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Re: Breast pain, redness, itchs, scared!

From: Lea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:32:52 -0500 (CDT)

You're doing the right thing by going to see another doctor. Whenever you are dissatisfied with the answers you are getting, or NOT getting then you should seek a second or even third opinion if your gut instinct is telling you that something is not right.

Save yourself some trouble and missed symptom description by using your computer to keep a sort of log of what is happening and when. Track your menstrual cycle with it in case anything might be related. You might even make note of dietary changes along with changes in detergents, soaps and even locations where you've lived. Also any medication changes. Fever? Headache? Body Aches? Flu-like symptoms? Any other symptoms?

Keep detailed notes and take a print-out with you so you don't forget to tell the doctor anything and let the doctor put a copy in your file.

It is possible you have an infection, from your description that would be my first guess but I'm not a doctor.

Good Luck!!

At Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Michele wrote: >
>I am 25 and I have been experiencing increased breast pain on the right
>side for 2 months. My nipple is red and it itchs. Everytime I bend
>over to pick something up my nipple throbs. I can't mess with my breast
>without it hurting me for at least an hour afterwards. I have had
>discharge (clear/yellow) but that was about a month ago. At that time I
>did see a Dr. who told me that I had fibrocystic disease. I was happy
>with this. Anything is better then what I thought it might be. So I
>changed my diet,took the extra pills he suggested and waited for the
>pain to go away. Well, it isn't going away. It feels like my breast is
>full of fluid. Actually, it feels like I'm lactating again. Except
>this time I can't pump anything out to make the pain go away. When I
>was breastfeeding my daughter I thought I had a breast infection but it
>went away. This is what that feels like. I told the Dr. that but he
>told me that he didn't think it was that. But of course, at the time my
>nipple wasn't red and feel like it was on fire either.
>So, I'm asking for your help because I'm off to see another Dr. We have
>moved (we are in the military) and I have to explain to a whole new
>group of people why I (a 25-year-old) think there is something terribly
>wrong with me. And maybe there isn't something "terribly" wrong, but my
>breast is on fire and it doesn't want anyone or anything to come near
>it. I just want someone to start listening to me. So is this
>fibrocystic disease or what?
>
>Thank you so much!
>Michele

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Lea Harth, Managing Editor
OBGYN.net

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