What is the cause of breast pain?

The causes of breast pain are mostly breast physiological changes or breast benign diseases, but postmenopausal women should be alert to breast pain. Because women in this age group will no longer have periodic physiological breast pain, and breast cancer is prone to occur in this age group, when obvious breast pain occurs, they must go to the hospital for high-frequency X-ray examination of the breast to rule out or confirm the diagnosis of breast cancer. Early detection, early detection and early treatment are the keys to prevent breast cancer.

Generally speaking, acute mastitis should be considered because of persistent or pulsating breast pain, severe pain and obvious tenderness. Such as paroxysmal pain of breast or nipple, especially premenstrual swelling pain or acupuncture pain, or traction pain of armpit and shoulder and back, accompanied by mild or moderate local tenderness, is often a benign proliferative disease. Although breast cancer mainly complains of breast pain in the early clinical stage, few patients have symptoms of breast pain, simple pain or tingling, which can be sporadic, paroxysmal or persistent, but malignant diseases are accompanied by ulceration or destruction in the late stage. If there is a cluster of blisters on the breast skin, and the pain is like burning pain, we should pay attention to the breast herpes zoster.

What is the cause of breast pain?

Breast is the target organ of endocrine hormones, that is to say, under normal circumstances, that is, in the process of endocrine changes in menstrual cycle, breast tissue will be affected by endocrine hormones, resulting in physiological changes. There will be periodic hyperplasia and degeneration of mammary glands in menstrual cycle, which is characterized by breast fullness and mild pain before menstruation, and breast pain will be relieved or disappeared after menstrual cramps. This physiological change is a normal physiological phenomenon for women of childbearing age, but different people have different degrees of breast pain.

If this physiological hyperplasia exceeds a certain range or subsides incompletely, it will cause breast tissue hyperplasia over time, which is now generally called breast lobular hyperplasia. It can be seen that lobular hyperplasia is benign hyperplasia and degeneration of breast tissue, which is neither inflammation nor tumor in essence. But clinically, it is one of the common causes of female breast pain. Especially young and middle-aged women, it is more common. There is thickening of breast tissue in the outer upper part of the breast, and the texture is elastic. Sometimes it will form a lump with unclear boundary, but it rarely adheres to the surface skin, and there is no axillary lymph node enlargement, mostly bilateral. Pain can radiate to armpits, shoulders and other places, and it is often relieved after menstrual cramps.

The treatment of lobular hyperplasia is mainly symptomatic treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine can be used to regulate ovarian function, and regular follow-up is needed. At present, there are many drugs for treating lobular hyperplasia, which are also disordered. Most of them are mainly Chinese patent medicines. Many hospitals also have their own drug treatment preparations, which generally have certain effects, but they cannot be cured. After stopping the drug, the symptoms of breast pain will appear again.

This is the case for a period of time before each menstrual period. Menstruation is your monthly physiological cycle and a form of excretion and metabolism.

Your breast pain is a physiological signal. Don't worry.

You can lift your arm and touch your breast with your hand to see if there is a lump and whether it is the same size. Observe the changes before and after menstrual cramps. If there is, and it happens after menstruation, it should be hyperplasia of mammary glands. You can go to the hospital for breast examination. Generally, Chinese herbal medicine conditioning or western medicine can be used to reduce inflammation and swelling. Generally, a towel can be used for hot compress. Of course, it is very important to relax, relieve stress and keep a good attitude as much as possible!