Breast cancer is a common disease among women. If breast cancer can be found early and treated in time, it can be effectively controlled, and patients can live for many years. In order to find breast cancer early, it is necessary to understand the early symptoms of breast cancer. This article will talk about this problem.
1. Lumps and masses are often painless, solitary, irregular, mostly solid, hard, and have poor mobility. The outer upper quadrant of the breast is the preferred site for breast cancer.
2. The appearance of "dimple sign" in breast skin due to local skin changes is an important sign, caused by Cooper's ligament involvement or tumor adhesion to the skin. When cancer cells block subcutaneous lymphatic vessels, orange peel edema may occur, and some may show varicose veins and satellite nodules.
3. Nipple changes: When breast lesions invade the nipple or areola area, the fibrous tissue and ductal system of the breast can be shortened due to tumor invasion. Pulling the nipple to the side of the tumor can further develop the lesion, causing the nipple to flatten, retract, sink, and completely retract under the areola, making the nipple invisible. Nipple erosion is also an important sign of breast cancer.
4. Nipple discharge can occur in breast ducts, especially when there is epithelial hyperplasia, inflammation, bleeding, necrosis, and tumors in the large ducts of the breast. The effusion can be colorless, milky white, light yellow, brown, bloody, etc. It can be watery, bloody, serous or purulent, while breast cancer is mostly bloody, often found by patients themselves when they pollute underwear.
5. Pain is relatively rare, and a few patients may experience dull or stabbing pain.
The majority of female friends must understand the early symptoms of breast cancer, so that they can find their own breast problems in time, and timely treatment can make breast cancer a disease with good treatment results.
