What are the symptoms of nipple pain?

When facing the problem of headache, it cannot be easily ignored, because if it is caused by a disease, the harm caused will be great. Common causes of nipple pain include breast hyperplasia, breast lumps, and premenstrual pain.

1. Nipple pain:

Mastodynia is characterized by dull pain, distension or stabbing pain, which may radiate to the armpits, shoulders and upper limbs, but there is no breast lump.

2. Nipple pain caused by breast hyperplasia:

Breast pain caused by breast hyperplasia can radiate to the armpits, shoulders and back. When the breasts are touched, movable lumps of varying sizes and unclear edges can be felt. It can also be affected by menstruation and emotions. If not treated promptly, it may become malignant.

3. Nipple pain during pregnancy:

Breast pain after pregnancy is caused by the placenta and villi secreting large amounts of estrogen, progesterone and prolactin, which cause breast hyperplasia and breast enlargement. This is a kind of physiological pain, which is in preparation for postpartum breastfeeding. Just change to a wider bra in time to support the growing breasts.

4. Postpartum nipple pain:

Postpartum breast pain is mostly caused by mastitis. In addition to breast tenderness, there will also be fever and local lumps in the breast, which is mainly caused by blocked milk ducts and milk accumulation.

5. Premenstrual nipple pain:

Premenstrual breast pain is caused by increased estrogen levels in the body, breast hyperplasia, cell enlargement, and breast cell edema.

Apart from nipple pain caused by pregnancy, other situations are basically caused by breast diseases. Since most breast diseases have no symptoms in the early stages, once discovered the best treatment period has often been missed, which causes great harm to women. Breast diseases destroy women's beauty. To protect breasts, we should start with examination.