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signs and symptoms of breast cancer

A lump in the breast can be one of the first symptoms of breast cancer that you may show. Mostly, the lumps turn out to be harmless and benign, which, to your relief, means that it can not be breast cancer. At times, the first symptom doesn’t have to be a lump, symptoms like abberant changes in the nipples, oozing bloodstained discharges from them, an abnormal change in the shape of the breasts and/or nipples, recurring rashes or even something as trivial as an armpit swelling can be symptoms for breast cancer. The fortunate thing is that though these symptoms indicate breast cancer, you can have some or all of them and still not have breast cancer. However, getting examined by a professional is necessary.

For treatments to be very effective and results very pronounced, early diagnosis is the key. If you have pains in or around the breast, you probably do not have breast cancer. The pains in the breasts of chests are mostly due to changes or traumas you’re going through, like your nearing your menstrual cycle or menstruating, or the delayed effect of lifting a heavy object. Women, sometimes, have lumps in their breasts which have been there for a lifetime. They’re usually harmless fibroids, and never conclusively mean you’ve developed breast cancer.

Early detection is the key to quicker treatment that will allow better results. It is good to know that having a pain in that area does not mean that you have breast cancer. Sometimes you can get pains in your breast or chest area due to certain things you may be going through, such as going through your menstrual cycle, or from lifting something heavy. Some women even have lumps in their breast, and have had those most of their lives. This also doesn’t mean you automatically have cancer, but are usually benign.

Also some types of breast cancer will have their own set of symptoms. Inflammatory breast cancer is like that. It can make the breast very red, feel really hard and get really sore. Sometimes it gets all bumpy like you have small hives where it is inflamed. Pagent’s disease can look like a really itchy, red scaly rash and most people will mistake it for eczema until it gets diagnosed as a type of breast cancer. When in doubt, get it checked out.

Sometimes lumps in the breast can be nothing by a type of cyst, which is just a type of sac that is filled with fluid. That is simple to take care of and can be done quickly and painlessly by just inserting a needle into it and removing the fluid that is accumulating in it. If there is no fluid to be found then they can still use that needle to take a small tissue sample to be tested for cancer, which is called a biopsy.

It can make some women feel better to have any lumps removed regardless if they are cancerous or not. It is not something you have to do each and every time, but the decision is yours to make. If you are being pressured to have any benign lumps removed, it is ok to get a second opinion. If they do not have to be removed then one should just leave them there, they can’t turn into something dangerous and no one will notice them.

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