a lump on the left breast?

Answer 1

The lump you say may or may not be Cancer. Still you can not neglect it and you have to show to a doctor for necessary evaluation. The general symptoms of breast cancer are -

Many of the breast cancers are diagnosed much earlier than they can produce any symptoms. Routine use of mammogram helps women to identify the breast cancer long before it can cause any symptoms. In the early stages breast cancer may be asymptomatic and women may notice only a breast lump. As the breast cancer progresses the cancer cells can invade in to the surrounding normal structures and other distant organs and this may lead to development of symptoms. Any one or more of the following may occur during various stages of progression of breast cancer.

* A lump (mass) in the breast, these lumps are most commonly painless (or as a matter of fact any other part of the body)
* Swelling or thickness of the breast
* Redness, swelling and or pain in the breast
* Lump in the arm pit area due to the spread of breast cancer to the lymph nodes in that area
* New mole or an obvious change in the appearance of an existing wart or mole
* Areas of warmth or redness in the breast
* Development of asymmetry of the breast
* Inversion or changes in the appearance of the nipple
* Flattening or indentation on the skin of the breast. This may indicate a change in the underlying structures.
* Scaling or redness or a change of color or texture of the skin of the breast or Areola (such as dimpling, puckering, or scaliness)
* Unusual dimpling in the breast which may indicate adhesion to underlying structures
* Discharge from the breast or nipple. This can be clear, dark or bloody in nature.
* Burning, itching or scaling of nipples.
* Pain or tenderness in the breast or underarm area. If this does not relive over time possibility of breast cancer should be considered
* Infection or inflammation of breast
* Development of breast abscess
* Bone pain may occur during the late stages of breast cancer due to involvement of bone
* Change in the mental status, seizure, and neurological events can occur in the late stage of the disease due to involvement of brain or spinal cord
* Jaundice may occur in the later stages of breast cancer due to the involvement of liver or surrounding structures.
* Chest pain and difficulty in breathing may occur in the late stages of the disease due to involvement of lung and surrounding structures.

Any changes in the breast should be reported to a doctor without delay. Symptoms can be caused by cancer or by a number of less serious conditions. Early diagnosis is especially important for breast cancer because the disease responds best to treatment before it has spread. The earlier breast cancer is found and treated, the better a woman's chance for complete recovery -

So please show to your doctor immediately. -

Answer 2

All breasts have lumps. They usually mean nothing.

But some can be deadly.

The difference is all in the details... how big, what shape, how long has it been around, how much has it changed, and more.

Also, family history plays a role. Your doctor will explain all of this once they SEE YOU - which is the important part. If you have not had a breast exam in the last year, get one from a doctor very soon. Even if you have, and then you noticed the lump later, get one.

The doctor will them use his JUDGMENT to recommend an exam next year or a mammogram or perhaps another diagnostic procedure. The point is, no one, not even a doctor, knows for sure what this lump in the breast is, EVEN WITH A MAMMOGRAM, CT-SCAN, MRI OR ANYTHING ELSE, until a tiny, tiny piece is taken out and put under a microscope by a professional Histologist (also an M.D.).

Although the vast majority of lumps in the breast are harmless, breast cancer starts as a lump too, and kills a very large number of women (and men) every year. Finding it and treating it as soon as possible saves a large number of lives. But to save yours, start with an exam.

There. Now YOUR doctor can sweat telling you why insurance won't pay for it all.

Answer 3

I'm not sure what you are asking? Are you saying that you found a lump? is so, don't panic. Just go in to the doctor and have it checked. It can be anyting from a simple cyst (which is very common) to something bad. If you just discovered it, then even if it is something bad, you probably caught it soon enough. But, don't delay in getting it checked at the doctor.
Good luck

Answer 4

Doctor.

Answer 5

It could easily just be a cyst and some of those have to be removed but it's not serious. Just get it checked anyway and right away just in case

Answer 6

Go to the doctor now!!!! before they have to cut your entire breast off.

Answer 7

Go see a Doctor now!

Answer 8

See a doctor if you are worried. It will more than likely be absolutley nothing.A blocked milk duct or a cyst.

Answer 9

GO TO YOUR DOCTOR NOW! If you can't get an appointment, go to an emergency clinic, or anywhere that will take you within an hour.

Answer 10

go to the doctor