Can breast cancer develop after giving birth?
Posted by admin on 6 March, 2010
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Hi, I’m 21 years old and about a month ago I had unprotected sex and just 2 days ago, I began having breast pain and they feel very heavy too, my fiancee tells me that they seem bigger now. Sometimes the pain is too much that I can’t walk and then my upper back begins to hurt as well. I just had my period 2 weeks ago but my period was brown instead of red and it only lasted 2 days instead of the usual 5 days and I have also had diarrhea for the past month. My body began to fall apart ever since I gave birth on June of 2008, I think that it may be because I didn’t take care of myself during the 45 days postpartum healing process because I was highly depressed since my baby girl passed away. I’m mostly worried that it may be breast cancer.
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3 Comments on “Can breast cancer develop after giving birth?”
These are not symptoms of breast cancer. But you should see a doctor. But to answer your question. Yes you can get breast cancer after giving birth.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope that you are talking to a counselor or a family member; depression and grief are difficult to deal with on your own.
It sounds to me like you may be pregnant again, actually. Because of the other symptoms, however, I’d go to your doctor ASAP to make sure it isn’t something different and more serious.
I don’t think that breast cancer commonly develops after a pregnancy; I’ve heard that the risk actually decreases if the mother breastfed. Check to make sure!
Good luck
I’m so very sorry for your loss.
You do need to see a doctor about some of the symptoms you describe, but the chances of breast cancer are very low.
Fewer than 0.1% of those diagnosed with breast cancer are under 30 and it’s almost unheard of in under 25s.
What you describe are not breast cancer symptoms. Pain is rarely a breast cancer symptom and most people diagnosed with breast cancer have felt no pain. It sounds as if the pain is in both breasts, which makes it even less likely that this is breast cancer.
Giving birth doesn’t increase the risk of breast cancer; in fact having children at a young age is regarded as some protection against it. Never having children or having them later in life is actually a recognised breast cancer risk factor.
You need to see a doctor about all the various symptoms that you have, but try not to worry about breast cancer – from the information you’ve given us, it is extremely unlikely.
Take care