What is the cause of the hard lump in the breast?

Women are prone to many breast diseases, the most common of which are mastitis and breast hyperplasia. These diseases are very harmful to the female body. Women should seek timely treatment after suffering from them. Otherwise, when the disease becomes serious, it will have more impact on the female body. Treatment will also cause various problems. So what if there are lumps in the breast? Women should not be anxious after discovering them. They should first understand the situation and then seek treatment.

What is the cause of the hard lump in the breast?

Once you find a lump or swelling and pain in your breast, don't panic. You can observe it for a few days. If tenderness or obvious lumps occur, you need to see a breast surgeon and ask the doctor to examine you carefully. You should also communicate fully with the doctor to thoroughly understand the cause of the swelling, pain and lumps.

Causes of breast pain:

Breast pain is partly due to the stimulation of the mammary glands by estrogen and progesterone, which causes breast swelling. Sometimes there is also nipple pain and transparent discharge. This usually occurs before menstruation and disappears after menstruation ends.

Some people experience irregular swelling and pain in the breast. This type of breast pain does not necessarily mean a breast tumor. Even if a lump can be felt in the breast, it does not necessarily mean breast cancer. Because breast cancer rarely causes pain or other obvious symptoms in the early stages, early detection can only be done through breast self-examination and mammography. Breast cancer will not cause pain unless it has grown large enough to invade the nerves around the chest wall. Therefore, most occasional breast pain can be treated with regular medical examinations and there is no need to be too anxious.

Some swellings, pains or lumps are initially diagnosed as breast tumors. Most of these breast tumors are benign, but they may also be the precursors to breast cancer:

Breast fibrocystic: This is the most common benign breast tumor, mostly occurring in women over 30 years old. It is often bilateral and multiple and can cause swelling, pain and tenderness, and the symptoms are more severe before menstruation.

Breast fibroadenoma: It is common in women around 20 years old. A lump can be felt in the breast, but there is no tenderness.

Enlarged milk ducts: This condition is often seen in women around 40 years old, and the nipples on both sides will secrete some sticky liquid. The patient will have a burning sensation and a dull pain in the areola area, and upon palpation, curved and swollen milk ducts will be found under the areola.

After understanding what causes lumps in the breast, women should choose the correct method to improve the situation when they encounter such a situation. This will be very helpful in solving their own problems. In addition, when improving lumps in the breast, women should also pay attention to a reasonable diet so that there will be no obstacles in alleviating the lumps.