What to do if you have internal pain in your chest?

If our chest is hit by external force or an accident, muscle damage will occur, which will cause pain. If the pain is internal, it is likely what everyone calls internal injury. Internal pain requires going to the hospital for an X-ray. Generally, as long as the bones are not injured, you don’t have to worry too much. Pay more attention to rest and apply some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicines, and the pain will disappear soon.

Breast pain is a common complaint in outpatient clinics. Breast pain can be divided into cyclical and non-cyclical, 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.

1. Breast pain caused by reasons other than breasts:

In fact, it is diseases in other parts of the body that manifest as pain in the breast area, such as pneumonia and costochondritis.

2. Cyclic breast pain:

It is related to the menstrual cycle and reflects the cyclical changes in hormones in the body. This pain is largely normal and mainly occurs in premenopausal women, especially before the age of 35. Most cases can be relieved by themselves.

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.

1. Insufficient breast development, forming nodules

Many women experience breast pain, which is related to their hormone levels. Insufficient breast development, medically known as incomplete involution, often causes breast pain.

The process of changes in hormone levels caused by women's menstruation is like the ebb and flow of the tide. After the tide recedes, mud and sand will be left behind. These "mud and sand" that are not left behind when the tide recedes are equivalent to the epithelial cells that are constantly shed and renewed in the breast. They remain in the mammary ducts and cause incomplete degeneration.

Many women will feel many nodules in their breasts. Whether they are lump-shaped, sand-shaped, nodular-shaped, strip-shaped, or plaque-shaped, they are all normal. Before pregnancy, the mammary ducts are blocked by accumulated epithelial cells, forming hard nodules. However, after pregnancy, due to the influence of estrogen and progesterone, the breasts are fully developed and the nodules disappear without treatment.

2. Third degree pain requires medical attention as soon as possible

According to experts, breast pain is divided into three degrees. First degree is pain felt when touched with the hand, second degree is pain felt when moving, and third degree is pain at rest, which means pain felt even when lying in bed. First-degree pain does not need to be treated, but second-degree pain can be considered

It can be solved by taking medicine. Third-degree pain is also called severe pain, so you can go to the doctor.

In addition to breast pain, the hardness of the breasts can also be graded: one degree is as soft as the lips, two degrees is moderately soft and hard like the nose, and three degrees is as hard as the forehead. But whether it is soft or hard, it does not indicate any disease.

If you feel a "swelling" in your breast and it is symmetrical on both sides, then you can consider it as ordinary hyperplasia. If the "swelling" changes before and after menstruation, then there is no need to worry about cancer.

4. Women over 35 should have regular checkups

Regarding the problem of breast pain in women, experts recommend that women over 35 years old need to undergo regular breast screening; for women under 35 years old, if the breast pain is severe enough to affect their daily life and they feel a "swelling", then they need to go to the hospital for medical treatment.

If a female friend experiences periodic breast pain, it may not be a symptom of disease. However, for safety reasons, it is best to go to the hospital for examination and diagnosis to avoid delaying the treatment.