phoenixashes
12-06-09, 09:38
I am a little panicky after looking online for things to help stop / prevent my occasionally itchy nipples and finding (not even looking, mind you... damn you Google!) that it is a symptom of breast cancer.
My nipples are itchy occasionally. Not constantly, not to such an extreme point that it disrupts my day, but every so often (maybe twice a week or so) they just get really itchy for maybe an hour at a time. Does anyone else experience this? Does anyone know what causes it, or how to fix it and make it stop happening? I'm not pregnant, I just got my period again today. There is no redness aside from when I scratch them, definitely no rash presence. There is no discharge whatsoever; not standalone and not when I press down as the Dr. does during my yearly. It happens to both breasts. I have no lumps in my breasts that I can feel, and my last full checkups and gyn. visits came up clean and fine, although those were both last year.. and as far as I remember I have had this issue for longer than that. My nipples do get dry sometimes (I think) due to what looks like dry skin on my nipple, but there is not what I would call or consider to be 'crusting.' I am just freaking out.
My nipples are itchy occasionally. Not constantly, not to such an extreme point that it disrupts my day, but every so often (maybe twice a week or so) they just get really itchy for maybe an hour at a time. Does anyone else experience this? Does anyone know what causes it, or how to fix it and make it stop happening? I'm not pregnant, I just got my period again today. There is no redness aside from when I scratch them, definitely no rash presence. There is no discharge whatsoever; not standalone and not when I press down as the Dr. does during my yearly. It happens to both breasts. I have no lumps in my breasts that I can feel, and my last full checkups and gyn. visits came up clean and fine, although those were both last year.. and as far as I remember I have had this issue for longer than that. My nipples do get dry sometimes (I think) due to what looks like dry skin on my nipple, but there is not what I would call or consider to be 'crusting.' I am just freaking out.