Mammologist is the most important specialty of our time.

Currently, breast diseaseslead in distribution among the population. Therefore, with the first symptoms of any discomfort in this area, you should immediately contact a specialist for examination and early diagnosis. The earlier you go to the doctor, the less likely the adverse outcome of the course of the disease.

Mammary glands are susceptible to various diseases. This and mastopathy, and cyst, and breast cancer, and abscess, and galactorrhea, and gynecomastia, and many other diseases. All diseases of the human mammary glands are related to the professional activity of the mammalian physician. In this way, mammalogist is a doctor, a specialist with a higher medical education, whose duties include the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of any mammary gland diseases in men, women and children.

The duties of a mammologist when taking a patient include:

- collection of anamnesis (clinical complaints of the patient);

- palpation (palpation of the mammary glands);

-The purpose of diagnostic methods, the diagnosis of the results of surveys;

-the choice of treatment methods (conservative medical or surgical).

A decisive role in the effectiveness of this algorithm is played by high qualification of the doctor and modern equipment for qualitative diagnostics, which will be able to establish the cause of the disease.

Causes of any abnormality in dairyglands can be very different, because the tissue in this area is very sensitive and is influenced by various factors: physical trauma, ovarian dysfunction, infections, changes in the hormonal background in the body, and many others.

In the arsenal of mammologist there are many optionsdiagnosis of the disease. These include mammography, ultrasound of the mammary glands (possibly simultaneously with mammary gland puncture), a blood test for cancer markers (detection of cancer even at the earliest stage), detection of hormonal background abnormalities, etc. Therefore, if you feel pain or tightness in the mammary gland (or in the axillary lymph nodes), discharge from the breast, changing the size / shape of the breast or nipple, or any other abnormalities, you need to consult a doctor and prescribe a certain type of examination, and maybe several at the discretion of a specialist.

No less important function of a mammologist isdisease prevention. After all, the main thing is to prevent illness. Therefore, the visit of the expert is necessary for each person at least once a year even if no complaints. In schools and preschool institutions it is equally important to conduct regular breast examinations by a child mammologist. If this is not provided in the institution that the child visits, parents should take care of this in order to avoid, or rather prevent undesirable consequences.