Adele is 42, drinks three glasses of wine a day, started her periods at the age of 10, and has never had any children. Which type of reproductive pathology is she at an increased risk of developing?

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Alma

11 November, 17:05

Adele is 42, drinks three glasses of wine a day, started her periods at the age of 10, and has never had any children. Which type of reproductive pathology is she at an increased risk of developing?

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Lorelei Choi · Answer 1

Breast cancer is the reproductive pathology that Adele can develop if she drinks alcohol, with early period, and has never had any children.

Explanation:

Breast cancer is a type of reproductive system cancer.

The risk factors of breast cancer include smoking, alcohol consumption, overweight, hormone replacement therapy, oral contraceptive use, stress, anxiety, family history, etc.

Early onset of periods (early menarche at younger age) starting from around 10-11 years increases risk of lymph node involvement in breast cancer

Pregnancy and breastfeeding reduces risk of breast cancer. So women who do not have children are at more risk to develop breast cancer

Alcohol consumption (wine) increases levels of hormones like estrogen which in turn increases breast cancer risk and also damages DNA of cells which can lead to production of cancer cells.