small rash on breast

[scaredtodeath08]

I had a small quarter size rash on the upper inner quadrant of my breast, my doctor felt it was a bull's eye tick rash and I feel like it has gotten lighter but not gone away - how worried should I be? This is not where I was bit by a tick, I am worried about inflammatory breast cancer.

[Rowena Santos, MD]

how are you? What are other symptoms present? Do you have family history of cancer? Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare but aggressive type of breast cancer that develops rapidly, making the affected breast red, swollen and tender. It can be mistaken with infection but it does not respond to antibiotics. If it persists and with additional symptoms like: unusual warmth of the affected breast; dimpling or ridges on the skin of the affected breast; itching; tenderness, pain or aching; enlarged lymph nodes under the arm, above the collarbone or below the collarbone; flattening or turning inward of the nipple; swollen or crusted skin on the nipple; or change in color of the skin around the nipple, it would be good to see your doctor for proper evaluation. Tis link may be helpful: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/inflammatory-breast-cancer/DS00632

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