What causes chest pain in women?

Breast maintenance is very important. Breast pain is one of the common problems. So what should women do if they have breast pain? What are the causes of breast pain? In fact, there are many reasons for breast pain. Women may experience temporary breast pain due to physiological changes at different times. Well, next, let me tell you some little knowledge about women's chest pain.

1. Adolescence.

The earliest breast pain in girls usually occurs between the ages of 9 and 13. At this time, girls' breasts begin to develop, their nipples bulge, and they feel a slight swelling and pain.

2. Premenstrual period.

Many women experience symptoms such as breast fullness, hardness, and tenderness before menstruation. These two conditions generally do not require treatment and will resolve on their own.

3. Ovulation period.

Many women experience breast swelling or nipple pain during ovulation, and sometimes the nipples are simply unable to be touched. The breast pain may also continue until the eve of the next menstrual period.

4. After pregnancy.

If a woman is pregnant, it may be because the placenta and villi secrete a large amount of estrogen, progesterone and prolactin, which causes breast hyperplasia and breast enlargement. This is a kind of physiological pain and generally there is no need to worry too much.

5. After sexual intercourse.

People with low libido or disharmonious sex life cannot achieve sexual satisfaction, so breast congestion and swelling are not easy to subside, or they subside incompletely. Continuous congestion will cause breast pain. In addition, excessive movements during sexual intercourse can also damage the nipples and cause pain.

6. The underwear is too tight.

If the underwear is not suitable, doing a lot of exercise will cause local pain due to friction.

Breast pain should be careful of breast hyperplasia

The breast is the target organ of endocrine hormones, which means that under normal circumstances, that is, during endocrine changes in the menstrual cycle, breast tissue will be affected by endocrine hormones and undergo physiological changes.

The breast will undergo cyclical proliferation and involution during the menstrual cycle, which manifests as fullness and mild pain in the breast before menstruation. The breast pain will be reduced or disappear after menstruation. This physiological change is a normal phenomenon for women of childbearing age, but the degree of breast pain varies from person to person.

If this physiological proliferation exceeds a certain range or is incomplete, it will cause breast tissue hyperplasia over time, which is generally referred to as breast hyperplasia.

It can be seen from this that breast hyperplasia is a benign proliferation and degeneration of breast tissue. In essence, it is neither inflammation nor a tumor.

But clinically speaking, it is one of the common causes of breast pain in women. It is more common in young and middle-aged women. There is thickening of breast tissue in the upper outer part of the breast, which is soft and tough. Sometimes a lump with unclear boundaries is formed, but it rarely adheres to the surface skin and there is no enlarged axillary lymph nodes. Most of the time, it is bilateral. The pain can radiate to the armpits, shoulders, etc. The pain often eases after menstruation.

Breast pain caused by the above conditions generally does not require treatment and can be relieved on its own. However, if your nipples are often painful, or if there are abnormal phenomena such as cracks or secretions on your nipples, you should be aware that it may be due to a disease and you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time. At the same time, female friends should pay attention to the hygiene and cleanliness of their breasts in their daily lives to avoid bacterial infection and adverse effects on breast health.