My accessory breast hurts, what's going on?

Axillary accessory breasts refer to the extra breasts that appear in addition to the normal pair of breasts on the body. They are usually located in front of the armpits or under the armpits, or on the left and right of the normal breasts on the chest, abdomen, groin, etc. If your accessory breast is painful, there is a reason. What are the causes of breast pain?

What causes breast pain?

During the IVF embryo stage, the fetus has 6 to 8 pairs of mammary glands. As the fetus grows and develops, one pair will remain in the chest until birth, and the rest will all disappear before birth. If the development is incomplete, accessory breasts will appear under the armpits during the postnatal growth and development after birth.

Women with underarm accessory breasts are prone to accessory breast pain after giving birth. This is mainly due to the secretion of a large amount of milk and the resultant milk congestion caused by milk swelling. These are all normal situations.

The accessory breast under the armpit has the same mammary gland tissue as the normal breast, so if the accessory breast hurts, most of the time it is breast hyperplasia. Fibrocystic breast disease is also a common symptom in normal breasts. Current collection can cause breast pain and lumps in the breasts, most of which are related to the menstrual cycle. Generally, the breasts will continue to hurt within a week before menstruation, and even walking will be painful in this situation.

Breast cancer is also a cause of accessory breast pain. The incidence of this type of malignant tumor is very high, which is mainly caused by women's endocrine disorders and the failure to maintain a stable lifestyle in daily life.

In addition to reasons related to the breast itself, pain in the accessory breast may also be caused by swollen lymph nodes. Accessory breast pain caused by this reason is also very common. Since lymph node enlargement is relatively common, this condition may occur in everyone from children to the elderly.

Long-term endocrine imbalance in women can also cause accessory breast pain. When accessory breast pain is found, you should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible to find out the root cause of the pain and avoid delaying the treatment of the disease so that you can feel more at ease.

Load rate accessory breast pain

Many female friends have accessory breasts under their armpits, and some of them will continue to experience pain in their armpits, especially when the upper limbs are exerted, the pain will be very obvious.

1. Women's pain in the accessory breast under the armpit is closely related to the menstrual period. Many women experience pain in the accessory breast during the menstrual period. There is no need to worry too much about this situation. This is a relatively normal physiological phenomenon. During a woman's menstrual period, the growth hormone in her body will change, which is the same reason why breast pain occurs during menstruation.

2. Mentality may also cause accessory breast pain. If a woman is under great pressure, feels depressed and repressed, it will affect her endocrine system and cause pain in the accessory breast.

3. Breast hyperplasia is a very common breast disease. Many women's accessory breast pain is caused by breast hyperplasia. If you have long-term pain in the accessory breast under the armpit and lumps or nodules appear in the breast, you need to go to the hospital for a physical examination immediately, because this may be a disease of breast hyperplasia.