I am a 53 year old female - my doctor said I have a breast infection - don't know why!

After 4 days the antibiotics have helped reduce the swelling and pain.

Regardless of how the antibiotics affect me should I still get a biopsy?

Can IBC actually cause an infection?

Thank you so much in adanvce!

Robin

I guess your doctor did not explain fully about breast infection. Did he actually say you have Inflammatory Breast Cancer, because that is what IBC is. One of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer. I would say, and this is not a diagnosis, that an infection would be part of the inflammatory breast cancer because in order for it to be inflammatory, it would have to be an infection. I would go back to your doctor and ask for an informed diagnosis, and a biopsy, if he hasn't suggested one in the very near future.

The diagnosis my doctor made was a breast infection and she put me on antibiotics. She told me that if I did not get better in 3 days to call her back. She did not mention IBC. Of course I read about my symptoms and I know that IBC should not respond to antibiotics. I just want to be sure I pursue this as I should and not just take one doctor's opinion.

Thanks,

Robin

I have had a weird shaped rash on left breast since jan 9th. I was put on strong antibiotics was told breast infection, after 10 days on antibiotics, no change then went to two types of steroid creams and a biopsy that came back infection. Was sent to a skin dr they thought at this point was possible skin infection. After looking for dermatitis, fungus prsorias, exzecma it is none of the above no skin infection but still breast infection. Sent reports to dermatopathogy came back do two more biopsys for cancer inflammation of brest... no results back yet. What else can this be is this something I should be worried about or will this rash go away like it came. Is there anything else that would cause a red breast.