Will girls who are often angry develop breast nodules? Huaxi doctors: There is no such saying!

Before starting today’s science popularization, the editor would like to say to all female compatriots: I’m sorry!

Because after reading this knowledge point today, fellow females will no longer be able to stop themselves from getting angry by saying "anger can cause breast nodules and hyperplasia"! Although, this association has become a conditioned reflex for most girls!

But in fact, current medicine has not found an inevitable connection between the two. In other words, being angry does not directly cause breast hyperplasia or nodules in girls!

The child is studying, the parent-child relationship is strained, the husband is on a business trip, the mother-in-law is hard to get along with, the sister-in-law is making trouble, the company is working overtime and staying up late...

Once sisters have these things: emotional fluctuations, anger, breast hyperplasia, then nodules, and then...

👆All of the above must be the heaviest blame that breasts have ever had to bear!

Because what is really closely related to the breast is the estrogen secreted by the ovaries!

During a girl's life, the mammary glands will generally go through three particularly important stages of growth and development:

① Puberty

As the estrogen level in the body increases, the mammary glands will develop faster at this stage, and the ducts in the glands will also become thicker. At this time, girls generally experience swelling, pain and other discomfort in their breasts.

② Adulthood

The breasts will undergo periodic changes as estrogen changes during the menstrual cycle, especially between the ages of 20 and 30, when the ovaries are in their best condition and estrogen secretion is very strong.

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Most women will experience more or less swelling or even pain in their breasts during their menstrual cycle, and the discomfort will disappear after the menstrual period ends.

In fact, these are all normal physiological processes of the breast.

Because during the menstrual cycle, the breasts are affected by estrogen, and the glands become thicker and denser. After the menstrual period, the estrogen returns to normal, and the glands become thinner and softer and return to their normal state.

③ Menopause

Women's breasts begin to shrink around the age of 40, as estrogen and ovarian function decline . After menopause, the atrophy becomes more obvious.

At this time, the texture of our mammary glands will become thinner and thinner, and eventually most of the breasts will be replaced by fat tissue.

Special reminder from the doctor

Women in the perimenopausal years are prone to breast pain and discomfort, and this age is also the high-risk age for breast cancer. Therefore, it is important to develop a sense of physical examination!

By letting everyone know about these three important stages of breast disease, I actually want to tell everyone: as far as the breast is concerned, the impact of your anger may be far less than that of your period!

The reason why most girls are afraid of breast hyperplasia and breast nodules is because everyone generally believes that: breast hyperplasia → breast nodules → breast cancer!

But strictly speaking from a medical point of view, neither of them is a disease at all!

👉 Breast hyperplasia: It is neither a tumor nor an inflammation; from the histological manifestation, it is just breast tissue hyperplasia and degeneration, which is closely related to endocrine dysfunction.

👉 Breast nodules: They are some nodule-like lesions found in the breast during our existing imaging examinations.

Usually, when surgeons see something that has a nodule-like growth inside the breast and is less than 1 cm in diameter, they will call it a breast nodule.

Simply put, breast hyperplasia is a general term for physiological changes in the breast, and nodule is just an imaging name that surgeons are accustomed to using!

Here, I must honestly tell you: for breast cancer, and even for all currently known malignant tumors, we can only achieve secondary prevention, namely: early detection, early diagnosis, and early treatment!

Because currently we have no way to achieve primary prevention of cancer cells, that is, to prevent the cause from the root.

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To prevent AIDS, as long as we can avoid blood, sexual, and mother-to-child contact with people carrying the HIV virus, we can avoid being infected.

But we still have no way to treat cancer cells.

However, don’t be discouraged, because with the advancement of medicine, the 5-year survival rate of breast cancer is close to 90%! In other words, as long as we do the following: regular self-examination, physical examinations, and timely regular treatment after discovering problems, there is a very high chance that breast cancer can be cured.

Of course, fellow females, on the basis of doing a good job of self-examination, you should also try to develop good living habits and keep your body mass index within a healthy range, because good physical fitness is the basis for resisting all diseases!

Finally, I want to be "non-mainstream":

Although anger does not directly affect breast health

But we should try to be less angry in the future.

After all, “girls who love to laugh never have bad luck”!

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