Early Onset Early Stage Early Inflammatory Breast Cancer Rash
Which looked more like a mild sunburn than a rash.
Early onset early stage early inflammatory breast cancer rash. Without treatment i was told i had six months to live. Locally advanced cancer this means it has spread to nearby lymph nodes. An early sign of inflammatory breast cancer is discoloration of the breast. You may find pink or reddened areas often with the texture and thickness of an orange.
This video shows photos of inflammatory breast cancer. This is a type of cancer that develops without a telltale lump ibc can best be described as sheets of cancer some doctors call it nests of cancer men if you are reading this you must forward this to the women in your life. With treatment my prognosis was also quite poor likely only a few years. Symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer.
However these signs and symptoms are most often associated with benign breast conditions. You may notice that your nipple appears unusually flat or it might be inverted appearing depressed rather than protruding from the front of the breast. Accumulation of fluid within the breast appears as an early warning sign of inflammatory breast cancer. Sudden swelling of the breast.
Early ibc symptoms may include persistent itching and the appearance of a rash or small irritation similar to an insect bite. Inflammatory breast cancer stages stage 3. Pain in the breast. The skin of the breast appears pink reddish purple or yellow bruise.
A bruise on the breast that doesn t go away. By the time symptoms appear it is already advanced. I was diagnosed with stage iv inflammatory. Nipple changes and enlarged lymph nodes inflammatory breast cancer can cause nipple changes as an early warning sign of disease.
I knew something was off. Early detection of inflammatory breast cancer requires the understanding of symptoms. It may save their life or a friend s. The skin may appear pitted like an orange peel and nipple changes such as inversion flattening or dimpling may occur.
Yet i was diagnosed with late stage inflammatory breast cancer. Change in nipple appearance. Interestingly the signs and symptoms of ibc are quite common. Skin changes in the breast area.
The breast typically becomes red swollen and warm. A small section may appear red pink or purple. Because inflammatory breast cancer does not look like typical breast cancer it is never diagnosed in the early stages. Inflammatory breast cancer inflammatory breast cancer ibc is a rare and very aggressive type of breast cancer that tends to spread quickly even in the relatively early stages.
For this reason inflammatory breast cancer is always stage 3 or 4 at the time of diagnosis. Check out the symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer with images. Early symptoms of breast cancer from women who experienced them.