Small bump in breast i've had them before and they go away on their own. how do i know if its the same benign tissue or something i should worry about?

Never sure!: If you suspicion a lump in your breast, please be safe and not sorry. Yest there are plenty of benign causes for breast lumps. However, a dog can have ticks and fleas at the same time. There are good diagnostic tools to help tell if a lesion is a cyst, fat, a solid lesion or in infection. Get to your pcp, gyn, breast care surgeon or breast center and get checked out. Don't take a lump 4 this!

When was your last m: Depending on your age, either a mammogram or an ultrasound (or sometimes both) can be used to better exam "lumps" in the breast - along with clinical examination by your doctor.

See your doctor: Lumps in the breast should be evaluated. This should start with a visit to your physician. Depending on your age, characteristics of the lump and past history your physician may order an us, mammogram or both. Self breast exams are the start, but any lump detected should prompt a doctors appointment.

Need mammo/US: You need mammo compared with previous mammo and prolly us to exclude a breast cancer versus a simple cyst or benign lesion. If those tests are not diagnostic, you might require biopsy or lumpectomy.

See a Doctor: Anytime you feel something you think is abnormal in your breast, you should have your doctor or a breast specialist evaluate it. In addition, make sure you do a monthly self breast exam and yearly mammogram starting age 40 or 10 years before the diagnosis of breast or ovarian cancer in a primary relative (mother, sister).