Monday, December 24, 2007

How to Avoid the Dangers of Paget's Disease of The Breast

Many of you will have heard of Paget's Disease, which is a serious bone disease, but many of you will not have heard of Paget's Disease of the breast, so I am hoping that the ladies out there reading this article will take notice of the content, because they could come in touch with this disease at some time in their life. What Is Paget's Disease Of The Breast? It is an eczema type change in the skin of the nipple, and most women that develop it, will have an underlying breast cancer. Paget's Disease occurs in about 1 or 2% of women that have breast cancer, it appears firstly as a scaly, red rash affecting the nipple and the areola. It can be very sore, may bleed and it will not go away. The disease can be difficult to diagnose, because it can be very similar to othe View the rest of this article


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