What is likliness of a 13 year old healthy regular weight male having breast cancer?
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at
8:49 am
Will S asked:
I have a strange bump under my right nipple and had been there for 3-5 months. What should I do? I have heard about cancer and males and am having some scary thoughts. Right now I am literally shaking and cannot stop. Some one please help. And what else do you know about it?
I have a strange bump under my right nipple and had been there for 3-5 months. What should I do? I have heard about cancer and males and am having some scary thoughts. Right now I am literally shaking and cannot stop. Some one please help. And what else do you know about it?
Tagged with: 5 Months • Scary Thoughts • Strange
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It’s unlikely however you should see a doctor to make sure it is nothing serious. Tell your parents that you need to see a doctor.
Sounds more like this: Gynecomastia: Gynecomastia is the most common male breast disorder. It is not a tumor but rather an increase in the amount of a man’s breast tissue. Usually, men have too little breast tissue to be felt or noticed. A man with gynecomastia has a button-like or disk-like growth under his nipple and areola, which can be felt and sometimes seen. While gynecomastia is much more common than breast cancer in men, both can be felt as a growth under the nipple, which is why it’s important to have any such lumps checked by your doctor.
You cannot live in fear like this or you really will get sick. You need to jump into action and get this checked out. You should tell your parents and insist they take you to the doctor. If you feel you cannot approach your parents about this, or they won’t take you to the doctor, you need to talk to someone at your school such as a nurse or counselor.
calm down..it is called a breast bud if you want to goggle it.. its normal and common during prepubesent boys and is where breasts develop in girls but bopys get the bud as well but not the breasts.
The chances of a 13 year old male, healthy or unhealthy, having breast cancer are as close to zero as makes no difference.
Men do get breast cancer, but fewer than 1% of those diagnosed with breast cancer are male.
And 80% of all people diagnosed with cancer are over 50; most men diagnosed with it are over 60.
Only 5% of those diagnosed with breast cancer are under 40, only 0.1% are under 30 and it’s almost unheard of in under 25s.
So you can see how huge the odds against a 13 year old male getting breast cancer are.
April is quite right, most breast lumps in men are actually a condition called gynaecomastia, a button-like growth under the nipple and areola area that can be felt and is sometimes visible to the ***** eye and occasionally it can be quite tender.
This increase in the amount of breast tissue is not a tumour and occurs due to changes in hormone balances at times like adolescence – your age, in other words. It’s not unusual and it’s temporary.
This is probably what you have; talk to your parents about this.If you feel you can’t do that, see your school nurse who should be able to reassure you