What is breast pain?

What causes pain around the breast? Many people have this question. According to experts, among the breast diseases that may cause breast pain, breast hyperplasia is the most common disease. So what is the cause of pain around the breast? Let’s learn about it together.

What causes pain around the breast? Breast hyperplasia can cause breast pain. Among them, the characteristics of breast pain caused by breast hyperplasia are that the pain is mainly located in the breast lump, and can also radiate to the armpit, chest or shoulder and back of the affected limb.

Some patients with breast hyperplasia mainly experience nipple pain or itching. The pain is related to the menstrual cycle and mood changes. When the menstrual period is over, this kind of pain will gradually subside.

Breast hyperplasia refers to the proliferation of breast epithelial cells and fibrous tissue. Different types and clinical symptoms are

(1) Liver Qi stagnation: Breast swelling and pain before or during menstruation, which subsides with joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness. Nodules of varying sizes can be felt on one or both sides. The lumps are often the size of mung beans or thick ropes. The texture is tough but not hard, it moves when pressed, and it does not adhere to the superficial tissue. The state of mind is unclear, the physiological cycle is insufficient, the menstrual flow is heavy, the chest is tight and the breath is short, the spirit is depressed, and the heart is irritable.

(2) Chong and Ren disorders: Breast lumps, aggravated pain before or during menstruation, relieved or subsided after menstruation, delayed menstruation, mild menstrual pain, scanty menstrual flow, fatigue, sore waist and cold limbs, chills in the lower abdomen. If not treated for a long time, pathological changes may occur in a very small number of cases.

What causes pain around the breast? The above are practical suggestions from experts. We hope that patients will pay great attention to them. Experts emphasize that if women suffer from breast hyperplasia, they will always feel breast pain or tingling. Understanding what causes pain around the breast will help everyone to carry out targeted treatment.