What to do if your breasts hurt during menstruation

Due to physiological factors of women during menstruation, breast pain or discomfort will occur. This is also a normal phenomenon. It is generally called physiological breast hyperplasia in medicine. However, even if it is a normal phenomenon, it seriously affects the normal life of female friends. Therefore, it is very necessary to relieve this kind of breast discomfort. The following will explain some ways to relieve breast pain during menstruation.

No salty food

High-salt foods can easily cause breast enlargement, and such foods should be avoided especially in the 7 to 10 days before menstruation.

massage

Gently massaging the breasts can help return excess body fluid to the lymphatic system. When massaging, first apply soapy liquid to the breast, and rotate your fingers along the surface of the breast in a circle about the size of a coin. Then use your hands to press the breasts in and bounce them up, which is extremely helpful in preventing breast discomfort.

Heat

Hot compress is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment that can relieve breast pain by using a heat bag, hot water bottle, or hot bath. If you use alternating cold and hot compresses, the effect of eliminating breast discomfort will be better.

Changing your eating habits

Eat a low-fat, high-fiber diet, consuming fiber from whole grains (whole grains), vegetables, and legumes.

Stay away from coffee

According to medical research, many women with breast pain and other benign symptoms have significant improvement in their symptoms after quitting caffeine. Therefore, you have to give up coffee completely, which means you have to completely give up soda, chocolate, ice cream, tea, and caffeinated painkillers.

Generally, women should reduce eating out during their menstrual period, because some foods outside often add a lot of spices or seasonings without us noticing, and these things contain a lot of salt, so the salt will seep into the blood vessels and increase breast pain. Therefore, we should try to eat some light and nutritious food at home during menstruation.