My nipples are dry and itchy. I thought they were eczema…It turns out that breast cancer is a kind of cancer
Jan 03, 2025
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According to the British media Daily Mail, Embiid (41, female), who lives in Australia, visited the hospital in 2021 after seeing her right nipple dry and skin peeled off. At the time, medical staff said it could be eczema.
She did not question this. It was considered to be related to breastfeeding two children in the last 5 years. Therefore, I applied eczema ointment prescribed by the hospital.
However, a few months later, I noticed an ulcer around the nipple and a scab sitting there, so I went to the hospital again.
The medical staff prescribed eczema and antifungal ointment again this time. After applying ointment for the past three years, she visited the hospital again in September last year after seeing her condition deteriorate with pain.
At that time, there was itching, burning, pain, and the skin peeled off dry.
This time, the medical staff requested a biopsy, and the results of the test were shockingly 'bubble Paget's disease, a type of breast cancer.
Breast Paget's disease is a type of intraepithelial cancer that occurs in the nipples and wheels, and is a malignant tumor showing characteristic Paget cells. Paget's disease is divided into breast Paget's disease, which occurs in the breast, and extra-mammal Paget's disease, which occurs in tissues other than the breast. Extravagastric Paget's disease occurs mainly in the perineum and armpit areas, and rarely in the navel.
Additional tests revealed cancerous lumps behind the nipples, and cancerous cells had spread to the ducts (the passage for carrying breast milk). Having undergone surgery to remove the right nipple and surrounding breast tissue, she is currently undergoing chemotherapy.
She advised "Because breast fasciitis is very rare, it is often misdiagnosed as nipple eczema for months, if not years, and sadly it happened to me"Don't ignore any symptoms"
Meanwhile, the exact cause of breast Paget's disease has not yet been determined.
It is presumed to be a genetic factor, and it is known that the incidence rate is about seven times higher than that of the general public if there is a family history. The main symptoms include red spots on the nipple skin and the peeling of scales like mild eczema.
There is also itching and burning of the nipples and wheezes, and if not treated, there are secretions, bleeding, and scabs of the nipples attached, and it gradually progresses to ulcers.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
