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A member asked:
Im 18 years old. i have 3 abscess which initially used to hurt but not now. can it be breast cancer representing as abscess in my age ?
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Probably not cancer: At 18, breast cancer is very rare. Absesses are not. recurrent absesses can occur in smokers an particularly under the nipple and aureola. There also may now be a well formed abscess tract that drains. When that happens, it no longer hurts. Things to consider with recurrent infections of the breast are smoking, fistula tract, TB infection, yeast infection and areas that are not drained well.
Answered 9/30/2015
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