What are the symptoms of a breast lump?

Everyone must pay attention to the appearance of breast lumps, because many people do not pay attention to breast health, but some breast diseases are very common. The symptoms of chest lumps are generally obvious. For example, the patient can feel the lump with his hands, and the lump can also move in the breast, and the lump can also cause the breast to deform.

1. Although some early breast cancer patients cannot feel a clear lump in the breast, they often have local discomfort. Especially for postmenopausal women, they may feel mild pain and discomfort in one breast, or heaviness, soreness and discomfort in one shoulder and back, and even involve the upper arm on that side.

2. In the early stage, a bean-sized lump can be felt in the breast. It is hard and movable. What are the symptoms of breast lumps? Generally, there is no obvious pain, and a few may have paroxysmal dull pain, dull pain or stabbing pain.

3. Changes in breast appearance: The skin at the site of the lump can be seen to bulge, and some local skin may appear orange peel-like, or even edematous, discolored, or have eczema-like changes.

4. The nipple is close to the center and is retracted. What are the symptoms of breast lumps? There is a slight depression in the breast skin (medically called "dimple syndrome"), nipple erosion, nipple asymmetry, or thickening and coarsening of the breast skin and enlarged pores (medically called "orange peel syndrome").

5. Nipple discharge: What are the symptoms of breast lumps? If the discharge is bloody or serous, special attention should be paid to further examination.

6. Regional lymph node enlargement, what are the symptoms of breast lumps? The most common symptom is enlargement of the ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes. Supraclavicular lymphadenopathy is already in the late stage.