Hi everyone, sorry this is going to be a long one!
I’m new here I’m a mother of 3, 29 years old and absolutely going out of my mind with anxiety/worry.
So around 2 weeks ago whilst on my period I noticed my one armpit was slightly swollen and aching, this went down around 2 days later, a few days after this I missed my contraceptive pill which made me come back on my period the day after. The next day (Sunday 27th July) I noticed the armpit swelling was back along with a slightly swollen breast and nipple on the same side (left side). Gp put this down as hormonal however I could not rest so I paid for a private ultrasound and this was the findings -
The left breast checked with ultrasound today.
Normal parenchymal echotexture.
No masses, cysts, or other abnormalities detected.
The ultrasound examination of the left breast reveals a dilated milk duct measuring
approximately 4.1 mm in diameter. The duct appears anechoic, consistent with fluid content within the duct.
No skin thickening or architectural distortion.
Slightly two enlarged lymph nodes detected in left axillary region with normal fatty hilum and vascularity measuring 20 x 6 x 19 mm and 17 x 6 x 16 mm.
Ultrasound findings suggestive of left breast ductal ectasia noted.
Evidence of lymphadenopathy in right axillary region, lymph nodes preserved normal fatty hilum and vascularity measuring is above.
Patient is advised to share report with their GP.
This was on Wednesday, I was given antibiotics the same day by my gp who still was not concerned however I still have pain and swelling in my breast and armpit, pain can radiate down my shoulder and arm to my hand it’s like an ache, if you made it this far thank you! I just want to see if anyone has been through similar and what the outcome was, my youngest child is 3 so ductal ectasia is not something I was expecting, I’m worried my symptoms line up with inflammatory breast cancer