I have pain and some numbness and tenderness also sharp pain in my right breast but ive seen doc who put me on a standard referral to the breast clinic but the pain has got worse today and aching in my arm and breast also the pain is alot more often should i go back to the doctor and ask for a quicker referral she did say if it got any worse to come back right away?even as im typing the pain is getting more and more im worried as im not pregnant, not to do with periods as i havent had any for 9 mnths as i had a little girl 11 mnths ago and then bled for 7 weeks then nothing more since the doc thinks it could be a cyst, im scared as my baby needs me and i need me , also their looks like smalll swelling on a certain area where the pain is
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Q: I have pain and some numbness and tenderness also sharp pain in my right breast ?
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8/11/11 9:38pm
Hi - Please don't panic; pain of this kind is only very rarely a breast cancer symptom. I'm also assuming you're relatively young (probably under 40), and the vast majority of breast cancers occur in women far older.
That said, you should be concerned about worsening pain; it could be an infection developing. Since your doctor said to call if the pain worsened – and it did – hopefully you've called your doctor, described your symptoms, and have been given some instructions about how to proceed. If not - best you should do that, OK?
If not an infection, this could be a cyst (or fibroadenoma), as the doctor said; fibrocystic change (the umbrella term for cysts and other non-cancerous breast growths) is quite common in women in their 20s and 30s. It's quite painful; and sometimes cysts need to be drained. But fibrocystic change – if that's the problem – is NOT cancer.
So, please call the doctor ASAP, and get the process moving. No need to be in pain when you could take action to relieve it. Best of luck to you - PJH
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