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Are The Lumps Found During BSE A Cause For Concern?
Hi there. I am a 36 year old woman and I do suffer from health anxiety and I recently started obsessing over breast cancer. I constantly do self exams and of course I feel bumps and lumps ( I have large breasts). There is one are of my breast ( inner part near the sternum that I am convinced there is something there. I did this in the exac same spot years ago. It isn t hard it just feels like a smooth lobule that I have irritated. My question is how would I know if there was a lump to be worried about. I just keep feeling this area and it is getting swollen and irritated and then I am panicking more. Like I said I have lumpy breasts but I don t know how to differentiate between something that is worrisome and something that isn t. Is a cancerous lump obvious? I am seeing my psychiatrist on Friday and should I mention this to him and he can in fact five me direction on how to proceed.
Tue, 19 Apr 2016
Hello dear
Understand your concern.
It may be breast lobules as you have lumpy breast.
You should consult the surgeon for that if chronic pain, tenderness and discharge.
Otherwise it may be due to hormonal imbalance or anxiety or breast size.
Following are the other causes of your problem:
1. Hormonal imbalance : High /lack of estrogen and progesterone
2. Breast cyst
3. Breast cancer
4. Breast trauma
5. Breast size
6. Excessive stress
7. Excessive Alcohol and caffine use
8. Fibroadenoma
You can do following test if remain long time:
1. Hormonal profile: LH, FSH, Prolactin, Estrogen, progesterone
2. Mammography
Advice:
1. Life style cahnges
- 30 min regular walk
- Wear supportive pad bra
- use of Ice pack
- Relaxation excercise: breathing technique
- Low fat diet
- High fiber intake
- Decreased salt intake
- Multivitamin intake
- Reduce alcohol and caffine
2. drug: Hormonal replacement therapy after doctor consultation
Macafem: It is non estrogenic herb-induce ovary to produce hormone
3. Gentle massage with prime rose oil
4. Acupuncture therapy
If cyst is detected and have more discomfort, you should consult the surgeon.
Hope this may help you.
Best regards
Dr. sagar
Understand your concern.
It may be breast lobules as you have lumpy breast.
You should consult the surgeon for that if chronic pain, tenderness and discharge.
Otherwise it may be due to hormonal imbalance or anxiety or breast size.
Following are the other causes of your problem:
1. Hormonal imbalance : High /lack of estrogen and progesterone
2. Breast cyst
3. Breast cancer
4. Breast trauma
5. Breast size
6. Excessive stress
7. Excessive Alcohol and caffine use
8. Fibroadenoma
You can do following test if remain long time:
1. Hormonal profile: LH, FSH, Prolactin, Estrogen, progesterone
2. Mammography
Advice:
1. Life style cahnges
- 30 min regular walk
- Wear supportive pad bra
- use of Ice pack
- Relaxation excercise: breathing technique
- Low fat diet
- High fiber intake
- Decreased salt intake
- Multivitamin intake
- Reduce alcohol and caffine
2. drug: Hormonal replacement therapy after doctor consultation
Macafem: It is non estrogenic herb-induce ovary to produce hormone
3. Gentle massage with prime rose oil
4. Acupuncture therapy
If cyst is detected and have more discomfort, you should consult the surgeon.
Hope this may help you.
Best regards
Dr. sagar
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