How Do You Recognize Signs Of Breast Cancer?
• Perform a self-breast examination. By doing this daily, you can detect the signs of cancer early and hopefully be able to get help as soon as possible. • Check for the common symptoms of breast cancer. As you’re examining yourself, check for these signs of breast cancer: • Look for changes in how the breast or nipple feels. There may be some tenderness on your nipples or you might feel a lump or a thickening on your breast or around the underarm area. • Look for changes on how the breast or nipple looks. Sometimes the skin on your breast and nipple might be swollen, red, or have a rough feeling to it. There could be changes in the size and shape of your breast or a nipple might have turned inward. • Be aware of nipple discharge. • Be cautious of other minor signs. Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a really uncommon type of breast cancer and can be very hard to detect, even by a mammogram. Here are the signs of IBC: • A breast that’s larger than the other. • Skin on the breast that’
