What to do if breast pain and menstruation is delayed

Delayed menstruation is an experience that many women have had. However, the occurrence of such symptoms always makes women particularly worried, because there are many reasons for delayed menstruation, such as common endocrine disorders and other gynecological diseases, which are particularly harmful to women's bodies. In addition, many women will experience symptoms of breast pain during delayed menstruation, which often makes female friends full of anxiety. They don’t know whether such phenomena as breast pain and delayed menstruation are normal and how to get effective relief.

What to do if breast pain and menstruation is delayed

Liver depression and qi stagnation

Most of these women have a history of emotional distress or excessive stress in life. In addition to breast nipple pain that cannot be touched, they also experience irritability, chest tightness, rib cramps, irritability, nausea, swelling and pain in the lower abdomen, dark blood clots in menstruation, uncoordinated sexual life, and dark spots on the face. Treatment should focus on regulating the liver, qi and stomach. Commonly used medicines include: Linderae odoratum, Curcuma aromatica, Citrus citron, White peony root, Citrus aurantium, Atractylodes macrocephala, malt, Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, etc.

Liver depression and spleen dampness

Common symptoms include premenstrual breast pain, obvious tenderness, lower abdominal pain with a feeling of heaviness, poor appetite, weakness in the limbs, easy diarrhea, excessive vaginal discharge, and light-colored menstruation. Treatment requires invigorating the spleen, eliminating dampness and promoting qi circulation. Commonly used medicines include Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala, Coix seed, Magnolia officinalis, Toosendan fruit, Albizzia julibrissin bark, etc.

Liver and kidney yin deficiency

In addition to breast pain, these women often experience fever, restless sleep, headaches and dizziness, hot hands and feet, red lips, easily ulcerated lips and tongue, thin body and inability to gain weight, back pain, and weak knees. Treatment should nourish the kidney and liver. Commonly used medicines include: Adenophora, Ophiopogon japonicus, Radix Rehmanniae, Toosendan, Cyperus rotundus, White Peony Root, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Zedoaria, etc.

4 Mitigation methods

diet

We need to pay attention to diet. No matter what the circumstances are, diet is very important. Therefore, you need to have a balanced diet and eat more low-fat, high-fiber foods. Eat more whole grains, fresh vegetables and fruits, etc. Also, you need to eat some bean foods and stay away from coffee. Although there is no conclusive evidence that caffeine causes or aggravates breast pain, clinical observations have shown that many women with breast tenderness or other related benign symptoms have experienced significant improvement in their symptoms after reducing their caffeine intake. This is not just about coffee. It's best not to drink any caffeinated soda, chocolate, ice cream, tea, or caffeinated painkillers.

Cabbage leaf compress

Take a millstone-shaped cabbage, peel off each leaf completely, and cover the armpits, pectoralis major muscle, and entire breast with the leaves. Use a bra to apply slight pressure to ensure that the leaves are in full contact with the skin. Keep this on for 24 hours and then remove them.

Cabbage is the stems and leaves of the cruciferous plant Brassica oleracea, also known as blue vegetable, cabbage, and lettuce. It is mild in nature, sweet in taste, enters the spleen and stomach meridians, nourishes the bone marrow, benefits the heart, strengthens the muscles and bones, benefits the internal organs, clears away heat and relieves pain. Cabbage applied externally to the breasts can soften hard masses, dissipate pathogens, dilate the mammary ducts, improve local blood circulation, promote metabolism, allow the discharge of stagnant milk, make lumps disappear, help relieve breast pain and reduce complications. [1]

Heat

Hot compress is a relatively traditional Chinese medicine treatment method. You can use some hot water bags or hot water bottles to relieve some breast pain. If you use cold therapy, you need to alternate between hot and cold to eliminate breast pain. The effect will be better. We need to remind everyone that hot compress can only temporarily relieve symptoms and has no therapeutic effect.

Diuretics

Diuretics can help the body excrete fluids that cannot be excreted, and can also reduce breast swelling. But if you want to eliminate pain immediately, you will have to pay a price. If diuretics are used excessively, it will lead to potassium loss in the body, disrupt the balance of electrolytes in the body, and most importantly, affect the formation of glucose.

bra

If you don’t wear a bra, your breasts will sag, so you need to wear a bra when you go out during the day. Because bras can prevent sagging and prevent the compressed breast nerves from continuing to be compressed, which can also relieve some breast discomfort. Bras are close-fitting items for women. In addition to preventing breast sagging, they can also prevent further compression of the already compressed breast nerves, thereby eliminating discomfort.

The above is an introduction to what to do if you have breast pain and delayed menstruation. After understanding it, women must grasp the cause when they have such symptoms, and then make timely adjustments. In addition, in order to better prevent such things from happening, you must pay attention to the balance of nutrition in your diet, don’t always be in a state of fatigue, pay more attention to personal private hygiene, and wear some comfortable cotton underwear.