When
you type the word "breast cancer" for Google search, every link that
you will come across will give you detailed information about the early
symptoms of the disease in women, how they should cope up with it, importance
of spreading knowledge about cancer and how necessary it is for the welfare of
your mom, sister, aunt etc.. Well, it’s true to the point that spreading
awareness is the need of the hour but is it truly the ‘most common cancer only
in women”?
Celebrities
like Karan Oberoi and Bhuvan Bam have come up to talk about the importance of
spreading right information about the disease. Owing to the tech-savvy world we
live in, it has becomes far easier to communicate our thoughts to a wider
section of the population. Social media platforms, group discussions, campaigns
and word of mouth are few of the innumerable ways to deal with the problem of
breast cancer.
Enlightening
people about this not so rare disease, Bhuvan Bam, a social media sensation,
warns to watch out the early symptoms in your body. “Breast cancer is one such
disease that does not discriminate whether you are 16 or 36, men or women. What came
as a shock for me initially was the fact that even men are equally prone to
breast cancer. Hence it becomes
mandatory on the part of every individual to go through a monthly check up. And
since 70%
cases of disease are curable if detected at an early stage, what’s the harm in
having a check up so as to avoid such risks.”
But
is there a way to keep you safe from such a deadly disease?
“Well,
it’s the regular exercise that keeps cancer at bay. Dedicate few minutes of
your day towards any sort of physical activity. Also avoiding alcohol helps
majorly in keeping you safe from breast cancer,” he further added.
Bhuvan
Bam recently shared a video to aware people about breast cancer, watch video on
youtube:
Half
the battle is won when the population is aware of the danger. Karan Oberoi, a
well known television actors also shared his view about the issue. He feels
that the lack of awareness of something as basic as breast cancer, which is
amongst the most prevalent of all cases of cancers is really appalling in our
country! And to think it can be detected by a simple 2 minute self examination
, and thereby cured in time, yet is not so, is cause for major concern in terms of lack of information available to
all !
Suggesting
ways to deal with it, he said, “We have to talk about it, engage and educate
people about it! Any conversation around it should be encouraged, whether it is
public forums or personal chats! So talk, share, engage, comment, encourage
discussion on social media pages! Any and all talks about it would be of help!”
Appreciating
this take while talking about YouTube sensation Bhuvan Bam, Subhin John, owner
of social media marketing agency said, celebrities should not feel shy/bad to
share awareness of breast cancer. Celebrities talking about such an issue will
for sure prompt fans to think seriously about the problem. It is a great
initiative.
