I've noticed for a few months that there's a very small lump in my breast that is very hard and about the size of a small pebble. It feels almost like I've got a tiny tiny rock in my breast, that has gradually moved nearer to my nipple with time. I'm an adult, but I'm young, and I don't know whats going on here. Help!
2006-11-24 17:39:13 · 14 answers · asked by jemm4president 3 in Health ➔ Women's Health
In reply to Domino, it is a misconception that if it is cancer that you can't move it. I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 25 and had been previously undiagnosed for two years prior because the doctors said that the lump wasn't hard enough and that they could move it so it was nothing. Two years later when it was twice the size they finally decided to do something about it. My advise to you would be to see your doctor and refuse for anything less than a mammogram or ultrasound. I found that you have to take your life into your own hands because the doctors aren't going to do it for you. You must insist on things like this because if you are under 35 then more than likely your doctor will tell you that it is nothing....which it more than likely is but why take that chance?
2006-11-25 02:52:26 · answer #1 · answered by Jenna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to go see the doctor to get this checked out. It could be nothing or it could be breast cancer. Breast cancer doesn't care how old or young you are. Any time you feel a hard lump you should see a doc right away as the sooner it gets checked the better off you will be. Make an appointment Monday with the doc and get this checked out.
2006-11-24 17:43:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You needn't be alarmed, lots of lumps are benign cysts, but you do need to have this examined and you need to get a mamogram. Depending on the outcome, you may need what they call a needle biopsy.
They do this when they find the "mass" suspicious. It is definitive. The important thing to note that good or bad, you noticed this early, and will immediately seek treatment.
Best prognosis.
Find and treat.
2006-11-24 17:43:46 · answer #3 · answered by Norton N 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go see your doctor
Breast cancer is a cancer of breast tissue. Worldwide, it is the most common form of cancer in females but not so much in males, affecting, at some time in their lives, approximately one out of nine[1] to thirteen women who reach age ninety the Western world. It is the second most fatal cancer in women (after lung cancer), and the number of cases has significantly increased since the 1970s, a phenomenon partly blamed on modern lifestyles in the Western world.[1][2] Because the breast is composed of identical tissues in males and females, breast cancer can also occur in males, although cases of male breast cancer account for less than one percent of the total
2006-11-24 17:41:41 · answer #4 · answered by Dark Knight 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's obvious you've performed self breast checks on yourself...and the second you found a lump you should have gone to the doctor. It could just be a false alarm but you'd rather be safe than sorry.
2006-11-24 17:41:28 · answer #5 · answered by elle c 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
GO TO YOUR DOCTOR AND GET IT CHECKED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. You have waited way too long...2 months?? Lumpy feeling breasts can be very normal. Its called fibrocystic breasts. What you are describing NEEDS TO BE CHECKED!! I don't want to scare you but that's how some women come to find breast cancer. It may only be a cyst, especially since it moves around but LET YOUR DOCTOR DECIDE.
2006-11-24 17:46:17 · answer #6 · answered by somebodys_watchn_you 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Please go to your doc at once. It could just be a benign lump as most lumps are however, should it be cancer, timing is everything. Early detection is the key to a cure. Also, you do not have to have a family history of breast cancer to get it, and it seems to be striking women younger and younger, even in their twenties.
2006-11-24 20:57:05 · answer #7 · answered by Agb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Breast cancer can strike down anyone, anytime. Please go and see your doctor the first chance you get. Put your mind at ease. It may just be a small mass/cyst forming, it happens all the time.
Good on you for noticing though.
2006-11-24 19:37:16 · answer #8 · answered by DD 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not cancer cuz it moved..its a cyst. A cyst moves but i could be wrong...it depends on one factor. Does it hurt? If it does then its not cancer...its a cyst. A cyst is an abnormal growth of cells in the breast.it can grow over time but nothing will happen. It just grows
2006-11-24 17:43:49 · answer #9 · answered by Sweetheart88 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the obvious answer is to see a doctor. Why would you feel a need to burden the Answers community with this? We are not medical experts, which is what you need.
2006-11-24 17:43:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋