What causes breast pain before menstruation?

Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon for every mature woman. It is also something that many female friends both look forward to and hate every month. The absence of menstruation indicates that there is something wrong with our body. Menstruation is also accompanied by many painful symptoms. Before menstruation comes, various symptoms have already begun to appear, such as breast pain before menstruation. So, what is the reason for the occurrence of breast pain before menstruation?

More than half of women experience breast fullness, hardness and tenderness before menstruation. In severe cases, the breasts may become swollen and painful even with the slightest vibration or collision, and the original granular or nodular feeling may become more obvious. This is due to the increase in estrogen levels in the body before menstruation, breast hyperplasia, and edema of the breast tissue. After menstruation, the above changes may disappear. Classification of premenstrual breast pain: 1. Women with liver and kidney yin deficiency often experience heatiness, restless sleep, headache and dizziness, hot hands and feet, red lips, easy ulcers on lips and tongue, thin body, inability to gain weight, back pain, weak knees, etc. in addition to breast pain. Treatment should focus on nourishing the kidney and liver. Commonly used medicines include Adenophora Root, Ophiopogon japonicus, Rehmannia glutinosa, Toosendan Fructus, Cyperus rotundus, White Peony Root, Salvia miltiorrhiza, and Eupatorium fortunei. 2. Liver depression and qi stagnation. Most of these women have a history of bad mood or excessive stress in life. In addition to breast nipple pain that cannot be touched, they are also accompanied by irritability, chest tightness, rib cramps, irritability, nausea, swelling and pain in the lower abdomen, dark blood clots in menstruation, uncoordinated sexual life, dark spots on the face, etc. Treatment should focus on regulating the liver, qi and stomach. Commonly used medicines include Linderae odoratum, Curcuma aromatica, Citrus citron, White Peony Root, Citrus aurantium, Atractylodes macrocephala, malt, and Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae. 3. Common symptoms of liver depression and spleen dampness include premenstrual breast pain, obvious tenderness, lower abdominal pain with a feeling of heaviness, poor appetite, weakness in the limbs, easy diarrhea, excessive leucorrhea, and light-colored menstruation.

The above introduces in detail the relevant reasons for breast pain before menstruation. The occurrence of this phenomenon before menstruation depends on the time of occurrence. If it lasts for three to five days, it is a normal phenomenon. The specific situation varies from person to person, so it is best to go to the hospital for examination, find out the cause, and prescribe the right medicine. Many friends will think of cancer when they feel breast pain, so don’t look at this phenomenon with fear, keep a normal mind, exercise more, and rest more.