Armpit pain may be caused by breast cancer

As people's living standards continue to improve, the incidence of breast cancer is also increasing year by year. Breast cancer is a malignant tumor disease, and the incidence rate of women is higher than that of men. The damage caused to the body cannot be ignored. In fact, 80% of women with breast pain suffer from breast hyperplasia or mastitis, while breast cancer is rarely diagnosed through pain. It is mostly diagnosed by touching the breast and finding a lump and then being diagnosed by a doctor.

Warning 1: Breast hyperplasia

The pain level of breast hyperplasia changes regularly with the menstrual cycle: it gets worse before menstruation and gets better after menstruation. Other symptoms include breast lumps, and the size of the hyperplastic lumps will also change periodically with menstruation. The lumps of breast hyperplasia are distributed in the form of flakes, blocks or granules, with different sizes, good mobility, and no adhesion to surrounding tissues. In contrast, malignant breast tumors often show progressive growth, unclear boundaries, poor mobility, and obvious adhesion to surrounding tissues.

Warning 2: Mastitis

Mastitis is common after childbirth, especially during the postpartum period. It is characterized by severe breast pain, redness and swelling, and obvious tenderness and fever.

Special reminder: If you have armpit pain, you should consider the possibility of breast cancer

In the early stages of breast cancer, the symptoms are often not obvious, but because the distribution of blood and lymph in the breast determines that the breast and axillary tissue are inextricably linked, the axillary area is often the first target of breast cancer metastasis, so armpit pain should be considered as breast cancer. In addition, there are characteristic changes in the early stages of breast cancer, such as nipple secretion, nipple inversion, and breast tumors. The surface of the tumor is uneven, with unclear boundaries with surrounding tissues, breast skin changes (such as orange peel changes) and pigmentation, etc.