Why do nipples become swollen and erect?

Breasts are a manifestation of female characteristics. Many female friends take good care of their breasts, but breast pain cannot be avoided. Breast pain is a common feeling for many women. Sometimes it hurts when touched, sometimes it feels swollen and painful, and sometimes the nipples become swollen and erect. Many women don’t know why their nipples become swollen, painful, and erect. Here are some massage methods to relieve swollen, painful, and erect nipples.

If you have frequent nipple pain, you should consider whether you have mastitis. If you have mastitis, you can use Chinese medicine to regulate it and you need to take it regularly, but it cannot cure it. After stopping the medication, the nipple pain symptoms will reappear.

There are many factors that cause nipple pain in women's breasts. When encountering breast pain, the first thing to do is to undergo a professional examination to find out the factors causing the pain. Only in this way can symptomatic treatment be achieved to achieve the ideal treatment effect.

1. Massage can effectively relieve nipple pain

Massage has always been a good way to treat breast pain, especially during menstruation, when your breasts begin to swell and ache inexplicably. At this time, if you use these massage methods, it will not only relieve the pain, but also make your breasts instantly bigger.

1. Eagle Window Point

Location: From the third rib down from the clavicle, move horizontally to both sides to above the nipple.

Meridian: Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian. Breast augmentation, impacting the intercostal nerves and pectoral nerves.

2. Rugen Point

Location: In the intercostal space directly below the center of the nipple.

Meridian: Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian, breast enhancement.

3. Tanzhong Point

Location: midline of the front of the body, between the two nipples.

Meridian: Ren Meridian. The Taiyin meridian of the foot is the meeting point of the Taiyang meridian, Shaoyang meridian and Ren meridian of the hand. It unblocks the Qi in the body's meridians and enhances breast enhancement.

2. Massage method:

Press the acupoint with the tip of your thumb or index finger for about 5 seconds, then release and press again. Press 10 times in a row. You can do it 6 times a day, whenever you have time. It is best to do it before or after taking a shower. During daily massage, you can press one or more acupoints according to your personal time and needs.

3. What causes breast pain?

1. Breast pain during pregnancy

Some women experience breast pain around 40 days after pregnancy due to the placenta and villi secreting large amounts of estrogen, progesterone and prolactin, which causes breast hyperplasia and breast enlargement. In severe cases, the pain may last throughout the pregnancy and no treatment is needed.

2. Breast pain after artificial abortion

After an abortion, some women complain of breast tenderness and a palpable lump. This is because the pregnancy is suddenly interrupted, and the hormone levels in the body drop sharply, causing the newly developed mammary glands to suddenly stop growing, resulting in breast lumps and breast pain.

3. Breast pain during puberty

The earliest breast pain in girls usually occurs between the ages of 9 and 13. At this time, the girl's breasts begin to develop. First, the nipple swells, and then a dome-shaped lump about the size of a pea or a bean appears in the breast tissue under the nipple, which is slightly swollen and painful. After menarche, it will disappear on its own as the breasts mature.

4. Postpartum breast pain

Breast swelling, hardening and pain often occur 3 to 7 days after delivery. This is mainly caused by breast lymph retention, venous congestion, interstitial edema and obstruction of mammary ducts. Mothers should breastfeed as early as possible. If there is a lump, you can apply hot compress and massage the lump before breastfeeding; you can also use a breast pump to draw out milk to promote patency of the mammary ducts.

5. Breast pain after sex

This is related to the physiological changes in the breasts during sexual intercourse. People with low libido or disharmonious sex life cannot achieve sexual satisfaction, so breast congestion and swelling are not easy to subside, or they subside incompletely. Continuous congestion will cause breast pain. Therefore, women should attach importance to a good sex life, and those who have no orgasm or low sexual desire should seek medical attention.

6. Premenstrual breast pain

More than half of women experience breast fullness, hardness and tenderness before menstruation. In severe cases, the breasts may become swollen and painful even with the slightest vibration or collision, and the original granular or nodular feeling becomes more obvious. This is caused by increased estrogen levels in the body before menstruation, breast hyperplasia, and edema of the breast interstitial tissue. The above changes may disappear after menstruation.

4. Diet adjustment

1. The diet should be light, eat more easily digestible porridge, and eat more low-fat, high-fiber foods, such as whole grains, fresh vegetables and fruits, which can relieve breast pain.

2. Women who experience premenstrual breast pain should quit drinking coffee, caffeinated soda, chocolate, ice cream, tea, and caffeinated painkillers.

4. Lifestyle Adjustment

1. In daily life, you should maintain a cheerful and optimistic attitude, handle things calmly, take appropriate walks outdoors, maintain a regular life, and try not to stay up late.

2. Pressing the breast root point can improve premenstrual breast pain.