Inflammatory Breast cancer is a rare type of cancer found generally in case of younger woman. In this type of cancer the lymph vessels are blocked by cancer cell caused red swollen breast. As in this disease, the primary symptom is red swollen breast or breast looked like inflamed so it is known as inflammatory breast cancer or IBC.
According to a statistic, In USA one to five percent people who are suffering from breast cancer have inflammatory breast cancer
Some studies show that Afro-American women are more sufferer of this disease.
Symptoms of Inflammatory breast cancer
The main symptom of inflammatory breast cancer is red swollen breast, which caused due to blockage of lymph vessel by tumor cells.
In case of IBC lumps often not found.
The breast skin becomes bruised, some times the skin looks like pitted and become orange in color. This is due to accumulation of fluid in breast
Other symptoms include heaviness of breast, burning sensation, pain, enlarged breast,
Nipple becomes inverted in this disease.
The breast become more soft
Sometime swollen nodes found under arm and collarbone.
But the symptoms may appear due to some other reason also like injuries, infections or they may be symptoms of another cancer
After diagnosis, we can know whether this disease is Inflammatory breast cancer or not.
The most important thing is IBC grows very rapidly, so one should consult oncologist or health provider if a single symptom was found.
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