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Bumps on my underarms
Hello I'm 14/f. I've gotten these bumps under my skin many times before but they keep coming back on my armpits. I told my mom and she said if they stay, she'll take my to the doctor but she say that about everything including my still going 24 day period. So I need to knowif anyone has experienced this before. They're about the size of a dollar coin and hurt quite a bit.
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If I understand correctly, you have some lumps only in the underarm area where you would apply an anti perspirant/deodorant.
this happened to someone I knew. Their doctor told them that the sweat glands became blocked and infected. Usually its due to dead skin and oils for blockage. But this doctor told us that too much use of an antiperspirant will actually tell those pores to close up and if a gland is not allowed to normally sweat, it can become infected. Not all people react in this way to antiperspirants but some are reactive and susseptible to issues like this and need to discontinue use of antiperspirants, every brand. The only thing okay to use would be a deodorant that changes the offensive sweat smell to not being able to be smelled.
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There is a natural deodorant that my friend switched to immediately called 'Crystal". I switched at the time too to avoid having a problem once I realized how unhealthy it was to use a anti perspiring agent. This product works well, comes unscented or in a couple scents. Most drug stores carry this option as well as some grocery stores. If you have health food stores around, they would have it too.
But since you currently have the infection in the glands, you should see the doctor to see what if any treatment they have to give to heal the infection in the glands. There's a chance it could be something else but this is the most likely cause.
What I don't understand is if you are referring to this condition in the armpits having been around for 24 days or if at the same time you have a menses/period lasting that long.
If thats the case, in 14 yr olds, it is not uncommon to have wide variations in the period, lengths in between varying by days or months, and length of time shorter to longer like a month and flow from nothing but spotting to heavy flow. Its part of your body becoming used to the changes as you go through puberty if this is the case. You can be seen by a doctor to make sure all is normal but in most cases it is not necessary to treat with drugs like birth control drugs. Is the lumps in armpits related to the period irregularities? It could be...that I dont know as I am not a medical person. I could only tell you from experience what the lumps MIGHT be, and that irregularities in teen periods is actually quite common but there's always a chance there is something wrong. You should be seen by a doctor for both issues to rule out anything serious being wrong. Hopefully, it's just something minor.
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Since you are 14 years of age and if you live in the USA. You can by a Federal Law called HIPPA seek medical advice and treatment without parental knowledge or permission for anything related to your reproductive system. Since you do have a problem relating to your reproductive system(your 24 day period) you can seek treatment by your own doctors, or at any women's clinic, 24 hr. walk-in clinic or hospital emergency room. If you are covered under your parents health insurance these visits will be paid for by the health insurance carrier.
These visits are confidential and your parents can never know why you saw the doctor or what you were treated for without your written consent to the doctor. This law also means that any time a female examination might be done on you she will have to stay in the waiting room unless you invite her to be in the exam room with you. If she is not in the exam room with once again the doctor cannot tell her what you were examined for and or treated for without your written permission.
In short if you want to see a doctor and can get to a doctors office or clinic you can see a doctor. While you're there concerning your menstrual problem you can ask about these bumps.
Since they seem to come and go I think they me be your lymph nodes you feeling which are quite a few under the armpits. As one doctor explained them to me the lymph nodes are part of the bodies trash system and everything in the blood goes through them.
You are probably thinking cancer we always do when we feel a lump especially women so close to their breasts. If it were cancer you would have others signs and the lumps get bigger and bigger so the chances are they are not cancer. Yet you should have them checked.
If mom will not take you to the doctor and you have health insurance and have the money for whatever your co-pay is then I would advise you to make an appointment a go to the doctor. At the very least go to a woman's free clinic if you can.
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