The pink ribbon. When the color is far from the glamor?

In different historical periods, pink color changed its symbolic meaning - from religious to poetic, from the dismissive to the deified. Today, there are persistent association with a pink color: pale pink - baby-girl, hot pink - glamor girl.

The pink ribbon. When the color is far from the glamor?

But there is an international symbol, very far from the glamor - the pink ribbon. About it and that it is connected, will be discussed in the article.

The pink ribbon symbolizes support for programs to combat breast cancer. And the pink in this case indicates vitality, happiness and hope, that is, that helps in resisting cancer.

Pink Ribbons program is meant by informing women and men about breast cancer, talks about how to diagnose this type of cancer, provides information about various methods of treatment, helps recovering in rehabilitation.

How Pink Ribbon makes itself felt?

With the help of well-known companies Pink Ribbon organizes events to draw attention to the issue of breast cancer. The program includes the Pink Ribbons annual five-kilometer runs for healing in ten countries, three-day hiking trails in the United States, walking five and ten-kilometer route in sixteen countries around the world. Global illumination has been named the annual pink lights of the world's famous buildings, organized to draw attention to the importance of early diagnosis of breast cancer. The money collected from these events go to fund the fight against breast cancer.

Why is a breast cancer is important to know every woman?

Because the number of women dying from breast cancer is enormous. According to the Russian Cancer Research Center of the NN Blokhin, each year about 50,000 women with breast cancer, each year more than 22,000 women die from this disease. Women in all countries of susceptible breast cancer, regardless of their social background, lifestyle and ethnicity.

In Russia, nearly 20 percent of cancer in women - a cancer of the breast. At the same access to a doctor often occurs in the later stages of the disease, according to various estimates, from 25 to 40 percent of women seeking help are so severe stage of disease, that they almost can not help, and as a result, half of these women die in the first year after the diagnosis of disease. And for comparison, in Israel, five-year survival after the diagnosis of breast cancer is 95 percent, in Russia - at least 50 (according to other sources - 57).

Detection of breast cancer at an early stage and the passage of appropriate treatment allows a woman to live up to twenty-five years after the diagnosis of disease.

What is a breast cancer need to know the men?

In life, every man has a close woman - wife, mother, sister, daughter. Knowing about the possibility of the disease, a man can recall a visit to the doctor, to help diagnose the disease in time, help a woman in the fight against this disease. False modesty on both sides in this case is misplaced.

Why talk about it, if everyone knows that he must take care of your health?

The pink ribbon is not intimidating, but just a reminder of the problem. In Russia, TV, media and public figures, in my opinion, a party around this theme, though this is no problem at all. Maybe someone does not like it when posters with pink ribbons appear in public places and in beauty salons, but for some reason you can not see any clinics or in pharmacies. From this silence, there is a feeling that a man alone in the face of illness and that he had to rely only on themselves, or to help loved ones. On the charitable organizations working in this field in Russia, I have not heard. They probably have, but few make themselves felt.

For comparison we can cite the experience of other countries. In the UK is five hundred stores by the Association for Research on Cancer (Cancer Research UK). They can buy postcards, pens, badges, souvenirs - with or without a logo. In addition, the store is a second-hand selling clothing, accessories, household items and books at discounted prices. Things in the office of second-hand bring all interested persons are working in the store (except the manager) - volunteers. Proceeds from sales go to fund cancer care to patients, including - and breast cancer.

Why I wrote this article?

In order to recall that early detection of disease will help to preserve the health and lives women as well - the happiness of her loved ones.