Postoperative breast cancer recurrence?
Client reader Miss Zhou asked: I had a breast cancer surgery six months ago, I recently felt chest wall swollen from time to time, faint pain, upper limb numbness. B-ultrasound examination showed no abnormal chest nodules, armpits and neck no double Abnormal lumps and enlarged lymph nodes', rule out the recurrence of breast cancer. May I ask what is the reason?
Shanghai Changning District Maternal and Child Health Hospital, director of the Department of Breast Shen Weida answer: After radical mastectomy, a common but easily overlooked complication, 'postoperative pain syndrome' This is a chronic neuropathic pain, the reason is still Unclear, and subcutaneous nerve, axillary and chest nerve injury related to Breast cancer surgery is more extensive, some nerves can not be retained, about 20% to 60% of patients after surgery there will be varying degrees of postoperative pain syndrome. Of the early postoperative period, and sometimes will continue for a long time, or even a few months to reduce.Commonly manifested as chest wall pain or arm numbness; sometimes shoulder, surgical scars or armpits will feel pain.Other common symptoms include numbness Feeling or tingling, or unbearable itch pain discomfort.As time goes by, this symptom may slowly subside on its own .It is recommended to protect the chest wall wound usually, to avoid heat and damage; protect the ipsilateral arm, to avoid wearing a bracelet, ring , To avoid sharp objects punctured fingers, to avoid weight bearing limbs, the amount of blood pressure, intravenous injection, etc. Most patients do not need to use analgesics, but if the pain lasting, preferably in the breast Related treatment and pain under Section practitioner recommendations.
