please stay on top of this. i had the symptons of ibc stared trying to get some help in july of 2000 had two mammograms and three ultrasounds thru oct. was told it was mastitis i was 64 years old. and nothing showed in them. i finally was given a biopsy in nov. with results of two tumors one 10 cm and dignosis of invasive ductual. had a breast removed in dec with 8 lymph nodes positive and another tumor and stage 3 cancer. the year of 2001 was filled with 6moths of chemo and 33 radation treatments so do not take this litely. hope by this time you have good news.
GOD BLESS - MITIZIE
Hallo, thanks for all the feedback. I have been examined by the doctor and he conclude it was an infection and put me on a course of antibiotics. I'll update if I do not recover after medication.
Dear inex, When doing self breast exam you are looking/feeling for something that is a change from the usual. Having it checked by a health care professional is a good idea, as it is difficult/impossible to make an assessment over the internet. (Inflammatory breast cancer is an uncommon form of breast cancer, with the inflammation you might see with this, you would not be wondering if the redness had be due to pressing and worrying the area, it would be inflammed).
breast infections are much more common than IBC; also, most of the time the findings aren't subtle, meaning it's fairly obvious. So what you describe is most likely not to be serious. However, it's absolutely essential than any persisting changes in your breast need to be evaluated! There's no way accurately to diagnose anything online.