Are breast cysts serious? Professional doctors say so

Once you suffer from breast cysts, female friends should have a correct understanding of the disease and never worry. It is very important to adjust your mood, because the more nervous you are, the more unfavorable it will be for the treatment of the disease. On this basis, you should do a good job of protecting your breasts and cooperate with the doctor for active treatment, so as to avoid the serious development of the disease.

First, the harm of breast cysts

1. Causes breast pain in women

Due to endocrine disorders, the duct epithelium proliferates and the number of cells in the duct increases, causing the duct to extend and tortuosity. The anterior wall of the fold undergoes necrosis due to ischemia, forming cysts. The lumps are round, oval, or ovoid, with a smooth surface, clear boundaries, mobility, and single or multiple lesions. In single cases, the lump grows rapidly. The patient complains of discovering a breast lump overnight. The cyst is often accompanied by breast pain before menstruation.

2. There is a possibility of cancer

Women with breast cysts have a 2 to 4 times higher risk of developing breast cancer than normal people. Therefore, women with breast cysts must strengthen self-examination and should return to the hospital for follow-up examinations every six months.

3. Impact on women’s lives

The lumps are mostly round or oval, with a smooth surface, a cystic feel, clear boundaries, wide mobility and no adhesion to the skin. When secondary infection occurs, local inflammatory reactions such as redness, swelling, heat and pain may be seen, and there may be enlarged lymph nodes in the axillary of the affected side. It will affect women’s lives.

People have heard of breast cysts. Many patients with breast cysts suffer from the disease. Therefore, the treatment of breast cysts has become a serious matter. There are reasons for the occurrence of breast cysts, and timely treatment can effectively control breast cysts. But nursing work should not be neglected.

Second, what is breast cyst?

Breast cyst, also known as milk stasis, is caused by the poor discharge of milk from one lobe of the gland during lactation, resulting in the accumulation of milk in the breast. The main clinical manifestation is a tumor in the breast, which is often misdiagnosed as a breast tumor.

Clinically, it is most commonly caused by breast structural abnormalities, inflammation, and compression from tumors. When the mammary lobe or lobule duct epithelium falls off or other substances block the duct, milk cannot be discharged smoothly and stagnates in the duct, causing the duct to expand and form a cyst.

The cyst may become infected and lead to acute mastitis or breast abscess. If it does not become infected, it may exist for a long time. The contents of the cyst will become thicker, and over time the water in the cyst will be absorbed, causing the cyst to harden.

Third, check

1. Breast palpation

If a tumor with clear boundaries, good mobility, and a smooth surface is felt during examination, attention should be paid to the possibility of a breast cyst.

2. Breast ultrasound and mammography

Breast ultrasound is very helpful in diagnosis. Malignancy should be considered for thick-walled cysts, uneven walls, or visible protrusions on the walls. Breast mammography can detect some cystic lesions that have already become malignant (with clustered or punctate calcifications).