What is the cause of lumps on the breasts?

Breasts are an important part of a woman's body. Breasts are the key to a woman's charm. Full breasts can shape the body and make you look beautiful when wearing clothes. Breast health is very important. Healthy breasts are inseparable from good living habits such as fitness, delicious food and a good attitude. Breast massage can promote blood circulation and is good for health. What is going on when you feel lumps on your breasts? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. Breast lumps

Breast lumps usually refer to a disease in which lumps grow inside the breast due to the different composition of breast tissue. Breast lumps are the most common breast disease. Many benign diseases also manifest themselves in the form of breast lumps. Therefore, the most important thing in identifying breast lumps is to distinguish between benign and malignant ones. Except for breast cancer which is malignant, lumps caused by breast fibroadenoma, breast hyperplasia, breast milk cyst, breast fat necrosis, etc. are all benign and can be treated through acupoint and reflex area massage. New lumps may appear due to the following reasons: cysts; bacterial infection of the nipple wound; fibrocystic breast disease; benign tumors that will not spread. Hormone abnormalities; suffering from malignant tumors. There may be varying degrees of improvement after symptomatic drug treatment.

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A breast hyperplasia lump

The lumps can occur in one or both breasts, single or multiple, and are usually located in the upper outer quadrant of the breast. It appears as flakes, nodules, cords, etc. of varying sizes, among which flakes are the most common. The border is not obvious, the texture is medium or slightly hard, there is no adhesion to the surrounding tissues, and there is often tenderness. Most breast lumps also change with the menstrual cycle. The lumps become larger and harder before menstruation, and shrink and soften after menstruation. Breast lobular hyperplasia lumps: Most of them are bilateral and multiple, with different sizes, nodular, lumpy or granular. The texture is generally soft, but can also be hard and tough. Occasionally, there are single lumps on one side, but they are often accompanied by premenstrual breast pain, which is also painful to touch. The size and characteristics of the breast lumps may change periodically with menstruation. The age of onset is mostly young and middle-aged.

2. Breast fibroid lumps

Most of them are unilateral and single, and the lumps are mostly round or oval, with clear boundaries, large mobility, and can be pushed. The texture is generally firm. There are also multiple cases, but generally there is no breast pain, or only mild menstrual breast discomfort, no tenderness, and the size and characteristics of the breast lumps do not change with the menstrual cycle. Most patients are under 30 years old, and the most common age is 20 to 25 years old.

3. Breast cancer lumps

The texture is generally hard, and some are as hard as stone. The lumps are mostly unilateral and single. The lumps may be round, oval or irregular in shape. They can grow to a large size, have poor mobility, and are prone to adhesion to the skin and surrounding tissues. The lumps are unrelated to the menstrual cycle and emotional changes, can increase rapidly in a short period of time, and are more common in middle-aged and elderly women. In addition, on mammographic target X-rays of the breast, breast cancer often appears as mass shadows, small calcifications, abnormal blood vessels and burrs, which can also help with diagnosis. Atypical cells can be found in breast cancer tumors by needle aspiration. The final diagnosis is based on the results of histopathological examination. It is recommended to go to the hospital for treatment in time for this lump.

4. Comments and Suggestions

It is recommended to use Chinese medicine breast health external application for treatment. During the treatment, you should pay attention to reasonable nutrition in your daily life, diversify your food as much as possible, eat more high-protein, multi-vitamin, low-animal fat, easily digestible food and fresh fruits and vegetables, do not eat stale, spoiled or irritating foods, eat less smoked, grilled, pickled, fried, and overly salty foods, and match coarse and fine grains in the staple food to ensure nutritional balance.