Breast health
Lumps, pain, changes worth checking, and what screening can and cannot do.
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Lumps, pain, changes worth checking, and what screening can and cannot do.
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- Some fluid comes from my nipple when I press it, and I am not breastfeeding. Is that normal? Written with AI assistance — not yet reviewed by a person Often, yes. A little milky, clear, yellow or green fluid from both nipples when squeezed is common, particularly in women who have been pregnant, and usually has a harmless cause. Squeezing to check tends to keep it going, so it is worth stopping. Discharge that comes out on its… Published 28 Sept 2026· English
- At what age should I get a mammogram, and is breast screening available in India? Written with AI assistance — not yet reviewed by a person A screening mammogram is an X-ray looking for cancer before there are symptoms, and most guidelines start offering it somewhere between 40 and 50, repeated every one to three years. India does not yet run a nationwide mammogram programme; the government's approach for women… Published 28 Sept 2026· English
- How do I actually check my breasts, and how often? I don't know what I am feeling for. Written with AI assistance — not yet reviewed by a person There is no special technique you have to get right. The idea is breast awareness: knowing how your own breasts normally look and feel, so you notice a change. Look in a mirror with arms down and then raised, and feel the whole breast, up to the collarbone and into the armpit… Published 28 Sept 2026· English
- My breasts hurt before every period. Is breast pain a sign of cancer? Written with AI assistance — not yet reviewed by a person Breast pain on its own is rarely a sign of cancer. Pain that builds in the week or two before a period and eases once it starts is cyclical breast pain, and it is one of the commonest breast symptoms there is — driven by hormone changes across the cycle, often in both breasts… Published 28 Sept 2026· English
- I found a lump in my breast. How worried should I be, and how soon should I see someone? Written with AI assistance — not yet reviewed by a person Get it checked within the next week or two rather than waiting to see if it goes. Most breast lumps turn out not to be cancer — fibroadenomas, cysts and lumpy changes linked to the cycle are far more common, especially under forty — but a lump cannot be sorted into harmless or… Published 28 Sept 2026· English
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