cancer recurrence. Another worry is the fear of psychological requirements put forward their own initiative to make the husband had other plans. In fact this idea even if the physical health of women will have, therefore, in general, women's sexuality often in a passive position.

Speaking from a medical point of view, the appropriate sexual life can promote emotional and happy couple, so that it can improve immune function, the prognosis for breast cancer patients may benefit, on the contrary, will influence their desire to overcome the feelings and emotions to each other. The bad state of mind will be suppressed immune function, so that would bring the residual cancer cell proliferation, increased rates of breast cancer recurrence after surgery. In short, the women after breast cancer is sex, but neither over-indulgence, do not forcibly restrained, it should go with the flow, this is the right attitude.