What is the cause of breast pain?

Breasts are a symbol of women, and breast health has always been a focus of women's attention. However, with age, many women find that they have various problems with their breasts, such as breast pain. It can be said that every woman has experienced breast pain, but sometimes it is menstrual pain and we don't need to pay attention to it at all. But if one side of the breast hurts, we need to pay attention to it. What is the cause of breast pain on one side?

Generally speaking, if there is sudden, persistent, and severe pain in the breast accompanied by obvious tenderness, it is considered to be various acute infectious diseases of the breast; if there is local throbbing pain, local suppuration may have occurred. If breast pain is paroxysmal and often begins before menstruation or worsens during menstruation, and is relieved or disappears after menstruation, it is considered premenstrual tension syndrome. The pain is distending or stabbing, sometimes involving the ipsilateral armpit or shoulder and back. If there is mild to moderate tenderness locally, it is considered to be a proliferative lesion.

If your nipples are severely painful or cracked during breastfeeding, it may be caused by the baby biting the nipple or incorrect sucking posture. If the breast pain is only mild dull pain or aching pain, the onset has no obvious regularity, is only occasional or paroxysmal, and some are persistent, it is often ignored because the pain is not obvious. Such breast pain may also be a signal of early breast malignant disease and should be given sufficient attention. Sometimes there is no obvious pain in the breast, but only pain in one armpit or shoulder and back, which may also be a malignant lesion. These subtle changes should not be easily ignored.

If there is severe, persistent, burning pain in the breast that progressively worsens and is difficult to relieve on its own, and is accompanied by ulceration and necrosis of the local tumor or ulceration of the surgical wound and surrounding skin, it is breast pain in the late stage of malignant disease.

In addition, some women also experience breast pain when their breasts are swollen. This is a physiological condition and should be distinguished from breast pain caused by disease.

In short, if you experience breast pain, don't panic, but also don't be careless and think that breast pain is no big deal and it will go away if you bear it. Some women are shy and find breast pain difficult to talk about and are embarrassed to see a doctor, etc. These are all incorrect perceptions. Pay attention to changes in your breasts, even the slightest tenderness, because tenderness can be a symptom of many breast diseases or even a sign of breast cancer.

After knowing what causes pain in one breast, in order to better protect our breasts, it is recommended that all female friends do some breast care in normal times, such as wearing a bra that suits them, paying attention to regular breast examinations, etc. These are what we should do to protect our breasts. Only in this way can we reduce the occurrence of breast diseases and have healthy breasts.