Breast Problems: Check Your Symptoms

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Check Your Symptoms

If you answer yes to any of the following questions, click on the "Yes" in front of the question for information about how soon to see a health professional.

Review health risks that may increase the seriousness of your symptoms.

Note:

Do you have any of the following symptoms? If you do, evaluate those symptoms first.

A cut: Go to the topic Cuts.
A puncture wound: Go to the topic Puncture Wounds.
A bite: Go to the topic Animal and Human Bites.
An injury to the breast or chest: Go to the topic Chest Pain.

Yes: Do you have symptoms of a breast infection?
Yes: Do you still have symptoms of a breast infection after taking antibiotics for 3 or 4 days?
Yes: Do you have breast pain that is not related to your menstrual cycle?
Yes: Do you think your breast problem may be caused by a medicine?
Yes: Do you have a lump in your breast or change in the size or shape of a breast?
Yes: Do you have any other breast problem?

If a visit to a health professional is not needed immediately, see the Home Treatment section for self-care information.

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Last updated:	November 03, 2007
Author:	Jan Nissl, RN, BS
Reviewed By:	Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine, Deborah A. Penava, BA, MD, FRCSC, MPH - Obstetrics and Gynecology
Editors:	Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer

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