Lump under armpit

[crunchiesmum]

My friend found a lump under her armpit at the top. No lumps anywhere else. She's going to the doctor on Wednesday. At first a thick white pus like fluid came out. Now when she squeezes she gets a yellowy blood stained fluid. What's it likely to be? Don't think tumours leak fluid do they?

[Sqad]

Sebaceous cyst.....no big deal.

Tumours MAY leak fluid.....but only in s very advanced stage..very advanced and this is not the case with your friend.

[vodkancoke]

Hi crunchiesmum, I had the same thing. It is, as Sqad said, a sebaceous cyst. I left mine for ages before going to my doc who kept giving me antibiotics for around 4 months until they decided it had gone too far and I had to have it operated on so tell her to get to the docs and not to leave it.

Hope she gets on ok :)

[craft1948]

I've had 3 of these.............and she shouldn't squeeze it.

[mrs_overall]

If they were under your armpits Craft - are you sure 2 of them weren't your boobs?

[craft1948]

Actually mrs_o they were in the groin area :-(

[mrs_overall]

ouch!

[Purple_Popple]

Yuk, I had one too, a massive one, but it was on my pubic mound....it will go in time...

[China Doll]

I also get these occasionally.... Why shouldn't they be squeezed though?

[craft1948]

Something about it going back into your blood stream..................anyway the doctor said it was a big no no............

[Sqad]

CD...I can't see any reason not to squeeze them.

Infection? unlikely

Back into the blood stream?.....b@lls.

[douglas9401]

Think I'll just have some dry cream crackers for tea tonight. :)

[vodkancoke]

Sqad, mine ended up being infected which is why they had to operate...it was my own stupid fault for waiting for so long to get it seen though! lol

[craft1948]

Well if that's your professional opinion of my GP sqad I'm sure you must be right.

[Sqad]

craft...no....that is not my professional opinion of your GP.....that is my professional opinion of your GP's comment.

Different things.

[China Doll]

Oh aye... I don't get them that often but when I do I'm a squeezer... Same with spots... I hate anything nasty like that and I want them out and done with and always thought getting rid of the 'poison' bit was the best way of doing that and then applying a sudocrem or similar cream.... I've never spoken to my GP particularly about it, figured that since I have PCOS, I'm probably just a cysty type person if such a thing exists!

Can I just say this is a lovely conversation for before dinner on a sunday, I'm glad I've involved myself ;0)

[crunchiesmum]

Thanks all of you. That's put her mind at rest. She says it's gone down a lot since she first found it yesterday. She definitely falls on the squeezing side of the fence.