The Other Cancer---Inflammatory Breast Cancer

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Most of us girls, women....have been fairly well schooled on what to look for in self examinations for breast cancer! But ladies, there is another type of breast cancer which accounts for up to 5 percent of all breast cancers in the US! It doesn't have a telltale tumor...but unusual symptoms that are often ignored & misdiagnosed....as the symptoms often mimic an infection! It is known as Inflammatory Breast Cancer! I truly was not aware of this cancer, so would not have thought too much, if I would have had the following symptoms, which can be rapid onset! Rapid change in appearance, redness, swelling & warmth....increase in size...heaviness, burning, tenderness....pink, red, purple or bruised...ridges or appear pitted! There are many other symptoms that DO NOT mimic breast cancer, as we know it! The purpose here is that I am hoping that you will take a moment to go to either one of these links; www.mayoclinic.com/health/inflammatory-breast-cancer or watch this 6 minute video; www.youtube.com and click on the link! I just stumbled on this information on a site, mostly dedicated to women, and wondered if there were a lot of us who were not aware of IBC, and really & truly thought I would like the ladies to be aware! Hope you all have a great weekend! And Cheers!