What is the cause of breast pain during irregular menstruation?

There are many reasons for irregular menstruation in women, such as stress, mood, cold, etc. Women suffering from irregular menstruation are generally caused by endocrine abnormalities. Menstruation is very important for women. If not treated in time, it may affect women's conception. For example, women with irregular menstruation and breast pain are mostly caused by endocrine diseases, so active treatment is very important.

What to do if your breasts hurt during irregular menstruation

Changing your eating habits

Eat a low-fat, high-fiber diet, such as fiber from whole grains (whole grains), vegetables, and beans.

Take vitamins

The diet should contain foods rich in vitamin C, calcium, magnesium and B vitamins. These vitamins help regulate the production of prostaglandin E, which in turn inhibits the effects of prolactin. Avoid margarine and other hydrogenated fats.

Wear a firm bra

The stabilizing bras worn by joggers can prevent further compression of already compressed breast nerves.

Keep Calm

When you are nervous, the adrenaline secreted by the adrenal glands will also interfere with the conversion function of GIA.

Cold compress

Some women find relief by soaking their hands in cold water and then holding them over their breasts.

Heat

Most women find breast pain relief with heat packs or hot baths, but some find alternating hot and cold compresses most effective.

Avoid caffeine

It has not been proven whether caffeine causes breast discomfort. But many women with breast pain and other benign symptoms experience significant improvement when they give up caffeine.

You really have to give up caffeine completely, which means completely giving up soda, chocolate, ice cream, and caffeinated painkillers.

Eat a light diet

High-salt foods can easily cause breast enlargement, and such foods should be avoided especially in the 7-10 days before menstruation.

Diuretics do help remove fluid from the body and can also reduce breast swelling. But this immediate relief comes at a price; excessive use of diuretics can lead to potassium loss, disrupt electrolyte balance, and affect glucose formation.

Changing birth control pills

When you're trying to improve benign breast changes, the estrogen content of your oral contraceptive may be helpful or harmful, depending on the condition of your breasts.

In general, birth control pills with low estrogen content may help fibroid and cystic conditions but may worsen fibromatosis, which is a solid mass that is usually movable.

Is chest pain and lump serious?

1. Breast pain: It is often characterized by distending pain or stabbing pain, which may affect one or both breasts, with one side being more severe. Those with severe pain cannot touch the breast, and may even affect their daily life and work. The pain is mainly in the breast lump, and may also radiate to the affected armpit, chest, ribs, shoulders and back; some patients may experience nipple pain or itching.

Breast pain often occurs or worsens a few days before menstruation, and the pain is significantly reduced or disappears after menstruation. The pain may also fluctuate with mood changes. This pain related to the menstrual cycle and mood changes is the main feature of the clinical manifestation of breast hyperplasia.

2. Breast lumps: The lumps can occur in one or both breasts, single or multiple, and are more common in the upper outer quadrant of the breast, but can also be seen in other quadrants. The lumps can be in the form of flakes, nodules, cords, or granules, among which flakes are the most common. The lumps have unclear boundaries, are of medium or slightly hard texture, are mobile, have no adhesions to surrounding tissues, and are often tender. The lumps vary in size, ranging from as small as millet grains to larger than 3 to 4 cm. Breast lumps also change with the menstrual cycle, increasing in size and becoming harder before menstruation and shrinking and softening after menstruation.

3. Nipple discharge: A small number of patients may experience nipple discharge, which is spontaneous, straw-yellow or brown serous discharge.

4. Menstrual disorders: Patients with this disease may also experience irregular menstruation, small amount of menstruation or light color, and may be accompanied by dysmenorrhea.

5. Emotional changes: Patients often feel depressed or irritable, which worsens when they are angry, stressed or tired.