Im 14 years old , and im having symptoms of breast cancer what do i do ?

• two days ago i discovered a large red patch around my nipple , it hurts really bad , and its swolen , its like 1/5 the size of my boob , im only 14 and i have read its almost impossibe for me to get breast cancer so young , but ive been comparing pictures of breast cancer to mine , and they are similar , there is also heat on my boob as well , ive been sick lately , (headaches) , im really scareddd and dont know what to do , !!!!! please give me some ideas of what it could be before i go crazzzyyyy ,

• Answer:

  No, you don't have symptoms of breast cancer. There is no swelling with breast cancer, no redness to see, and pain is very rarely a sign of breast cancer. Nor are headaches a symptom of breast cancer, ever. Breast cancer almost always has no symptoms until it is quite advanced. In the extremely unlikely event of a teenager having breast cancer, it would not have had time to become advanced. The chances of breast cancer at 14 are statistically zero. If it happened, the case would make news internationally, and would be written up in medical journals the world over as it would be of HUGE interest to doctors - very few of the world's doctors have seen a breast cancer patient in her 20s, almost none has seen one in her teens. I don't know where you found pictures of breast cancer that you think look similar to what you have described, but really you should avoid looking up symptoms of anything on the internet - you'll always convince yourself you have it! Talk to your mother, she should be able to reassure you and can arrange for you to see a doctor about what is almost certainly a skin condition. And if you need more reassurance, see your school nurse; she will be used to girls having worries like this and will be able to reassure you that you DON'T have breast cancer. Stop worrying - you are at an age where breast cancer is unheard of and you don't have any symptoms of it.