What is the cause of the pain in one side of the breast?

There are many reasons for breast pain, such as ovulation, menstruation, pregnancy, mastitis, breast hyperplasia, breast fibroadenoma, etc. If the symptoms are not obvious, you can continue to observe. If they are obvious, you need to go to the hospital's breast department for a breast B-ultrasound examination and receive symptomatic treatment after a confirmed diagnosis. This article introduces the possible symptoms of breast pain, let’s take a look.

(1) Breast pain: general or bilateral breast distension, stabbing pain or dull pain. The pain is so severe that the breast cannot be touched or walked. The pain is mainly in the swelling of the breast and can radiate to the armpits, chest, shoulders, back, and upper limbs. Some patients may also experience nipple pain or itching. The pain fluctuates with mood and menstrual cycle, often aggravated before menstruation or when angry or depressed. The pain is significantly reduced or disappears after menstruation.

(2) Breast lumps: Single or multiple lumps may occur on one or both breasts, and are usually located on the upper outer part of the breast. They may be in the form of flakes, nodules, granules, or cords. Flakes are more common. The boundaries of the lumps are unclear. The lumps are medium or slightly hard. They are movable and have no adhesion to the surrounding tissues. They may be tender to the touch. The lumps may vary in size, ranging from as small as a grain of sand to as large as 3-4 cm. Breast lumps increase in size before menstruation and decrease in size and soften after menstruation.

(3) Associated symptoms: Patients often feel depressed or irritable, and may also experience dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, etc. A small number of patients have brown or light yellow liquid secreting from their nipples.

Eight points to note in the prevention and treatment of breast hyperplasia

1. Adverse psychological factors will aggravate endocrine disorders and cause the aggravation of hyperplasia. You should pay attention to being less angry, keeping your emotions stable, and being lively and cheerful will be beneficial to the early recovery of hyperplasia.

2. Change your diet to prevent obesity. Eat less fried foods, animal fats, sweets and excessive tonic foods. Eat more vegetables and fruits, and more whole grains. Black soybeans are the best, eat more walnuts, black sesame seeds, black fungus, and mushrooms.

3. Live a regular life, combine work and rest, and maintain a harmonious sex life. It can regulate endocrine disorders, and keeping bowel movements smooth will relieve breast pain.

4. Exercise more to prevent obesity and improve immunity.

5. Do not abuse contraceptives and beauty products containing estrogen, and do not eat chicken or beef fed with estrogen. ??6. Avoid abortion and encourage mothers to breastfeed more to prevent problems before they occur.

7. Self-examination and regular review.

8. Make a clear diagnosis and develop a reasonable treatment plan based on the condition.

Many women often experience breast tenderness before menstruation, and more sensitive patients often ask whether they need treatment. Generally speaking, breast pain three days before menstruation may be a sign that menstruation is about to come or that there is early pregnancy, which is normal. However, some people experience breast pain too early, such as breast pain after menstruation ends or after ovulation, and it hurts when they put on underwear or touch it. This phenomenon is pathological and must be treated as soon as possible, otherwise it is easy to develop gynecological diseases such as infertility and breast tumors.

Many infertile women have long-term breast pain. Their estrogen and progesterone are often unbalanced, and prolactin is also abnormally secreted. There are also many breast tumor patients who had breast pain 2 to 3 years before they developed the tumor but did not pay attention to it. Therefore, women who have abnormal breast pain should be alert and avoid seeking medical attention in order to avoid delaying the disease.

Most cases of premenstrual breast pain occur 3 to 5 days before menstruation. In severe cases, the pain may occur two weeks after menstruation, around the time of ovulation. Some people experience pain in the armpits or even in the nipples. Systemic symptoms include mild edema, headache, insomnia, irritability, emotional instability, back pain, lower abdominal pain, and difficulty in defecation. The symptoms disappear after the menstrual period, and this happens repeatedly, once a month. If not properly treated, they will become more and more serious. Over time, they can easily lead to other diseases, the most common of which are breast hyperplasia, breast fibroid tumors or cysts. As a result, menstruation gradually becomes irregular, with scanty menstrual flow and subsequent infertility.