A Breast Cancer Symptom - Be Aware
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Discovering a lump in your breasts is one of the first symptoms of breast cancer. In most cases, such lumps are just benign, meaning, they're not going to develop into malignant cancerous tumors. The first symptom can even be a change in the shape or size of the breast or the nipple, or an oozing blood stained discharge from a nipple, or a rash, or even something as seemingly trivial as an armpit welling. The occurance of any of these symptoms does not necessarily mean you have developed a breast cancer, but taking risks in such matters is not advisable; get an examination done as soon as possible.
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.
Lumps themselves can be misleading, turning out to be harmless cysts, or bag filled with harmless fluids. These can be treated instantly and efficiently by inserting a needle in the cyst and removing the fluid. If no fluid appears, the same needle can be used to extract a small tissue from the breast for testing it for cancer. This is also called a biopsy.
Women often feel more comfortable and normal with the lumps removed, whether they are malignant or benign. This is not required for every removal, but the decision is to be made by you, for once. Do not ever hesitate in getting second opinions if you are being coerced into getting the benign lumps removed. If you decide against getting them removed, leave them be, they will never turn harmful or dangerous, and will go unnoticed.
The bottom line is, be aware of the disease and it's symptoms, whenever you have a symptom, do not treat it lightly. Always contact your doctor at the slightest sign of a symptom. Get regular examinations, and make decisions. If you have it, the risk of your daughter having it increases. You can not ignore that. Be informed, and you will make it through.
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