What is the cause of breast pain during menstruation?

We know that breasts play a very important role for female friends. If there is a problem with female friends' breasts, it will not only cause pain to female friends but also threaten the health of the body and even threaten life. Therefore, we recommend that female friends take good care of their breasts in daily life. Breasts are prone to swelling and pain during menstruation. Below we will introduce what exactly causes breast swelling and pain during menstruation.

Before menstruation, I feel breast pain and sometimes I can feel a painful lump. This is because the breast glands, like the endometrium, also undergo changes in the menstrual cycle, with a premenstrual proliferation phase and a postmenstrual recovery phase. The premenstrual proliferative period refers to the 7 to 10 days before menstruation. At this time, due to the increase in estrogen and progesterone concentrations, hyperfunction of antidiuretic hormone, and increased aldosterone secretion, the mammary ducts expand, the epithelial cells proliferate and hypertrophy, and the edema of the matrix around the mammary ducts causes compression symptoms and pain. At the same time, the immature fibers of the breast increase, lymphocytes infiltrate, and the breasts enlarge, and you will feel distension, pain and discomfort. The menstrual recovery period refers to the period after the onset of menstruation, when the secretion of estrogen, progesterone and antidiuretic hormone in the body decreases, the milk ducts become smaller, the epithelial cells atrophy, the immature breast fibers decrease, and the symptoms of breast tenderness disappear.

It can be said that if you feel breast pain, it reminds you that menstruation is about to come. Some people compare the period before menstruation to "high tide", during which the breasts will swell and ache; and the period after menstruation to "low tide", during which the breast swelling and pain will be reduced or disappear. This is very appropriate. Therefore, breast pain before menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon. There is no need to worry, be overly concerned, or carry a heavy mental burden.

In the above article, we introduced the importance of breasts to female friends. We suggest that female friends pay attention to breast health in daily life. If swelling and pain occur, pay attention. The above article introduces in detail what causes breast swelling and pain during menstruation.