Unknown causes of premenstrual chest pain

In recent years, we often hear about women who have died from breast cancer. Therefore, paying attention to breast health is a must for many women. It concerns our happiness and the happiness of tens of millions of families. This brings up a question. Some women experience breast pain before their period. What is going on? Is this a disease? Female friends ask such questions, and at the same time they are full of worries. Next, let us learn about a few cases and listen to the doctors’ advice so that we can clearly understand what is going on and relieve our female friends of their worries.

It is normal to experience headaches, breast tenderness, fatigue, tension, general weakness, mental depression or irritability, restlessness, insomnia, pelvic heaviness, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dull low back pain, nasal congestion, edema and other symptoms during and before menstruation. The symptoms will disappear naturally after menstruation. No special treatment is required if there are no other abnormal symptoms. Pay attention to rest during menstruation and do not eat raw, cold, or irritating foods. Because everyone's menstrual period signs are different. The sudden increase in estrogen before menstruation can cause a feeling of distension and pain in the breasts. After the period ended, the pain went away and it felt like it had returned to its original size.

Breast changes: 7 to 10 days before menstruation, the breasts begin to enlarge due to the influence of estrogen in the body. Until the menstrual period comes, the hormone level drops and the breasts gradually recover, returning to normal 7 to 8 days after menstruation. Care principles: In the week before menstruation, stay away from spicy stimulation and try to eat light high-fiber food to prevent overactive hormones and aggravate breast pain during menstruation. Chest pain is usually caused by lung infection, pleurisy, tuberculosis, or pneumothorax. In this case, you should consider the possibility of intercostal neuritis or costochondritis. Sometimes, you should also pay attention to the fact that gastrointestinal ulcers and pancreatic diseases may also cause radiating pain. In general, during menstruation, there is a slight feeling of heaviness in the lower abdomen due to pelvic congestion. This is normal and not pathological.

However, when the pain is severe, even to the point of affecting daily life and work, and requiring medication, it becomes a pathological condition, medically known as dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea caused by genital organ diseases is called secondary dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea without organic lesions of the reproductive organs is called primary dysmenorrhea. Primary dysmenorrhea often occurs shortly after menarche, or in unmarried, non-pregnant women. The possible cause is the increase in prostaglandin levels in the endometrium and blood. The only treatment is to take drugs containing prostaglandin synthase inhibitors, such as indomethacin or acetylsalicylic acid, during menstruation to relieve symptoms. Some secondary dysmenorrhea will affect fertility, such as uterine hypoplasia, endometriosis, endocrine abnormalities, etc. The obstetrics and gynecology departments of many large hospitals can perform corresponding examinations and treatments. It is recommended that you carefully find the cause of the disease and treat it symptomatically.

Through the doctor's advice, we have a better understanding of premenstrual chest pain. Generally speaking, it is a normal phenomenon. But you can't ignore it. If the pain is severe, you should go to the hospital just in case. Otherwise, you can also try to use a hot water bottle for hot compress, or drink some ginger and brown sugar water, rose tea, etc. for temporary relief.