Why does my breasts hurt and my armpits and arms also hurt?

Breast pain is a common problem among women. Of course, there will also be such pain when the breasts are injured, but this pain will disappear after a while and will not leave any sequelae. But if you suffer from breast pain for a long time, you should consider it as a disease. According to experts, if women often feel breast pain and also pain in the armpits and arms, it is most likely lobular hyperplasia.

Causes

There are many causes of lobular breast hyperplasia, but most of them are closely related to endocrine disorders or mental emotions. The breasts of women of childbearing age are controlled by ovarian endocrine system. Once the ovarian function is affected by certain factors, such as emotional instability, bad mood, excessive fatigue, sexual disharmony, changes in living environment, or excessive intake of hormone-containing tonic products and long-term use of cosmetics containing hormone ingredients, etc., it can affect the imbalance of estrogen and progesterone secretion or secretion rhythm in women and cause breast tissue hyperplasia. Lobular hyperplasia is a relative increase in estrogen secretion, which causes the mammary ducts to expand into cystic shapes and the epithelial cells of the cyst walls to proliferate vigorously, forming one or more cysts, which manifest as multiple tumors of varying sizes in one or both breasts. They are round or irregular in shape, hard and tough to the touch, and feel like touching a rubber block.

The occurrence of lobular hyperplasia of the breast is due to ovarian dysfunction, which leads to a relative increase in estrogen secretion. It feels like touching a rubber block. There is no adhesion between the lump and the skin and deep tissue. It can be pushed, but the boundary with the surrounding tissue is unclear. The lump may be limited to one part of the breast or may be scattered throughout the breast. The patient often feels breast pain, which is cyclical, especially 3 to 4 days before menstruation. The pain is relieved once menstruation comes, but it often does not disappear. Most patients with lobular breast hyperplasia often experience spontaneous remission within a few months to 1 to 2 years after onset. Usually, they can use a bra to support the breasts to relieve pain, but it cannot be a fundamental cure.

The so-called lobular hyperplasia is just a slightly excessive growth of the breast lobules in a small number of women. Don't label all women who have breast problems during their menstrual cycle as having lobular hyperplasia.

Therefore, lobular hyperplasia of the breast will not become cancerous, while cystic hyperplasia has a 4% canceration rate. Please note this.

Clinical manifestations

The main clinical manifestations of lobular breast hyperplasia are: breast fullness and pain 5-7 days before menstruation, relief of breast pain during menstruation, or even disappearance, and cyclical changes occur again before the next menstruation. Generally there are three manifestations:

Breast pain

One or both breasts may be distended, tingling, or painful. The pain may be so severe that the breast cannot be touched or walked. The pain may be mainly in the form of a lump in the breast and may radiate to the armpits, chest, ribs, shoulders, back, and upper limbs. Some may also present as nipple pain or itching. The pain may fluctuate with mood and menstrual cycle and is often more severe before menstruation and significantly reduced or disappears after menstruation. However, a small number of people experience bloating and pain about a week after menstruation.

Breast lumps

Single or multiple lumps in one or both breasts, mostly located on the outer and upper part of the breast, in the form of flakes, nodules, granules or cords, with flakes being the most common. The lumps have unclear boundaries, are medium or slightly hard, are movable and have no adhesion to the surrounding tissues, may be tender, and vary in size, from as small as a grain of sand to as large as 3-4CM. Breast lumps increase in size before menstruation and decrease in size and soften after menstruation.

Associated symptoms

Patients often feel depressed or irritable, and may also experience dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, etc. A small number of patients have brown or yellowish liquid secreting from their nipples.