After taking birth control pills for a week, my breasts are sore and I keep farting.

Although women can prevent pregnancy by taking birth control pills, long-term use of birth control pills is not only harmful to physical health, but in severe cases it can make it difficult for women to become pregnant again in the future. Therefore, women must take care of their health and protect their bodies. In life, we must pay attention to developing good living habits, eat fresh fruits and vegetables regularly, and do not smoke or drink.

Proper breast examination:

When touching, your palm should be stretched out flat, and the four fingers should be put together. Use the tip of the most sensitive index finger, middle finger, and ring finger to gently touch the upper outer, lower outer, lower inner, and upper inner areas of the breast in order, and finally the nipple and areola area in the middle of the breast. During the examination, do not pinch the breast tissue with your fingers, otherwise you will mistake the pinched breast tissue for a lump.

The most serious disease of the breast is breast cancer. The lumps are usually irregular, with unclear boundaries, hard texture, fast growth and difficult to push. Also, there are changes on the skin, such as pitting, color changes, etc.

If you don't find any of these symptoms and there are lumps in your breast, you should consider the following five situations.

1. Dense breasts

Breasts can be divided into three types: dense, fatty, and mixed. The mammary gland occupies most of the breast, which is the dense breast type; the fat occupies most of the breast, which is the fatty type; the gland and fat are between the first two types, which is the intermediate mixed type. They are all normal types, but this usually requires a breast X-ray to identify and cannot be detected by self-detection.

Dense breasts are a common type in young women. Dense breasts simply mean that there are more glandular components. Moreover, as we age, breast tissue is gradually replaced by fatty tissue. Especially in the late menopause, most women's breasts will become fat.

Breast tissue is a hard object, which is a relatively large disc inside the breast and can normally be grasped or pinched with the hands. So, sometimes the lump you feel in your breast is just an area of ​​normal breast bulge. If you can feel a lump by pushing rather than grasping, you need to pay attention.

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2. Breast fibroadenoma

The most common culprit of breast lumps is breast fibroadenoma, which is related to the imbalance of sex hormone levels in the patient's body. The main manifestation is varying degrees of hyperplasia of the epithelial tissue and fibrous tissue of the breast. It is common in women of childbearing age between 20 and 39 years old, because women of this age have strong ovarian function and their sex hormones are also in an active stage.

Breast fibroadenomas are not painful and are difficult to detect without examination. The lump grows slowly and is mostly solitary, which can occur on one or both sides of the breast. The lump is round or oval, as hard as the tip of the nose, with a smooth surface, no adhesion to the skin and surrounding tissues, clear boundaries, easy to move, and feels tough. The size is about 3 cm in diameter and rarely exceeds 5 cm.