One boob growing bigger

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Anonymous
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edited September 2018 in Not Diagnosed But Worried
One boob growing bigger

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  • holm
    holm Member Posts: 1
    edited August 2016

    Hi, I'm 22 and have always had even breasts but in May I started feeling sore in my left breast especially if I touched it in certain spot and sometimes if i stretched my arm up. That's when I noticed that my left breast had grown noticeably bigger than the other. The sore spots in the breast were there for about a month but since mid-June I haven't had any pain anymore but the left breast is still very noticeably bigger and I'm worried because when you google one breast growing all that comes up is IBC. Is it possible to have IBC without any other symptoms than one breast growing? I also think I have fibrocystic breast tissue so I don't know if I have any lumps because both of my breasts have always felt "lumpy".

    I want to go to a doctor to have it looked at but I just moved to London so I don't have a GP, can I go to a walk in centre with this concern or will they just tell me to go to a GP?

    And my dermatologist thinks I have hormonal imbalance, is it possible that that has caused one breast to grow without affecting the other breast at all?


    Thank you!

  • 22pinkrose
    22pinkrose Member Posts: 1
    edited September 2018

    Did you get it checked, Im having the same problem and worried. Please let me know!

  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited September 2018

    Many women have breasts that are different sizes. That said, it is indeed, always best just to get the reassurance and medical opinion from an expert. Can you perhaps establish yourself with a new general practioner fairly quickly?


  • Erinashley19
    Erinashley19 Member Posts: 104
    edited September 2018

    I don’t know how health care works in London but even in the states I always bypass my regular family doctor and go straight for my gynecologist when it’s anything female related. I just feel like my concerns are more understood that way (my family doc is good but he’s a man and my OB is female)

    Would it be faster maybe to just go straight to a breast specialist or OB? Better safe than sorry. You’re quite young so breast cancer is pretty rare for your age. I’d still want it checked just for peace of mind.

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