Sore/pinching under arm pit ?

Question

I am 18 years old. The week before my period I usually get super sore breasts, and this time I did (as always!) but I also feel a bit of a sore pinching pain under my left armpit. It doesn't seem to go too far into the breast, and I cannot feel any lump. It's just a slight pinching kind of pain that comes and goes throughout the day. I am now on my period. If this doesn't go away after my period, I might have to go to the doctor. In the meantime, have any of you felt something like this? Uncomfort to the side of the breast?

thanks!

Answer 1

Yes, and you know that breast tissue does continue up close to your arm pit. That's why the monthly self exam tells us to go all the way up into the arm pit. Good idea to check it out with your doctor anyway. Oh, and lumps i.e. breast cancer lumps don't necessarily hurt.

Answer 2

Hmmmm. In your armpit, it's usually lymph nodes, which usually get sore because of an infection. But I have a cyst right where my underwire bra goes over my chest, and it comes and goes (but it usually goes when I get my period, so I usually only have to deal with it for maybe a couple of weeks.) If it doesn't go away after your period, yeah, go to the doctor (don't bother going until your period's over because your breasts will be swollen and it'll be difficult to examine them.) And make sure to do breast self-exams. It may not be serious, but you don't want to take a chance, so keep up with your diagnostic exams.

Answer 3

i agree with them