1. Lump
Symptoms of breast cancer is the most easily recognizable is the appearance of an abnormal lump. The lump can be felt generally alone, although sometimes only be known to exist through the inspection mammograph.
Hard lump with irregular shapes need to watch more than a lump of soft and round. Soft lump is usually triggered by the presence of cysts, although cysts can also be hardens if you have calcification.
2. Swelling
Although there are no lumps, breasts are swollen or droop should be aware. Pregnancy and retention (accumulation) of fluid from too much salt intake can also cause breast actually swells, but the swelling caused by cancer is usually not symmetrical between the left and right breast.
3. Skin irritation
Symptoms of cancer can also be observed from the breast skin or nipple is red, thick and scaly. If the signs appear, though not currently have an infection of skin and do not have an allergy to chemicals in clothing, soaps and lotions, you should immediately sent to the doctor.
4. Pain in the nipple
Cysts in the breast can also cause pain in the nipple. To distinguish with breast cancer, consult a doctor immediately and ask to perform an ultrasound examination can differentiate cyst with cancer cells.
5. Putting sink (nipple retraction)
Although rare, breast cancer cell growth around the nipple areola can also cause drowning. If these symptoms appear suddenly and last up to several weeks, there may be traction or tightening of the mammary gland that occurs because of being pressured by the tumor cells.
6. Strange fluid on nipple
In addition to milk, any liquid that comes out of the nipple should be aware, especially if red or brown. Usually the doctor will perform a kind ductogram mammograph to check for abnormalities of the mammary gland, and then observing the liquid that comes out with under a microscope to detect cancerous cells in it.
7. Swollen lymph nodes
Breast cancer is always characterized by swollen lymph nodes in the armpit area. Consult soon to anticipate that possibility, although sometimes the infection can also cause this section to swell
