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Itchy nipple

scaredmummyof3
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Mar 2021 08:55

Hi my left nipple has been itching on and off for about 6 months but there is no change in appearance no change in anything really. If I take my bra off it can stop or if I take off anything that I'm wearing it can stop same as of I put some moisturiser on it will stop for a while, even just changing position can stop the itch . Then it will be fine for a few weeks. Usually gets worse around my period. Other parts of my breasts can itch too so it's not always my nipple and can also happen on the  right but not as bad. The skin maybe looks slightly dry underneath my nipple area but it is dry ever so slightly dry and covers most of the underneath of my breast not my nipple or a localised area, not scaley or crusty maybe just the odd fleks of dry skin. no rash or discharge. It just concerned me how I can be fine for weeks so I actually forget about it, then it suddenly comes back. I have a Dr appointment tomorrow but I'm so scared

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    Hi! Good luck with your appointment today. 

    Please let me know how you get on. I’ve been presenting similar symptoms since January (waves of itching that come and go), which steroid cream helped with initially but when I stop using the steroid cream, the itching comes back. 

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    Hi my doctor has phoned me this morning, still not seeing people due to covid. He is sending me to the breast clinic for an ultrasound to check everything is OK and for me to speak to them there. Now I am in more of a panic than I was yesterday ️

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    I too just visited my Gp today due to an itchy left breast, its been driving me crazy for weeks but does come and go like you say. Took my sports bra off had a bath and itching has stopped but no doubt will be back again. Gp felt some thickened area of tissue so has reffered me for a ultrasound. I have major anxiety so this is sending me into a complete mess and I'm petrified. I sometimes find it occurs most when I lay down

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    I hope yours goes well, keep me posted. I'm trying my hardest to relax about it all but Im struggling and I feel your anxiety. Mine is worse during the day when I go to bed and get comfy it generally stops x

     

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    Yes please let me know how you get on. Its horrible anyway but when you have children it really does scare the hell out of you.

    I keep trying to tell myself it's something I've become allergic to or maybe the cold weather has dried my skin out but for me it's only itchy in one area and that is what scares me more. Its kind like the edge of my nipple that spreads to a little outside. And man when it's itchy it's really itchy. 

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    Yes please let me know how you get on. Its horrible anyway but when you have children it really does scare the hell out of you.

    I keep trying to tell myself it's something I've become allergic to or maybe the cold weather has dried my skin out but for me it's only itchy in one area and that is what scares me more. Its kind like the edge of my nipple that spreads to a little outside. And man when it's itchy it's really itchy. 

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