How to distinguish between acute mastitis and inflammatory breast cancer

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Acute mastitis and inflammatory breast cancer are differentiated in different clinical causes, symptoms and treatment methods. Details are as follows:

How to distinguish between acute mastitis and inflammatory breast cancer

1. The

incidence of acute mastitis is mostly related to lactation, usually due to breast flora imbalance, nipple laceration, breast duct obstruction and other factors caused by breast infection. Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare malignant tumor, belonging to a subtype of breast cancer, the cause is complex, and generally genetic, hormone levels, lifestyle and other factors.

2, symptoms of different

acute mastitis The main symptoms include breast swelling, pain, fever, nipple discharge, etc., affected breast will appear red and swollen hot pain, skin inflammation and other symptoms. The symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer include breast swelling, skin hardening, redness, hot pain, nipple discharge, etc.

How to distinguish between acute mastitis and inflammatory breast cancer

3, different treatment methods The

treatment of acute mastitis is mainly antibiotic treatment, hot compress, massage and other methods, usually can quickly relieve symptoms and return to normal. For inflammatory breast cancer, usually need surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other comprehensive treatment.



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