Some patients may not have the Ministry of breast lumps found clear, just the nipple and areola Department of itching, rash, looks like eczema, in fact, this may also be suffering from a particular cancer, that Paget ‘s disease, that is, nipple eczema Like breast cancer. So, do not overlook the little changes.
Physiological changes:
1, women after pregnancy, starting from early pregnancy, the nipple and areola can deepen the color, from light red by turns dark brown, this change is mainly due to pregnancy hormones estrogen and progesterone due to the increase, is a normal physiological change.
2, some women (more than 30 years old -45 years old), in the absence of pregnancy, the nipple and areola color gradually deepened into a dark brown from the brown powder, if you can make breast examination did not reveal any lesions, But this color change suggests that women now have "one off" of the increase in estrogen, perhaps over a period of time, due to self-regulation of estrogen levels return to normal, the nipple and areola color has returned to normal, it is still normal physiological changes.
Pathological changes:
1, the nipple and areola color deepened, and after double associated with itching around the nipple and areola, breast physical examination can be found within the bilateral or unilateral breast proliferative lesions or cystic hyperplasia. Nipple, areola color deepened prompted increased estrogen levels, as a target organ of breast lesions, the incidence is in line with the law.
2, the nipple and areola color deepened simple, becoming dark brown or dark brown, and even that small nodules around the areola gland formation, formation processes, then check the time and did not breast lesions. Whether the patient should be thought of more serious liver disease exist? This is because the decline in liver function caused by liver disease, lack of estrogen in the liver to eliminate the normal solution, resulting in the nipple and areola color deepened, the same men who appear serious liver disease "spider mole "," Cinnabar palm "exactly the same.
3, suffering from a benign tumor of the ovary, the ovarian secretion of estrogen increase, can lead to nipple and areola color deepened, around the areola gland can appear many small nodules. These patients received treatment in gynecology as soon as possible, to identify causes and timely treatment.
Nipple itching mean?
Of course, the Ministry of nipple and areola eczema-like changes are not necessarily cancer, some of which is pure eczema.
So, what kind of situation should be particularly vigilant caused it? Generally, if one side of the nipple and areola Department of eczema-like changes, and prolonged unhealed person, the eczema-like cancer, the possibility of large. The main performance of the initial nipple itching or mild burning sensation, followed by nipple-areola skin redness, mild erosion, the surface is often brown or gray scaly crusts attached, rough skin lesions, thickening of the hard, clear boundaries with the surrounding, can also occur after the ipsilateral nipple retraction or erosion corrosion, or a hard mass palpable breast mass.
Eczema-like breast cancer in earlier, that lesions confined to the Ministry of nipple and areola, the breast has not yet touched Unilateral breast mass in a simple excision, treatment is still good. If the breast lump has to be formed, then the prognosis is poor, you must line radical mastectomy. Therefore, in the lesions of eczema is still in the nipple-like changes at an early stage to be timely diagnosis and treatment, is to obtain a better prognosis. Clinical treatment of more than 2 weeks after the nipple and areola Department invalid skin lesions should be considered for biopsy to confirm the diagnosis.
