Sudden breast pain, what's going on?

During the breastfeeding period, various situations usually occur. For example, the baby may have diarrhea due to discomfort in eating, and the new mother may feel poor health due to insufficient nutrition. Another situation that may also occur is sudden breast swelling and pain. What is going on? Some people think that this is caused by the baby's sucking, while others think that it is caused by the woman's continued sucking after the baby has sucked all her milk. Whether it is due to external reasons or due to women's physical factors, this situation cannot be taken lightly. We must ensure that the exact cause is found to avoid adverse consequences. Let’s take a look at what to do if your child’s breasts become swollen and painful during weaning.

Generally speaking, if there is sudden, persistent, severe pain in the breast accompanied by obvious tenderness, it is considered to be various acute infectious diseases of the breast; if there is local pulsating pain, it may be local suppuration.

If breast pain is paroxysmal, and often begins before menstruation or worsens before menstruation, and is relieved or disappears after menstruation, and the pain is distending or stabbing, and sometimes involves the armpit or shoulder and back on the same side, and there is mild to moderate tenderness locally, then it is considered to be a proliferative lesion.

If the nipple is severely painful during breastfeeding, or the nipple is broken or cracked, it may be caused by the baby sucking and biting the nipple, resulting in nipple fissures. If the breast pain is only mild, dull or aching, with no obvious regularity, and is only occasional or paroxysmal, and sometimes continuous, 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.

Sometimes, there is no obvious pain in the breast, but only pain in one armpit or shoulder and back. There is also the possibility of malignant lesions. These subtle changes should not be easily ignored. If there is severe, persistent, burning pain in the breast, which is progressively aggravated and difficult to relieve on its own, and accompanied by local ulceration and necrosis of the mass or ulceration of the surgical wound and surrounding skin, it is breast pain in the late stage of malignant lesions. At this time, because the symptoms and signs of other malignant lesions are very clear, it is not difficult to find the cause of the pain.

In addition, some women also experience breast pain when their breasts swell. This is a physiological condition and should be distinguished from breast pain caused by disease.

From the above text, we can see that there are many reasons for women's sudden breast pain, including external factors and factors related to women themselves. Another thing to note during breastfeeding is that if the milk is gone, avoid letting the baby continue sucking. This will reduce stimulation to the breasts and the pain will also be reduced. Finally, maternal love is great, but you also need to protect your body.