Is it normal to have chest pain before your period?

The menstrual period is a unique physiological stage for women. Due to the fluctuation of female hormones in the body, many women experience various discomforts during this period. Some people experience diarrhea during their menstrual period, but a large number of women experience chest pain during their menstrual period. More sensitive patients always ask whether they need medical treatment? Is it normal to have breast pain during menstruation?

Chest pain during menstruation is mostly caused by growth hormone fluctuations. It's a normal condition.

For example, before and during menarche, breast swelling, hardening, and tenderness are mostly normal conditions and are related to hormone fluctuations in the body during menstruation.

"Breast pain is caused by many different conditions. Women may experience breast pain during breast development, pregnancy, or after abortion. However, most women experience breast pain before and after their menstrual period, which may be caused by the fluctuation of female hormones in the body. The fluctuation of female hormones leads to the proliferation of breast tissue and edema of breast tissue, which ultimately causes women to feel breast pain."

Of course, breast pain during menstruation is not necessarily normal, and women need to be aware of physiological breast pain.

"If the breast pain during menstruation cannot be relieved after menstruation, or the pain is very severe, even painful when touched, etc., this should be paid attention to. This is physiological breast pain, which may be caused by breast diseases and is related to breast hyperplasia, mastitis or even breast tumors. You need to ask a specialist to diagnose the breast."

How do you know if breast pain during menstruation is abnormal?

At any time, self-palpation is an effective way for women to judge whether their breast condition is normal. "You can feel whether there is a lump in the breast. If so, feel the firmness, color, gloss and adhesion of the skin."

So, what kind of breast lumps during menstruation are considered normal? Experts said, "Breast lumps are mostly multiple, more than one, of different sizes, hard or tough in color, not attached to the skin, and often with an uneven surface. Breast lumps also have the characteristics of changing with the menstrual cycle. Generally speaking, a few days before menstruation, breast lumps will become larger and harder, and after menstruation, the lumps will become smaller and looser. But if you can clearly feel a lump, you should see a doctor in time and let the doctor make an accurate diagnosis."