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heypretty
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Armpit Lumps
Posted: 01-10-04 15:08pm
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I'm a 15 year old girl and after having a
discomfort under my right armpit that I
thought was an irritation due to shaving,
I found a small lump. What are the
chances that this is somethign dnagerous
like cancer?
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littlenumber4
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Posted: 01-10-04 15:34pm
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O no your ok everybody gets those
sometimes tose are called hair bumps
that's when tha hair falical doesent break
the skin and it forms a bump and fills
with puss sometimes they go away on there
own and sometimes if they start getting
big they turn into what is called broil
that's all your good don't trip..... :p
:p 
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qwerty56
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Re: Armpit Lumps
Posted: 01-01-05 07:53am
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| heypretty
wrote: | | i'm a 15 year old girl and
after having a discomfort under my right
armpit that I thought was an irritation
due to shaving, I found a small lump.
What are the chances that this is
somethign dnagerous like
cancer? |
i have the same thing in the same place
and im 4 years older than you.
I too am absolutely petrified.
My "lump" is under the skin and feels like
a swollon gland, a little like a gland
that is swallon in your neck when you have
the flu or a sore throat!!!
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Lindamichelle1
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Posted: 01-12-05 07:04am
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Hey,
i'm 16 and 2 days ago I found a lump on my
right armpit as well, i'm really scared it
could be cancer!
Mine feels like yours qwerty56
i'm gonna give it a week and see if it
goes away or gets worse
love and light,
linda
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Nevaehsmommy
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Posted: 02-03-05 04:25am
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Have any of you been to the doctor? I had
a baby ten months ago, during the
pregnancy I noticed a lump under my left
arm. I asked my doctor and he said it
could be that my milk was coming in. So
needless to say I didn't give it a second
thought. Well here I am 10 months later
and the lump is still there. It feels the
same way some of you have described
it.Like a swollen gland. Recently I have
begun to feel pain on and around the lump.
I am scared! I know I have to schedule
an appointment. But like I said I am
terrified to receive bad news. I am
looking for moral support to help calm my
fears :0)
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l2at24
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Posted: 02-04-05 20:08pm
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It's not cancer. It's breast tissue. I
have it too. I had it checked and it's
just breast tissue. Very common. You
can have it removed if you want. Mine
didn't bother me until I had my babies and
it filled up with milk. Very embarassing
and painful. It never went back down to
a small lump, it's just like loose skin
now from filling up with milk. You all
are fine. :o)
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wakkochic17
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Location: South Carolina
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Posted: 02-04-05 21:25pm
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It's also possible that you have a swollen
lymph node (which you also have ones on
your neck so that's why it would feel the
same..). That can be due to numerous
reasons. It could also be a cyst which
is a benign fluid filled sac that is of no
harm to be there. It's always safer to
get it checked out.. But at your ages it
would be extremely rare for it to be
cancerous. More likely it's either the
lymph node swelling up or a mass of tissue
that's harmles..
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Nevaehsmommy
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Posted: 02-05-05 13:04pm
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Thanks for the replies! You have helped
to put my mind at ease :0)~ I do plan on
making a trip to the doctor...
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sjp07
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Posted: 03-10-05 19:53pm
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Im 15 going on 16 like many and i've found
a lump under my arm. Sometimes its the
worse pain and sometimes I dont even
remeber it is there. Its been there for
over 2 or 3 months and it scares me but I
dont want to go to a doctor if it is
nothing major. Its not big just feeling
it but when I poke at it on the sides it
goes in deeper and its under the skin.
Any ideas would be great! Thanks
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Korokoro
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Posted: 03-30-06 01:56am
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I'm so glad I found this site (thanks
google!) i've had this lump on my right
armpit for a year or so and was too scared
to tell my doctor t_t lately I seem to be
growing some moles and thought the lump
was developing into cancer!! And I think
the lump is getting bigger but it may be
my imagination ^^;; is there no way to get
rid of it? Like treating it like a
swollen thumb and putting an ice pack on
it? Eating something? Vitamins?
Or do I have to get an operation? T_t
also, is there anyway to reduce the chance
of getting moles? I want them to stop
appearing and making me paranoid.
One last thing that may be related to this
thread but i'm not sure if it is... It's
kind of embarrasing.... Well, lately I
seem to think that my right breast is
smaller than my left one... Is it because
I slep on my right side sometimes?
(squishing it?) or since i'm right handed,
it affects it somehow? Or the lump? Some
people say that their milk goes to the
lump but is that only during preganancy?
I'm pretty sure i'm not pregnant since i'm
only 16 and a virgin.
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Korokoro
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Re: Armpit Lumps
Posted: 03-31-06 21:44pm
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| kona
wrote: | your lymph nodes are located
in the armpit area and when they get
swollen or tender to the touch, it usually
means that they are trying to clean out
some kind of infection or inflamation
going on in that area of the body. You
folks might want to consider not using
your under arm deodorants as most of the
drug store products have some very toxic
chemicals that are easily absorbed in the
armpit area.Swab with white vineager
instead. There are some vitamin
supplements that are excellent for
cleaning out infections and lessening
inflamation. I'd give you more tips but
its best to do your own research via
google.
Kona |
what if it really isn't that tender? I've
had a lump for a while now... And even if
it's not swollen or tender should I still
use vinegar? I only have rice vinegar in
the house, would that work as well as
white vinegar?
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brandysara
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Posted: 04-22-06 13:24pm
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Hey im new here and I recently found a
lump under my arm. Its weird as it isnt
vagina, or tender when I dont touch it.
It is a hard lump, like its solid, and I
am sure it is not a spot or an ingrowing
hair or anything...
I was wondering if anybody had any
information?? I dont want to go to the
doctor or tell anybody, but I am worried.
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ha_y_in_girl
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Posted: 04-29-06 02:35am
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Last month I also noticed the lump under
my arm pit. It is the size of a pea and
I have monitored it daily, thinking it is
going to go away, that it is an ingrown
hair or just using an old razor.
I had stopped using deorderant thinking
that maybe I needed a breather, but it's
still there.
I have put ice on it maybe that it was an
inflammation, it's still there.
It makes me worried, because everyday I
wonder what the heck it is.
I finally brought it up to my significant
other and he says "oh, that's just a cist
of some sort" like it's nothing because he
states that his mother had 2 of them
before and just got them removed
surgically.
I have had a cist before in my breast
where I had a milk duct clogged up and
made it look like I had 3 breasts....Lol,
but the doctor had made a 1/2 inch
incision and released all the milk out.
But this arm pit lump is just bothersome
and dont think it is going to go away as I
have done so much research on this and
everyone states that their lump hasn't
gone away.
Like others, it is not hurting, alittle
irritated because I keep on feeling it,
pinching it, to get a better feel, trying
to look at it without crossing my eyes,
but still have no clue.
I am going to assume that it is a cist and
as soon as I get some kind of health
insurance, I will check it out and come
back to this website and give some feed
back, because I can't find any kind of
feedback anywhere.
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ccs
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Posted: 04-29-06 03:50am
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It can be scary to find a lump in or near
your breast. If you're worried about it,
see a doctor.
Don't let anyone tell you that it's no big
deal.
I'm 31. About two years ago, my
doctor found a lump in my breast during a
routine exam. She said it was probably
just some swollen tissue or a cyst. She
said I should wait a month to see if it
went away or changed and that if it was
still there to go to a surgeon she
recomended. I was scared and so I waited
several months, hoping it would go away.
It didn't. This doctor was a gyn and my
insurance company required that referals
to specialists or surgeons come from the
primary care physician. So I finally
went to my pcp and he did an exam and
found another lump near my armpit. He
ordered an ultrasound and mamogram, but
nothing showed up on them. My pcp was
still a little concerned though because I
have a family history of breast cancer.
So he sent me to a surgeon. By the time
I had that appointment, the lump near the
armpit had gone away. The surgeon did a
needle biopsy on the lump in my breast.
He said it was probably just a cyst and he
drained all the fluid from it with the
needle. He said I shouldn't feel a lump
anymore. The results of the biopsy were
normal.
I had a follow up appointment with the
surgeon two months later. The lump was
still there and it was bigger. By then I
was really scared. So he did surgery and
removed the lump and found that it really
was just a cyst. What a relief!
Throughout this whole ordeal people kept
telling me not to worry and that it was no
big deal. But I still worried and it was
a big deal to me. A friend told me not
to worry and her mother had the same
surgery a couple of times and they were
just cysts. My mother-in-law said it was
nothing to worry about and had the surgery
and it was a cyst. Everyone kept telling
me it was nothing and not to worry.
I know they meant well and were trying to
calm my fears, but I felt like no one was
on my side. Then, one day I went to
visit my husband's grandmother. She had
cysts removed at different times too.
She started to tell me about it and I
thought, "here we go again. She's going
to tell me not to worry". But she
didn't. She described the same fears
that I had. She told me that people
will tell me it's nothing to worry over,
but that I will. They will say it's not
a big deal, but it is when
it's happening to you. She said I had
every right to be concerned beacuse it is
a scary thing. For the first time, my
fears were calmed because she knew how I
felt. I felt like I finally had someone
on my side.
So don't let anyone tell you how you
should feel. It's ok to be scared and
it's ok to worry.
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pAuLyN17^
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Posted: 05-21-06 03:34am
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Hello... I just wana ask.. Is the lump
on your armpit painful? I also got one in
my right armpit and when you press it its
really painlful.
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Fureai08
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Lump In Right Armpit
Posted: 09-05-06 04:59am
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Hey, my right armpit is quite painful when
I press on it, seems kind of swollen and
theres a lump.
I think it's bigger than 'pea size'
i'm 13 could it be cancer??
Please someone reassure me :(
i'm getting a docters appointment, am I
being silly?
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ewr08
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Similar Story
Posted: 09-05-06 16:08pm
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I noticed a bump like that in my armpit
area as well, it is farily large and very
tender to the touch, it also seems to be
bruising. Is that normal?
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littlealeks1
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Posted: 11-18-06 04:16am
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I have a small lump that just appeared on
my armpit too. But I did another google
search and this was a relpy a dr gave to a
girl who was just getting over the flu and
also had a lump on her armpit:
"cancer lumps rarely hurt, if you're
worried that the lump in your armpit might
be something nasty like breast cancer,
that's extremely unlikely. The lymph node
is probably a result of your cold or flu.
In any general infection, lymph nodes
around the body can become swollen and
sore (cancer lumps are rarely painful) and
these lumps may develop several days after
your other symptoms have started -
sometimes even when you're starting to get
better."
what I got out of it is that "cancer lumps
don't hurt" so if your armpit lump hurts
it's not caner!
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littlealeks1
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Posted: 11-18-06 04:24am
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| korokoro
wrote: | i'm so glad I found this
site (thanks google!) i've had this lump
on my right armpit for a year or so and
was too scared to tell my doctor t_t
lately I seem to be growing some moles and
thought the lump was developing into
cancer!! And I think the lump is getting
bigger but it may be my imagination ^^;;
is there no way to get rid of it? Like
treating it like a swollen thumb and
putting an ice pack on it? Eating
something? Vitamins?
Or do I have to get an operation? T_t
also, is there anyway to reduce the chance
of getting moles? I want them to stop
appearing and making me paranoid.
One last thing that may be related to this
thread but i'm not sure if it is... It's
kind of embarrasing.... Well, lately I
seem to think that my right breast is
smaller than my left one... Is it
because I slep on my right side sometimes?
(squishing it?) or since i'm right
handed, it affects it somehow? Or the
lump? Some people say that their milk
goes to the lump but is that only during
preganancy? I'm pretty sure i'm not
pregnant since i'm only 16 and a
virgin. |
when I had my grade 8 sex talk, or maybe I
read it in the "sex and your body" section
of the dolly magazine in australia, they
said that it is normal for a girls breasts
to be slightly different sizes, especially
in purberty, while their growing, they
will eventlaly even themselves out, but
they wont be prefectly the same size.
My left one is slightly smaller than my
right one...But its just normal.
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sasha75
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Location: London UK
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Armpit Lump
Posted: 11-26-06 12:59pm
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I'm 31 years old and have found a lump
under my right armpit. It's larger than
a pea and really hard. It hurts to
touch. Is this just a lymph node? I've
not been ill lately and am getting worried
now!!
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