Saturday, July 25, 2009

Symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer?

I am unsure if I have IBC. I am a 42-year-old female whose right breast inflames, turns red, and has a burning sensation. It has felt "tight," and increasingly so for the past two and a half years. Now the sensations have wrapped around my right upper body, and military doctors refuse to give me an incisional biopsy since nothing shows on mammogram and ultrasound. I was given Zithromax, but it did not help. Could this be IBC?
With those symptoms, you should be seen and examined by an experienced breast physician. If you've had the symptoms for over two years, this is unlikely to be IBC. It's difficult to make a judgment in this type of setting. So I'd recommend you be carefully examined, because as you may be aware, sometimes breast cancer is not picked up with mammography.

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