What threats await female athletes in competitive and active sports?
Any action that causes damage to the Breast or Breast tissues is known as Breast Trauma. This damage can be temporary or permanent depending on the injury.
According to a recent study 47.9% of female college athletes performing in soccer, volleyball and softball suffer a Breast injury at least once in their career .This mostly goes unnoticed by the authorities as it is generally considered that these kinds of injuries heal on their own which is untrue. Female athletes do not understand the severity of their injury and they do not report as they are not comfortable in losing their playing time or they find it way too embarrassing to discuss.
During the sport activities there are a lot of forceful blunt collisions and these can rupture the Breast tissues and give way to scar formation.
• Other Breast traumas include:-
• Milk duct injury from a fall.
• Bad bruise( Hematoma).
• Necrosis.
Damage to the nerves associated with Mammary glands.
Ignoring these injuries can further lead to excruciating surgical excision, mastectomy or Breast reconstruction.
Breast injury is a real problem which requires a real solution. Each and every athlete should report any such incident at the earliest. Female breast health management should be a topic of discussion amongst coaches, medical professionals and athletes. The overall atmosphere should be comfortable enough for women to talk about their problems and this can be eased if a female doctor is available to discuss these problems with the female athletes.
WRITER- SHRUTI
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