There is a lump in the nipple that is painful when pressed

The symptom of a hard lump on the nipple and pain when pressing it may be due to breast hyperplasia or other diseases such as breast cancer. It is recommended that you go to the hospital for examination in time. This situation mainly occurs in female friends of childbearing age. It is recommended that female friends should understand the size of the lump, because breast cancer is a disease that affects life safety, and the incidence rate has been relatively high in recent years.

The correct way to examine breasts is to take off clothes to fully expose both breasts, and then you or someone else should place your palms flat on the breasts and touch them gently. If someone else is checking, it is best to stand behind the person being checked and reach your hand from behind to the chest to touch and press. During this examination, if a lump is found in the breast, attention should be paid to the size of the lump, whether it can be moved, whether it is adhered to the skin or breast tissue, and whether there is any tenderness. In addition, the chest wall, contralateral breast, and bilateral axillae should also be checked for the presence of enlarged lymph nodes. Also pay attention to whether the breasts on both sides are the same size, whether the nipples are inverted, whether there are depressions in the breast skin and other special changes, etc.

What should I do if I feel a lump in my breast? Why does it hurt when I press my breast? What disease causes breast lumps?

Enlarged milk ducts: This condition is often seen in women around 40 years old, and the nipples on both sides will secrete some sticky liquid. The patient will have a burning sensation and a dull pain in the areola area, and upon palpation, curved and swollen milk ducts will be found under the areola. Experts suggest that if you have a breast lump, it is best to go to the hospital for a check-up.

Breast hyperplasia: The clinical manifestation of this disease is breast lumps, which are the main basis for diagnosing breast diseases. Most of them are multiple, with lumps of varying sizes, hard or tough texture, and the lumps are not adhered to the skin. The surface of the lumps is often not smooth and feels granular to the touch. In addition to the above symptoms, some patients have systemic symptoms such as nipple itching, discharge, bitter taste in the mouth, rib distension, chest tightness, anorexia, and menstrual disorders.

Breast fibrocystic: This is the most common benign breast tumor, mostly occurring in women over 30 years old. It is often bilateral and multiple and can cause swelling, pain and tenderness, and the symptoms are more severe before menstruation. Breast fibroadenoma: It is common in women around 20 years old. A lump can be felt in the breast, but there is no tenderness.

So what is the best way to treat a breast lump? Many traditional methods of treating breast diseases are not ideal. Hormone therapy, physical therapy, surgical therapy, and drug therapy all have certain drawbacks. Hormone therapy, for example, is likely to disrupt the body's own hormonal balance and cause other immeasurable diseases; physical therapy and surgical therapy, needless to say, are painful, and are only scratching the surface, only treating the symptoms and not the root cause, and are still prone to relapse; drug therapy has a certain degree of dependence, and it is difficult for drugs to reach the lesions through blood transport. Moreover, oral medications often require long-term persistence, which is difficult for many people to do, so there will be poor treatment effects and repeated symptoms. Therefore, neither is advisable.