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breast cancer?
i'm 13 years old. recently i found a little tiny bump on my nipple, but you could barely see it. could this be breast cancer? aren't i too young to have it? but what is the youngest age you can get it? or if anybody has the same thing or knows a lot about it would help me!
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It is quite possible that the bumps around your nipples that you are describing are mammary glands, which naturally appear on the areola (the circular pigmented area that surrounds the actual nipple) and look like small pimple-like bumps. The purpose of these glands is to help women deliver milk to babies when they are breastfeeding. In addition, the nipple is surrounded by hair follicles, and hair can be found around the outside of the areola. The amount of actual hair varies from woman to woman, usually begins to grow around puberty, and increases as you grow. This is a completely normal occurrence and is not a medical problem.
Most likely those are mammary glands, so don't worry about them, your body is just going through the changes a girls body starts going throgh at your age. I have them too, and i'm 20. No worries. :)
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Here's a good website about breast cancer:
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I haven't heard of any breast cancer by a little bump on the nipple. It's always a lump. Besides, if it's on your nipple, it's most likely a montgomery's gland. It should resemble .. a goosebump when you're cold. So yeah, maybe look some pictures online or ask an adult about it.
Also skin on your breast, is like skin anywhere else.. so you can also develop skin abnormalities [like a pimple]
Also I found this on a site:
You can get breast cancer at any age but there's different types depending on age. The common breast cancer to children and teens is not the same as an adult women may get.
Types of breast cancer found in children and teens:
1. Juvenile Secretory Carcinoma - slow growing and less aggressive than adult cancers
2. Cystosarcoma Phylloides - rapidly growing tumor which stretches the breast
3. Lymphoma - Lymph nodes within the breast and the area of the axilla (armpit)
4. Secondary (metastatic)
So if you're a bit worried, just go in the doctors for a breast exam. Or do a self-exam:
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Normally, breast cancer is a lump under your skin that you cannot see, only feel. More than likely you either have an ingrown hair follicle infected or just a natural affect going on. If it itches, hurts, or bothers you, it's more likely not cancer. Cancer doesn't hurt and you cannot feel it. Now, if you are too concerned, I would tell your parents to set up an appointment with the doctor. Good Luck!!
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