Is breast tuberculosis serious?

Breast tuberculosis often occurs in women aged 20 to 40. The disease progresses very slowly. There is no pain or strange feeling at the beginning. As the disease continues to worsen, it begins to gradually worsen. Patients may also have low fever and night sweats. As the disease continues to worsen, patients should pay attention to rest more, build up body antibodies, and undergo regular checkups and treatments.

Symptoms and signs

1. It mostly occurs in women aged 20 to 40 and has a slow course.

2. In the early stage, it is limited to one or several nodular lumps in one part of the breast. It is painless, has unclear boundaries and may adhere to the skin. The lump liquefies to form a cold abscess, which ruptures to form one or several sinus tracts or ulcers. The secretions are thin and accompanied by bean curd-like substances. The skin edges of the ulcers are latent, and acid-fast bacteria can occasionally be found in the smear staining of the secretions.

3. The axillary lymph nodes on the affected side may be swollen.

4. May be accompanied by low fever, night sweats, and rapid erythrocyte sedimentation rate.

It is common in women aged 20 to 40 years old. The disease progresses slowly. In the early stage, there is one or several nodules in the breast, without pain or tenderness, and with unclear boundaries with surrounding tissues. There is often skin adhesion. The axillary lymph node on the same side may be enlarged. There is no clinical fever. The pus mass forms a cold abscess after softening. It can penetrate the skin to form fistulas or sinuses, and discharge thin pus with cheesy debris. In a few patients, the mass becomes a hard mass through fibrosis, which changes the shape of the breast and causes nipple inversion, making it difficult to distinguish from breast cancer.

Treatment

1. Increase nutrition and pay attention to rest.

2. Systemic anti-tuberculosis treatment.

3. If the lesion is confined to one place, the lesion can be removed; if the area is large, simple mastectomy can be performed, and enlarged lymph nodes on the affected side can be removed as well.

4. Patients with primary lesions still need to continue anti-tuberculosis treatment after surgery.

Diet and health care

Dietary treatment for breast tuberculosis (for reference only)

[Recipe] 15 grams each of green tangerine leaves, green tangerine peels, and tangerine seeds, and an appropriate amount of rice wine.

[Preparation method] Wash the above three ingredients, then boil them into a soup with rice wine and water.

[Dosage] Take 1 dose daily, divided into 2 doses for oral administration while warm.

,2. What should patients with breast tuberculosis eat?

A high-protein, high-calorie, high-vitamin diet.

1). Provide sufficient high protein and sufficient heat energy to replenish consumption.

Fat intake should not be too high, the combination of meat and vegetables should be appropriate, and not too greasy to avoid affecting digestion.