The nipples are hard and a little painful to touch

Women are particularly concerned about the health of their breasts. Breasts are a part of the body that women pay great attention to. They are the key part of a woman's beautiful figure and are also for breastfeeding their babies, so the health of the breasts cannot be ignored. Sometimes the nipples may feel hard and a little painful to touch. This situation may occur during female puberty and before menstruation. When your breasts are swollen and painful, you can massage your breasts appropriately and eat more liver-nourishing foods. The most important thing is to maintain a happy mood in your life.

My nipples are hard and a little painful to touch. What's going on?

1. Breast pain during puberty: The earliest breast pain in girls.

It usually occurs between the ages of 9 and 13, when girls' breasts begin to develop, with the nipples first swelling and a slight pain. After menarche, it will disappear on its own as the breasts mature during puberty.

2. Premenstrual breast pain: Many women experience fullness, hardness, and tenderness in the breasts during menstruation. In severe cases, the breasts may become swollen and painful even with a slight vibration or collision, and the original granules or nodules may become more obvious. This is caused by increased estrogen levels in the body before menstruation, breast hyperplasia, and edema of the breast interstitial tissue. After the menstrual period, the above changes disappear.

Breast pain precautions:

1. Keep a regular schedule, maintain a good mood, and arrange your life reasonably. During the illness, you should pay attention to proper rest, increase physical exercise appropriately, and avoid excessive fatigue.

2. Keep your breasts clean, wash them frequently with warm water, and pay attention to changes in breast lumps.

3. Patients should eat kelp regularly, which can eliminate pain and reduce lumps. They should also eat more oranges, tangerine cakes, oysters and other foods that can promote the flow of qi and disperse nodules. They should avoid eating raw, cold, spicy and irritating foods.

Symptoms of breast disease:

Many women want to understand diseases through their breasts, but the first way to judge the health of women's breasts is lumps. When women find lumps in their breasts, and these lumps grow very slowly and are painful, they do not need to pay attention to them for the time being, because this may be caused by benign hyperplasia or inflammation. However, if the growth rate of the lump is relatively fast and the boundary is unclear, it is necessary to check as soon as possible. Understanding the reasons for problems with women's breast health is also an important process in preventing breast cancer.

The second aspect is to judge by the external appearance of the breasts. For example, there are many reasons that cause female breasts to become sunken. For example, wearing too tight clothes will cause problems in the development of the breasts. Many women will also have skin ulcers in the early stages of breast cancer, especially when the breasts become red or hot, or the color of the nipples and areolas continues to deepen. These may indicate bilateral or unilateral breast proliferative diseases. Finally, if a woman's breasts are asymmetrical in size, this needs more attention. Many women think that breast size will not have much impact, but sometimes incorrect breast size can easily lead to disease.

When is the best time to have a breast exam?

1. Women during menstruation: During menstruation, the breasts of women will undergo different degrees of changes with the changes before and after menstruation. In the middle and late stages of menstruation, the breasts are larger and swollen. Women may experience breast swelling, pain, lumps, etc. a few days before their period, so it is best to check the breasts about a week after their period. At this time, the effect of estrogen on the breasts is minimal, and this is when the condition of the breasts is easiest to detect.

2. Menopausal women: In real life, women will experience menopause around the age of 40 or 50. It is relatively simple for them to undergo breast examinations. They only need to undergo breast examinations once a month. Choose a fixed day every month to make comparisons easier and to detect medical conditions more easily.

In addition to regular breast examinations, women can also perform breast self-examinations at home. First of all, we need to observe the development of the breasts, whether they are symmetrical, whether the nipples are on the same level, whether the nipples are sunken, whether the areola has edema, orange peel-like lesions, or inflammation or erosion. When checking, we must stretch out our palms and press the breasts in sequence with the tips of our index and middle fingers. Never grab or pinch them with your fingers.