Nurses General Nursing
Published Jul 22, 2007
misserella8036
158 Posts
I recieved an email about inflammatory breast cancer. I thought I would pass it on to everyone here. It's a cancer that doesn't start with a lump, and is undectable on a mammogram. The video stated that 90% of the cancer center help lines had never heard of it. One of the main symptoms is red marks similar to bug bites. All of the women on the video were told they had bug bites and were sent home with antibiotics. They all had stage 4 breast cancer. Scary!
FireFly07
20 Posts
I actually have heard of this...and happen to read a blog of a lady that was just diagnosed with IBC. Cancer is such a scary disease as it is-but knowing how "sneaky" it can be sometimes is even scarier.
EmmaG, RN
2,999 Posts
One of my friends (a fellow oncology nurse) died of this.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Sites-Types/IBC
leslie :-D
11,191 Posts
One of my friends (a fellow oncology nurse) died of this. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Sites-Types/IBC
i was just about to type this exact link...
leslie
Knowledge is power! The more women that know about it the better. Thanks for putting up that link.