Breast tumor treatment patch causes skin blisters, examination reveals cancer

The female patient came to the Nuclear Medicine and Oncology Center, Bach Mai Hospital, with blisters on the skin of her left breast. Test results confirmed that the patient had cancer.

Self-adhesive cancer treatment patch

Recently, the Center for Nuclear Medicine and Oncology, Bach Mai Hospital, received a 44-year-old female patient for examination due to a left breast tumor. Before the examination, the patient felt a tumor in her breast and periodically self-monitored because her mother had a family history of breast cancer.

Recently, the tumor grew larger and was painful, so the patient applied a plaster to the tumor. After 1 day, the skin on the plaster blistered, so the patient went to the doctor and was diagnosed with breast cancer.

The skin area with malignant breast tumor blisters.

PHOTO OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ONCology CENTER

According to the Center for Nuclear Medicine and Oncology, many women, when they feel a lump or an unusual hard area in their breast, often worry and arbitrarily apply plasters, apply leaves, or use hot plasters with the hope of dissolving the lump or reducing pain.

However, this is a dangerous habit and can cause serious harm. Applying plasters to areas with tumors, especially breast tumors, can cause inflammation, skin burns and tissue ulcers.

Hot patches dilate blood vessels, strongly stimulate the skin, easily causing redness, burning, and discharge. The skin of the breast is very thin and sensitive, skin damage can cause widespread infection.

Plastering can mask symptoms, delay diagnosis, and can make the tumor worse, because it makes women think "the tumor is shrinking" or "the pain is better", leading to late arrival at the hospital, missing the "golden time" for diagnosis and treatment, while breast tumors need to be checked early by ultrasound, mammogram, and biopsy.

In some diseases (such as mastitis, abscess, or breast cancer), heating the tumor area can cause it to swell larger, the inflammation to spread... making it difficult to perform ultrasound and assess the damage.

Therefore, when feeling a lump in the breast, women should not touch too much, massage, apply plaster, or apply leaves, but go to a medical facility specializing in breast and oncology for examination and consultation.

Especially when there is a relative in the family with breast cancer, it is necessary to proactively screen for early detection.

At the Oncology Center, you can register for an examination via hotline, or register directly at building H, Nuclear Medicine and Oncology Center, Bach Mai Hospital.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/dan-cao-tri-u-vu-khien-da-phong-rop-di-kham-phat-hien-ung-thu-185251122172917064.htm