What causes sudden breast pain?

Breast diseases are very common among women today. Breast diseases such as breast hyperplasia seriously trouble women's lives. Women may occasionally experience sudden and unbearable breast pain. Sudden breast pain can reflect many conditions of a woman's body. The causes of sudden pain also involve many aspects. Inattention to daily lifestyle, diet, personal hygiene, etc. may also cause sudden breast pain. So let’s take a look at what causes sudden breast pain.

The sensation of the breast is controlled by the intercostal nerves and the 3rd and 4th cervical nerves. Once these nerves are invaded, it will cause pain, so breast pain is not a specific symptom of a certain disease. Early breast cancer rarely causes pain unless it is locally advanced or inflammatory breast cancer. Breast pain often comes from benign, non-tumorous breast diseases. It can be said that breast pain is not proportional to the benign or malignant nature of breast disease and the severity of the disease. It should be noted that breast lumps that are not accompanied by breast pain should be treated with greater caution.

There are many diseases that cause breast pain, the most common of which are acute mastitis, persistent pain, obvious tenderness, and pulsating pain after abscess formation. Breast hyperplasia, bilateral breast pain is mostly severe on one side, often cyclical, with breast swelling and pain before menstruation, and the pain relieves and disappears on its own after menstruation. In some patients, the pain may radiate to the armpits or shoulders and back. Plasma cell mastitis (also known as mammary duct ectasia syndrome) is often accompanied by local itching and burning pain. Nipple cracks and severe nipple pain during breastfeeding. A small number of breast cancers may cause mild dull pain or pain, and the attacks are often irregular; locally advanced breast cancer tumors rupture and necrotize to form ulcers, which may cause persistent burning pain; inflammatory breast cancer causes the breast skin to become red, swollen, hot, painful, and accompanied by tenderness.

Sudden breast pain is a bad sign for women. It reflects that women may have some breast diseases, which requires women's attention and should not be taken lightly. At the same time, when women suddenly experience breast pain, they should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time to find out the cause, detect and treat it early, prevent more serious diseases from occurring, and lay the foundation for their health.