What causes chest pain in women?

I believe that every girl will encounter breast pain to a greater or lesser extent. Breast pain is a common problem among women. Since each female friend’s own situation is different, the causes of breast pain are also different. Female breast pain can be divided into physiological pain and pathological pain. Physiological pain refers to the normal reaction before menstruation, so you don’t need to be too nervous. However, pathological pain cannot be ignored and needs to be checked and treated in time. So how do you distinguish between physiological pain and pathological pain? What are the reasons that lead to their occurrence? Let’s take a look with the editor!

1. Physiological breast pain

1. Breast pain during puberty

Girls' breasts can develop after entering puberty. Most girls' areolas begin to grow around the age of 10-12, and their breasts begin to develop and gradually swell. This is because the ovaries begin to secrete estrogen.

During this process, the breasts will become sensitive and may feel slightly swollen and painful. If they are compressed by external force, the pain will worsen.

2. Breast pain before menstruation

During the first half of a woman's normal menstrual cycle, estrogen levels rise, causing breast hyperplasia and edema, which in turn causes pain.

3. Breast pain during pregnancy

Breast tenderness is also common during pregnancy, usually caused by hormonal changes in the body and the enlargement of the breasts in preparation for breastfeeding. Breast swelling may occur 40 days after menstruation stops, and in severe cases, breast and nipple pain may occur, which may last throughout the pregnancy.

2. Pathological breast pain

1. Breast hyperplasia

Women with breast hyperplasia often experience breast pain and breast lumps. Fibrocystic breast disease is the most common breast disease in women. It is more common in middle-aged women aged 29-39 because the female functions in this age group are the most active.

2. Breast cancer

In addition to the symptom of breast pain (there is no obvious pain in the early stages of breast cancer), breast cancer also causes obvious changes in the appearance of the breasts.

Breast damage caused by human factors

3. Breast damage caused by human factors

If your nipples are extremely painful, broken, or open during breastfeeding, it may be caused by nipple rupture due to the baby sucking and biting the nipple.

If the breast pain is only mild dull pain or aching pain, the onset has no obvious regularity, and is only sporadic or paroxysmal, and some are persistent, it is often ignored because the pain is not obvious. It should be noted that such breast pain may also be a signal of early breast malignant disease and should be given sufficient attention.

3. Eating more of these foods is good for breasts

1. Soy foods

Increasing soy foods is beneficial to breast health. Because soybeans and foods processed from soybeans contain isoflavones, this substance can lower the estrogen level in women and reduce breast discomfort.

If you eat two meals a day containing foods containing soy, such as tofu, soy milk, etc., it will be very beneficial to breast health.

2. Nuts

Seed and nut foods include soybeans and peanuts containing lecithin, almonds, walnuts, sesame seeds, etc. which are rich in protein. They contain large amounts of antioxidants and can play an anti-cancer role.

Moreover, nuts and seeds can increase the body's intake of vitamin E, and rich intake of vitamin E can make breast tissue more elastic.