Breast cancer. Symptoms..?
Question posed by Dancer!: Breast cancer. Symptoms..?
So i know i need to go to the doctor for a check up. Just a few questions though.
So my right breast is larger then my left. Tremendesouly. and it hurts.
Both are sensitive on my period but the right one has stretch looking crevices and is kinda swallon at the top when i go to touch it. or do the three step tecnique for checking my breasts for cancer. The top is harder and kinda bumpy. My left is perfectly fine. Are these symptoms?!
iI’m only 16.. But i want to know!
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Answer by Tarkarri
By all means get the Dr to check your breasts as part of your routine check-up, this is a good habit to get into.
Having said that, nothing you are describing sounds like anything other than normal teenage developing breasts.
It is not recommended that you start performing self checks until 20 as your breasts are so changeable before that there is no “normal” for you to compare with.
Good luck at the check-up.
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The chances of breast cancer at 16 are so close to zero that it makes almost no difference. The chances of a 16 year old having cancer in both breasts are even smaller.
And nothing you describe is a symptom of breast cancer; rather what you describe is normal breast an hormonal development.
It is very common indeed for one breast to be somewhat larger than the other; nobody but you will notice. Pain is rarely a sign of breast cancer, even in women old enough for breast cancer. Most people diagnosed have felt no pain.
Breast sensitivity around period time is perfectly normal and happens to almost al women at some time. The fact that it occurs in both breasts makes it even less likely that this is anything sinister.
Breasts are pretty lumpy, bumpy things anyway – most breast lumps, even in older women, aren’t cancer.
Doctors and cancer organisations don’t recommend that girls your age o breast self examination – it will tel them nothing at all and may worry them unnecessarily, as it has worried you.
The American Cancer Society and other cancer organisations recommend that women begin breast self examination at no younger than 20(if then; some cancer professionals say 30). Before that it’s pointless; firstly because there are so many hormonal changes that there is no ‘normal’ – and self examination is about a woman knowing what’s normal for her and reporting any changes.
And secondly because the chance of breast cancer is almost nil. It’s almost unheard of in under 25s, and fewer than 0.1% of all those diagnosed are under 30. Only 5% are under 40, most (80%) are over 50 and the average age at diagnosis is a little over 60.
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer I was classed as young and allocated to the breast care nurse whose special interest was breast cancer in younger women. I was 50.
You may get the reassurance you need by talking to your mother. If you don’t feel comfortable doing that, talk to your school nurse – she will be used to girls having concerns like this and will take you seriously and be able to reassure you that you don’thave breast cancer
At 16 your chances of breast cancer are just about 0-none. Most if not all women have what’s called asymmetrical breast. One is larger than the other. In the same note, all or most women have very sensitive breast at the time menstruation. At your age your breast are still developing and will be lumpy and bumpy all the time because of your hormones. It’s all normal. You could also have fibroids which is hard tissue that can cause a lot of pain but it’s not cancer. It’s good you’re seeing a doctor because it will put your mind at ease. These symptoms are not symptoms of breast cancer at 16. Be well and good luck at the doctor’s. Blessings
It is fairly common for one breast to be slightly larger or smaller than the other one.
Breast cancer at 16 is possible, but not very likely.
Have the school nurse check you out. Or go to a gynecologist and get checked.