I found tіnу lumps іn mу left breast. I аlѕο hаνе thе sores οn mу nipple. Plus tο top іt аll οff breast cancer runs іn both sides οf mу family. I’m frightened tο death!! Please tеll mе thе signs οf breast cancer.
How do you know if you have breast cancer?
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breast cancer is diagnosed by biopsy of the breast tissue lump. first there will be some type of mammogram/ultrasound, then if the lump looks suspicious it will be biopsied. It is not diagnosed by feel or visual inspection unless it is very far advanced
You go to the doctor and get a mammogram.
I will inspect them for you and let you know if you have breast cancer.
You don’t know if you do until you go to a doctor – he or she will determine if you have cause to worry. The only way to know is to have an examination and some tests. So go, just to place your mind at ease.
If breast cancer runs in your family, are you having a mammogram every year? It runs in my family, too – 5 generations of women have died, all before age 60 and all within a year of diagnosis. I didn’t know that until I was in my early 30s but as soon as I told my doctor, she went to bat for me with my insurance company and I’ve had a yearly mammogram ever since.
Have you recently gained OR lost any weight? Sometimes weight loss or gain can make our breasts feel lumpy until our body has time to smooth out persons places where the excess weight came from or went to. A mammogram or an ultrasound would most likely show if this is the case.
You also have lymph nodes below your arms and underneath your breast tissue and along your side. Sometimes when our body is fighting an infection these nodes become inflamed and we feel them all owing to our self-exam. Your doctor and the mammogram/ultrasound are the best ways to figure out if this is it.
Sores on your nipple aren’t necessarily related to the tumor type of breast cancer that most of us reckon of when we see persons words. There is another, much rarer type of breast cancer that causes odd changes in the skin of your nipples. If the sores concern you, have your doctor check. The peace of mind is worth the office visit.
Excellent luck to you. We’ll all be hoping that your tiny lumps and sores are harmless.
the tiny lumps are 99% a BENIGN type ( frequently fibroadenoma) which is HARMLESS & you just have to remove it by surgery. so, Don’t worry at all my dear.
so, go to your doctor & give your mind a rest.
You don’t know unless your doctor is concerned by your symptoms and refers you for tests.
You don’t say how ancient you are; dredge up that most people diagnosed with breast cancer are over 50 and it’s rare in women below 40.
Also, hereditary breast cancer is rae – only 5 – 10% of breast cancer cases are hereditary – unless you’re sure because of genetic testing that it runs in your family, it may well not.
If you’re concerned, you need to see your doctor – you’re not vacant to stop worrying if you don’t.
You questioned for the signs of breast cancer; early breast cancer often has no symptoms; doable signs and symptoms of breast cancer are:
change in size – one breast may have become noticeably larger or lower
nipple change – if it becomes inverted (pulled in) or changes its spot or shape
rash – on or around the nipple
discharge – from one or both nipples
puckering or dimpling – around nipple
swelling – in your armpit or around your collarbone (from lymph nodes)
lump or thickening – that feels uncommon from the rest of the breast tissue – but dredge up that most breast lumps are not cancerous
constant pain – in one part of your breast or in your armpit.
Excellent luck.