What causes pain in both nipples?

Today we will talk about the causes of nipple pain. Generally speaking, women’s nipples will not experience pain. If your nipple hurts, everyone should understand that there is a problem and a disease has occurred. If you are sick, you should go to the hospital for treatment. However, for women, this problem may be too embarrassing because the location of the pain is somewhat special. But our female friends, we must know that it is very wrong to avoid seeing a doctor and not seek treatment when you are sick. Let’s first take a look at the reasons for the pain in both nipples, and then decide whether we need to go to the hospital.

1. What causes pain on both sides of the breast?

1.1. Breast pain during adolescence: Girls between 9 and 13 years old begin to develop breasts, and pea- to bean-sized dome-shaped nodules appear in the breast tissue under the nipple, with slight pain. After menarche, it will disappear on its own as the breasts mature during puberty.

1.2. Breast tenderness during menstruation: It is the most common type of breast pain, accounting for about 65% of all breast pain, with an average age of onset of 35 years. The pain usually occurs or worsens 3 to 7 days before menstruation and gradually disappears or eases after menstruation. The severity of the pain varies from month to month, and is often felt as a heaviness, distension, dull pain, or occasional brief tingling sensation. There are also tender breast nodules, which are aggravated by pressure, movement or lifting objects.

1.3. Breast tenderness during pregnancy: Some expectant mothers experience breast tenderness around 40 days after pregnancy due to the placenta and villi secreting large amounts of estrogen and progesterone, which enlarges the breasts. In severe cases, the pain may last throughout the pregnancy and usually does not require treatment.

2. Breast cancer can cause pain on both sides of the breast

Breast pain is one of the most important manifestations of breast cancer. Clinically, it is believed that if the breast pain is unbearable, it is usually in the late stage of breast cancer. It is reported that only 6% of breast cancer patients feel breast pain in the early stages. Breast cancer is a disease that is common among women aged 20 to 40, so it must be taken seriously by female friends.

3. What are the other causes of breast pain?

Breast pain is a common complaint in outpatient clinics. Breast pain can be divided into cyclical and non-cyclical types, and can also change from cyclical to non-cyclical. 2/3 of breast pain is cyclical. The vast majority of patients are premenopausal women. The most common site of pain is above the outer side of the breast, and symptoms worsen before menstruation. The pain is characterized by distension, heaviness and tenderness.

3.1. Breast pain caused by reasons other than the breast: In fact, breast pain is caused by diseases in other parts of the body, such as pneumonia and costochondritis.

3.2. Cyclic breast pain: It is related to the menstrual cycle and reflects the cyclical changes in hormones in the body. This pain is normal to a large extent, mainly occurs in premenopausal women, especially before the age of 35, and most of them can be relieved by themselves.

Pain on both sides of the breast

3.3. Non-cyclical breast pain: Compared with cyclical breast pain, non-cyclical breast pain is more worthy of attention. But most non-cyclical breast pain is also benign. Its characteristics include intermittent onset, variable pain intensity, mostly unilateral occurrence, and sharp nature.

How to treat breast pain on both sides

1. Western medicine treatment of breast pain on both sides

Because we don’t fully understand the pathogenesis and causes of breast hyperplasia, Western medicine can only treat breast hyperplasia symptomatically. There is no hormone therapy in Western medicine. Some people use androgen therapy to control the effects of estrogen, causing the nodules to soften continuously and relieve symptoms.

2. Surgical treatment of breast pain on both sides

It is understood that the current recurrence rate of surgical treatment is very high, because surgical treatment causes great damage, cannot cure the disease fundamentally, will cause multiple recurrences, and requires a long time to recover after surgery, which is very difficult to accept. The scars left after surgery are an indelible psychological pain for many women who love beauty. Therefore, surgical treatment has risks and patients need to be cautious.

Pain on both sides of the breast

3. Massage and dredging method to treat pain on both sides of the breast

The main cause of the disease is breast obstruction. Long-term congestion leads to lumps, which in turn cause a series of breast swelling and tingling pains. Treatment must start from the cause. Therefore, for breast patients, breast massage can promote breast blood circulation, but massage alone is difficult to achieve the effect of dredging and dispersing knots. While massaging, use Rubeiyuan to dredge. Its herbal essence extraction mainly dredges the breasts comprehensively through acupoint dredging and targeted treatment.

What to do with diet for breast pain on both sides

1. Eat more corn loofah soup

1.1. Ingredients: 100g corn, 50g loofah, 10g orange seeds, 1 egg.

1.2. Preparation: Wash the corn, cut into sections and set aside; wash the loofah and set aside. Put corn, loofah, orange seeds and other ingredients into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water and boil for 1 hour. Add egg drops, water starch, rock sugar, etc. before removing from heat, mix well and then take. It can be taken twice a week.

2. Drink more kelp and lettuce stew

2.1. Ingredients: 100 grams of kelp, 100 grams of lettuce, appropriate amounts of ginger and chopped green onion.

2.2. Preparation: Soak the kelp, wash it, cut it into sections and set aside; wash the lettuce and set aside. Put the kelp in a pot and cook for half an hour. Add lettuce, seasoning and sesame oil before removing from the pot. Take it once a day.

Pain on both sides of the breast

3. Eat more cold celery and kelp

3.1. 100 grams of garlic, 100 grams of celery, a little ginger and chopped green onion.

3.2. Wash the kelp, blanch it and set aside; wash the celery, cut it into sections and blanch it and set aside; 2. Put the kelp and celery together in a plate, add seasoning and sesame oil, mix well and eat it once a day. It has a good therapeutic effect on breast pain.