Other allergic reactions or irritants: Things like metal on jewelry, scents from soap, perfumes or dryer sheets, chemicals, food additives or outdoor irritants (like grass) can all cause the skin on your breast to develop a rash. Treatment for dermatitis (skin irritation) includes topical steroids and avoiding the substance causing the irritation. This can include soaps or cosmetics that produce an allergic reaction, particular types of clothing material or friction from a bra or clothing. Eczema: A common type of dermatitis that causes your skin to become dry, red, itchy and bumpy, particularly on the areola. Eliminating friction: Loose-fitting clothing is best to wear around a heat rash to avoid irritation. For heat rashes around your groin area, you could temporarily avoid wearing undergarments to reduce the amount of clothing rubbing against your rash. Babies should also go a few hours without a diaper for heat rashes that affect their diaper region. Inflammatory breast cancer causes your skin to become red and eventually dimple or pit, taking on the texture of an orange peel. Other symptoms can include pain and swelling and an inverted nipple.

Scabies: A skin condition caused by little bugs that make tunnels under your skin and cause small red bumps and severe itching. It can affect the skin on your breasts, specifically around your nipple.

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Once you start cooling your body down, a mild heat rash could go away within a day. On average, heat rashes last two to three days. More severe heat rashes can last up to a couple of weeks without treatment. Heat rashes also form in areas where your clothing rests on your skin for a long period, like the waistband of your pants. Heat rashes rarely form on your face. What are the symptoms of a heat rash? Seborrheic dermatitis: Another type of dermatitis that causes red, dry, flaky, itchy skin. It’s most common on your scalp but can appear other places like your breasts. Dandruff and cradle cap on infants are examples of seborrheic dermatitis.

Dermatitis: This is a catch-all term to describe any type of irritation, discoloration or inflammation on your skin. There are many different types of dermatitis. Severe symptoms could occur from a heat rash, especially if you itch it and the bumps break open. Reach out to your healthcare provider if you experience the following severe symptoms: Using anti-itch medications: If you have severe itching or pain from your heat rash, your healthcare provider might recommend using a corticosteroid cream or calamine lotion to soothe the area.

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CID - ISM / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/1036411/view If you're not sure if your child has heat rash Hives: Welts or raised bumps that appear on your skin due to an allergic reaction to stress, food, medication or other factors. Hives can appear anywhere on your body, including your chest or breast area. Treatment of a breast abscess consists of draining pus from the infected area. If the infection is small, your provider may use a syringe and needle, often under ultrasound guidance by a radiologist. If it’s a large infection, a small incision may be required to drain the pus. In either case, your provider uses a local anesthetic to numb the area first. Mammary duct ectasia

Psoriasis: A skin rash that causes itchy, dry patches that resemble scales. It’s more common on your knees, elbows and scalp, but can happen anywhere on your body (including your breasts). It can be difficult to self-diagnose the cause of a breast rash, and in some cases a delay in medical treatment can be the difference between a successful outcome and a more serious health condition. Heat rashes form minutes to hours after you start sweating. The heat rash is an area of your skin with clusters of small, pimple-like bumps. Symptoms of a heat rash include: Insect bites: Getting bitten by a mosquito causes a small, raised welt anywhere on your skin. Bed bug bites can also cause tiny bumps and itchy skin. Bug bites can happen on any skin on your body.There can be many potential causes of breast rash. While most rashes on your breast happen due to bug bites, allergic reactions, irritants or infection, some breast rashes are a sign of breast cancer. What do breast cancer rashes look like? The rashes above aren’t associated specifically with your breasts — they can appear anywhere on your body, including your breasts. These are mostly harmless but can cause discomfort. See a dermatologist or your primary care physician for treatment. Inflammatory breast cancer Yeast infections: A common type of fungal infection that can affect any part of your body. On your breasts, it may appear as a discolored rash that itches or as pimples or patches that ooze fluid, most commonly beneath the breasts. Irritation, inflammation and changes in the usual texture, appearance and color of your skin are all signs of a skin rash. A rash on your breast can appear similar to other rashes that develop on other parts of your body. They can be itchy, scaly, blistered or painful. Sometimes a breast rash doesn’t cause any pain or itchiness but causes small spots to appear on your skin. Breast rashes can affect the area under your breasts, between your breasts or on the skin around your nipple.