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Lumpy breasts
There are many causes for lumps in the breast. These range from normal changes in your body to abnormal breast disease. Breast lumps are either benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous).
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
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A 35-year old female asked:
Have lumpy breasts before period, after the lumpiness is there, but much less. do fibrocystic lumps need to disappear or just increase and decrease?
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A 37-year old asked:
How long does breast lumpiness associated with mastitis last?
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A 44-year old asked:
How long does breast lumpiness associated with breast abscess last?
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A 22-year old female asked:
My period is 12 days away. I feel increased lumpiness in both breast. Is my period too far away for this to occur?
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A 46-year old asked:
How long does breast lumpiness associated with clogged milk duct last?
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A 42-year old asked:
Breast soreness/lumpiness in just one breast, should I be concerned?
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A 39-year old asked:
I've been thinking that the lumps I've been feeling were just my rib cage or natural lumpiness of my small breasts, what could it be?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I've had breast pain in both breast for 12 days now with lumpiness and denseness. Left breast hurts worse than other. Fibrocystic possibly??
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A 28-year old female asked:
Had breast biopsy done 3 months ago - benign. Feel lumpiness near biopsy site but not right there. Had u/s and didn't see anything. OKay?
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A 33-year old female asked:
The lumpiness that I feel in my breasts extends into my armpit area. Could just be normal breast tissue?
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A 21-year old female asked:
3 weeks of breast pain on top and underarm. comes and goes. Ropy and lumpiness. 75% pain in left breast and 25% in right one. 21yr. Panicking nonstop!
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A 22-year old female asked:
I feel lumpiness when i smash my breast down between both hands like a mammogram (maybe) & but when i sit up or lay down to do an exam i no longer feel it the same or at all. Is this cause for concern? Im 22. Birth control. Period ended 3 days ago
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A 32-year old asked:
Are lumpy breasts common?
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A 45-year old asked:
What are the causes for lumpy breasts?
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A 46-year old asked:
What do men think of lumpy breasts? A turn off?
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A 44-year old asked:
Can a lumpy breast necessarily mean anything is wrong?
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A 39-year old asked:
Do you feel yourself to know if you have lumpy breasts?
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A 39-year old asked:
What cna I do for lumpy breasts which I have always had?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Lumpy breasts?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Is it normal to have lumpy breasts, I feel tissue if I poke but unsure if this is normal. It is present on both breasts but not exactly the same?
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A 40-year old asked:
Do you have to have more mammograms if lumpy breasts?
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A 36-year old asked:
Is it normal to develop lumpy breasts after childbirth?
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A 29-year old asked:
Is it normal to have lumpy breasts before, during menopause?
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A 45-year old asked:
Sore and lumpy breasts. What it could be?
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A 40-year old asked:
I have really hard lumpy breast and armpit. What could it be?
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A 31-year old asked:
Is it normal to have lumpy breasts after childbirth if lactating?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Feeling lumpy breast above nipple when pressed. Is it normal??
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A 18-year old female asked:
Is it normal to have really lumpy breasts 1 or 2 weeks before a period? These lumps feel a tiny bit hard and I can't tell if it's just normal or not
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A 40-year old asked:
Sore and lumpy breasts worry me constantly. Any ideas of what it could be?
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A 28-year old female asked:
I am seem once/yr by breast surgeon bc of lumpy breasts. Clinical/U/S exam yrly. Is this good for prevention, or a waste of time/$?
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