Warning Signs of Breast Cancer and Reoccurence of
breast cancer signs
There are different signs and symptoms of breast cancer. One of the
first signs or symptoms is feeling a lump in the breast. This lump will
feel different then the other breast tissue around it. It is known that
more then eighty percent of women discover lumps by checking
themselves. A physician can detect breast cancer by giving you a
mammogram.
Lumps that are found in lymph nodes located in areas such as the
armpits or collarbone can also prove to be breast cancer. Other signs
and symptoms of breast cancer may be changes in breast size and changes
in the shape of the breast, skin dimpling, nipple discharge and nipple
inversion.
Inflammatory breast cancer is also known as IBC. Symptoms of
inflammatory breast cancer may include pain, swelling, an orange peel
texture to the skin, a warm feeling to the breast and redness of the
breast. When cancer cells invade the small lymph vessels in the skin of
the breast this presentation resembles skin inflammation known as
inflammatory breast cancer.
Another symptom of breast cancer is Paget’s disease of the breast. It
is a syndrome that presents skin changes like redness and flaking skin
of the nipple. As this advances symptoms may include itching, tingling,
sensitivity, pain and burning and on occasion discharge from the
nipple. About half of women that are diagnosed with Paget’s will also
have a lump in the breast.
Occasionally breast cancer can spread beyond the area where it was
detected becoming a metastatic disease. Depending on the location of
this metastasis, metastatic breast cancer can cause symptoms.
Common sites of metastasis may include the liver, lung, bone, and
brain. Breast cancer can cause unexplained weight loss, fever and
chills. Pain in the joints and bones, jaundice and neurological
symptoms can sometimes be manifestations of metastatic breast cancer.
These certain symptoms can also be manifestations of other types of
illnesses. In many cases most breast disorder symptoms do not turn out
to be breast cancer. But the appearance of any signs or symptoms should
be taken very seriously, because of breast cancer being able to strike
at any age.
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