Nipple pain, no breast pain

Some female friends often experience nipple pain but not breast pain, which they find very strange. However, they cannot find any way to control the condition, nor do they know the specific cause, and there is no way to completely cure it. In fact, most of these are clinical symptoms that appear before menstruation or in early pregnancy, so they must be treated early.

Breast tenderness during pregnancy

Breasts may feel swollen 40 days after menstruation stops. In severe cases, there may be breast and nipple pain, which may last throughout pregnancy. This is because the placenta and villi secrete large amounts of estrogen, progesterone, and prolactin, which cause breast hyperplasia and breast enlargement. It is also a preparation for breastfeeding and is a physiological phenomenon. As your breasts grow larger, you should promptly change to a wider bra and avoid binding your breasts. If the bloating stops suddenly, it often indicates that the fetus may have died, and you should go to the hospital for examination immediately.

Postpartum breast tenderness

Three days after delivery, the breasts become swollen, painful, and hardened, even extending to the accessory breast glands in the armpits, accompanied by low fever. This is mainly due to breast lymph retention, venous congestion and interstitial edema, and obstructed mammary ducts. Generally, the pain will subside after 7 days of delivery when the milk starts to flow smoothly. Methods to prevent and treat postpartum breast pain include:

① In late pregnancy, squeeze out a small amount of colostrum in the breast to prevent it from being retained in the duct and forming a thrombus, blocking the mammary duct;

②Breastfeed as soon as possible after delivery;

③ Apply warm compresses to the breasts before breastfeeding and do some gentle massage to promote smooth milk flow;

④ Apply cold compresses to breasts between breastfeeding sessions to reduce congestion;

⑤ When the infant's sucking power is insufficient, you can squeeze with both hands or use a breast pump to assist in the discharge of milk; ⑥ You can use 6 grams of Bupleurum, 12 grams of Angelica, 9 grams of Vaccaria, 9 grams of Rhizoma Cyperi, and 9 grams of Glehnia littoralis to make a decoction for oral administration, or you can take Jiyuan Shenbao Lutuo Paste, 10 grams orally at a time. It is very important to deal with milk stasis correctly, otherwise it may cause mastitis, so you must try your best to do it as mentioned above, especially breastfeeding to suck out the remaining milk.

Breast pain after sex

An unharmonious sexual life can also cause breast tenderness or aggravate existing pain, which is related to the physiological changes in the breasts during sexual intercourse. When a woman enters the sexual excitement stage, her nipples become erect, the surface of her breasts becomes engorged, and the entire breast becomes fuller and larger. During the continuation stage, the areola becomes engorged, and the breasts swell more significantly, with the volume increasing by 1/4. During orgasm, the swelling reaches its peak.

During the resolution phase, the breast veins become less full and their volume gradually shrinks, returning to their original state after 15 to 30 minutes. People with low sexual desire or disharmonious sex life cannot achieve sexual satisfaction, so the congestion and swelling of the breasts are not easy to subside, or they subside incompletely. Continuous congestion will cause breast swelling and pain. The incidence of breast diseases, including breast cancer, also increases among women who are dissatisfied with their sex life. Therefore, women should attach importance to a good sex life, and those who have no orgasm or are sexually indifferent should seek medical attention.