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What Causes Breast Lump Pain With Nipple Skin Redness?
my fourteen year old daughter has pain in her left breast and i can feel a hard lump, quite big, and now she has reddness on the skin around the nipple area.. i am a breast cancer survivor with history of breast cancer on both sides of family, mine and husband.. i am worried
Fri, 8 May 2020
Hello,
Of course you are worried! But let me try to reassure you, it is very, very unusual for children to have breast cancer. I don't know what stage of puberty development she is in, but it is not uncommon to have breast changes at this time.
As long as it is pink not redness, painless without manipulation, located near the center or to the side of the nipple color and not leaking, you don't have to treat this as an emergency.
Some adult women have very fibrocystic breast tissue - meaning lumpy, bumpy - and if she's destined to have that kind of breast, it has to start at sometime. That may be all your feeling.
Sometimes kids get abscesses or boils in any fatty part of their bodies - like the buttocks or breast, under arms - so if it's hot red, tender to touch and looks "angry" you should take her in to check that possibilitiy.
In general, there's no harm in getting it checked out, but for reassurance, not because it is likely to be breast cancer.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Lisa Baker
Of course you are worried! But let me try to reassure you, it is very, very unusual for children to have breast cancer. I don't know what stage of puberty development she is in, but it is not uncommon to have breast changes at this time.
As long as it is pink not redness, painless without manipulation, located near the center or to the side of the nipple color and not leaking, you don't have to treat this as an emergency.
Some adult women have very fibrocystic breast tissue - meaning lumpy, bumpy - and if she's destined to have that kind of breast, it has to start at sometime. That may be all your feeling.
Sometimes kids get abscesses or boils in any fatty part of their bodies - like the buttocks or breast, under arms - so if it's hot red, tender to touch and looks "angry" you should take her in to check that possibilitiy.
In general, there's no harm in getting it checked out, but for reassurance, not because it is likely to be breast cancer.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Lisa Baker
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