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Q: Red Spot on breast with itching

asked by: fedup001 on May 30th, 2008

New User

Hi,
I am a 29 year old female. About a month ago, my left breast started to itch, at first it was just slightly. Then about a week after the itching started i noticed a red spot under the skin, (not a perfect circle) the spot is on the oppsite side of the breast from where the itching is accruing. i was visiting my mother in denver and because my grandma just died of IBC i made an appointment to see a doctor. they suggested that i have a mamo but didnt seem to concerned with it. i ended up coming back home before i could get the mamo done. now its been about a month sense the first symptom. my left breast itches so bad i could cry. i also noticed another little red spot coming up like the first one but smaller on the opposite side of the breast from the first one. and my nipple seems to be going flat. it doesnt respond to stimulation unless lying flat on my back. Today as i was doing a breast exam i noticed a small hard spot deep in the breast close to the first red mark. but it is only felt when doing the exam standing with my arm raised over my head. i dont know if i am just thinking i feel one because i am scared for if i really do have one. And when i woke up this morning my right arm was sowellen and tender, no relief with ice or heat ( dont know if it's connected.) Anyway. i have a dr appt on the 13th of June but i live in a city that is well known for lousy medical care. Has anyone been here??? Or know someone who has?? Any suggestions or help in what might be going on would be GREAT!!
thanks

Replies(7)

MandMs

replied on June 2nd, 2008

Extremely eHealthy

Do you find your left breast swollen?
Are the red spots with texture similar to the skin of an orange?
Is the breast warm on touch?
Do you feel some kind of breast pain?

fedup001

replied on June 2nd, 2008

New User

yes the breast is bigger than the other. i am a big breasted women anyway but the one falls out of the bra when i where it. there is little holes all over the skin kinda like someone picked me with a needle and left the indentation. it is not warm to tuch all the time. sometimes it is but most of the time no. there is no gerneralized breast pain rather coming and going. somtimes is feels like as if someone tossed out a fishing line and hooked the inside of my nipple and is tryig to reel it in but that comes and goes. the right one too now is more red (not spot) than the left and has those little dimple things all over it too. I dont know whats going on. cant wait to see the dr. but again our city is known for lousy medical care so i dont know if thsi is somthing i should continue to push to find out whats really going on or if i am over reacting

MandMs

replied on June 5th, 2008

Extremely eHealthy

You have some symptoms similar to IBC.
IBC sometimes is confused with mastitis, breast infection.
You'll need to visit a doctor and check the red spot with biopsy.
If there are changes due to IBC, they won't show on mammogram or ultrasound.
I don't wanna give you extra worry, but, it's better this to be checked.

This cancer is know for its aggressiveness and causing changes in very short time period.

Thinking of you and waiting for your post!
Marija

ssgummy

replied on May 14th, 2009

New User

Breast itching

I'm 46 years old and my left breast has been itching off and on for the past couple of months. I had this issue a year ago and saw the doctor and they indicated that it wasn't cancer. I now have it again in the same breast and have noticed a small patch (pea sized) of dry skin just below my nipple. I noticed the same patch a year ago. I'm very worried about IBC because I've read about it recently. I just had a mammogram this morning but know that IBC usually isn't found with a mammogram. I have no other symptoms. Can you have IBC with just the one symptom or am I just being paranoid?

MandMs

replied on May 15th, 2009

Extremely eHealthy

This red patch of dry skin near your nipple and the accompanying itchiness, can be symptom of breast eczema.
It is important to be distinguished between eczema (present alone without underlying condition), and eczema associated with Paget's disease (underlying breast carcinoma).
Sometimes, breast psoriasis can resemble this condition, and vice versa.

You may consult a dermatologist, too, as she/he can use a scrape cytology to exclude or confirm eczema with Paget's disease.

Best wishes!

roses221

replied on May 20th, 2009

New User

Red Spot On Breast no itching

When I initially went to the GP he felt that it could be an allergy and gave me an antihistamine and cortisone cream. The rash faded to a very pale rose colour but it still persisted. I had a mammogram done a few days after the rash appeared and it was clear. Due to the persistence of the rash I went back to the GP and he referred me to a surgeon specialising in breast cancer. He did a thorough examination, comparing both breasts, took a detailed history and checked the mammograms as well. I am worried about IBC. I am now experiencing pain that feel like little pins poking me all at one time, in the same breast, although the rash has not worsened, nor have I any evidence of itching, nipple itching, flaking of nipples, skin changes, swelling, heat, nipple inversion etc - .
Does this sound like IBC? And if not, does anyone know what it could be?

roses221

replied on June 7th, 2009

New User

Update on my red spot. I went in to a breast specialist. She took a little biopsy of the red spot. My test came back clear, no IBC. She still does not know what is causing the red spot to stay there. She is sending me to another dermatologist for more testing.

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