having pain in my right underarm..just below where underarm starts. !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sabhar]

i am 23 yrs old lives in delhi. ..from yesterday i am feeling pain in my right underarm..and whenever i pick something r do some physical activity ,it hurts...also i checked my left underarm but it seems okay compared to the right one .Also when i touched and pressed my right underarm ,i felt that its a bit fluffy compared to the left one but it used to be like this before also and also i feel that something like a small marble is inside when i pressed it hardly.plssss give me some advice.what do i do???? there is one more information to share that my mother died cause of cancer 4 yrs back.she was suffering from rectal/rectum cancer.although there is no family history suffering from breast cancer.is it something else? am i getting tensed without any reason!!!

please reply soon.....

[sumeet_shah Administrator]

Dear sabhar,

Please do not worry; from what you describe (and you would obviously have cancer in your mind), it does not seem to be anything related to cancer at all! It might just be a fatty lump in the arm pit. If it does not go away in a few days, please do visit a surgeon, as what you say to be 'small marble like' might be a node (or may just be the underlying bone!), nothing more. Such nodes can also be because of infection.

Do you feel any such similar lump in the right breast?

[sabhar]

no there is no lump in the breast neither internally nor externally as i keep on checking my breast by doing self examination. sometimes i do sleep in backward position facing my stomach towards bed ,this also cause pain in my breast .should i stop sleeping in this position? also if that node and that pain does'nt go in few days...whom shoud i visit !can u give me some refrence.i live in jangpura ,pin code 110014,new delhi. should i visit gynocologist for this?

[sumeet_shah Administrator]

1. Sleeping in that position will not cause any pain. No need to stop sleeping like that.

2. If the pain doesn't settle, or if you feel, that there is still that 'marble' like knot in the arm pit, you can visit any good surgeon, should not be a problem. If you do not know any, let me know, and I shall recommend you someone.

Also, be it pain, or be it a node, you need not worry at all; these are very common symptoms and are in no way related to cancer. So let those thought not bother you at all. These are symptoms which many women face, some time or the other, and they will subside.

If you have time, read the two examples on this page, they will surely help you:

breastcancerindia.net/bc/sc...

[sabhar]

thanks a lot doctor for the advice.im already feeling very less pain in my right underarm .i think I was getting tensed with no serious issue. anyway thanks to let me overcome my fear with a healthy discussion.

[sumeet_shah Administrator]

You will be fine. And I must also tell you, that it is good you paid attention, even though it might be just a small issue. Because, being alert is very essential.