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Relationship between breast disease and wearing a bra.
After considering all the reasons that others have for wearing a bra, it would be up to female to determine, individually, if she wants to wear one or not. But, females need to consider one last issue that could be very important. One that might outweigh all the reasons they are told for wearing a bra. There is a considerable amount of factual data that supports a concern about a connection between breast disease and wearing a bra.
BREAST DISEASES, which include fibrocystic conditions and breast cancer, are a major concern to us, since the first one involves discomfort, pain, and needless worry, and the second one involves all of those, plus disfiguring surgery and deaths each year. There is a suspected connection between a wearing a bra and their chances of suffering from breast diseases. Some people may not think that an garment of clothing could have an effect on breast health, but there definitely is scientific support for the plausibility of this connection. Wearing a bra exposes females to a "statistically significant" risk of increased breast pain, cysts in the breast and might even be linked to the development of cancer. The problems are caused by bras suppressing the lymphatic system, and what happens if the lymphatic system is blocked. The bra appears to be compressing the body at the outer, upper part of the breast, where 80 percent of the lymph flows. This is also the location of at least 50 percent of the breast lumps.
It is the lymphatic system of the body, which helps drain toxic substances from tissues and poor lymphatic drainage may play a role in breast cancer formation. Lymph flow is dependent upon muscle contraction that massages the outside of the lymphatic vessels, respiration, which pulls the lymph along each time we inhale, pressure from the pulsations of arteries, changes in posture and passive compression of soft tissues. It is very sensitive to constricting external pressure which can impede its flow. Bras and other external tight clothing can reduce or block flow. Over 85 percent of the lymph fluid flowing from the breast drains to the armpit lymph nodes. Most of the rest drains to the nodes along the breast bone. Bras and other external tight clothing can impede flow. The nature of the bra, the tightness, and the length of time worn, will all influence the degree of blockage of lymphatic drainage. Thus, wearing a bra might contribute to the development of breast cancer as a result of cutting off lymphatic drainage, so that toxic chemicals are trapped in the breast. Any activity which will help to remove accumulated toxins in the breasts will help to reduce the chances of developing breast cancer. So, the take home message to females is to wear bras as little as possible in the event of necessity only.
Some females have taken up the habit of breastfeeding from only one breast, due to working conditions or left or right comfortable posture or size of breast. The one benevolent breast is frequently exposed to air circulation, allowing it to maintain a lower average temperature. The other breast remains warmly tucked into the bra, and that breast is most likely to be the one that develops a malignancy, if the female later develops breast cancer. If we can find more on similar studies, we it will be updated.
Females usually found relief from fibrocystic lumps and pain within a few weeks, after they stopped wearing a bra. Females who go bra-free have an "immediate reaction" of eliminating their lumps and pain, their breasts become firmer, and they sag less. There is also less monthly swelling and discomfort. Many experts believe that bras contribute to a constriction of the lymphatic fluids. If the fluids are not allowed to flow freely (because of restriction from tight bras and clothing, no breast movement, no breast massage, etc.) they can form cysts, resulting in swelling, pain and causing females to have unnecessary concerns about possible malignancies. Once the constriction of the breasts ends, the breast tissue can flush out excess fluid, relieving the congestion, cysts, swelling, and tenderness.
It is difficult to know what to do when so many opinions are forthcoming to a simple question. To make a decision about what to do about anything, one must be properly informed, and one must consider the source of that information. We usually try to determine if anyone stands to make money from us if we follow the advice that they offer to us. We do not consider an advertisement to always be a credible source of advice. Advertisements tell us what the manufacturer of a product wants us to believe. Advertisements are designed to create in our mind a need for a product. They are obviously heavily biased. Read as much as you can, always remembering who is doing the writing and what their motives might have been when they wrote the material.