What causes nipple pain before menstruation?

After women enter puberty, they will face the problem of menstruation. The first menstruation will always make women feel uncomfortable and nervous. Before menstruation, the body will also have some uncomfortable symptoms, such as abdominal pain and nipple pain, etc. In fact, nipple pain is generally an endocrine reaction caused by increased estrogen levels in the body. So what is the reason for nipple pain before menstruation?

First, what is the cause of nipple pain before menstruation? In addition to the normal physiological reaction of the body before and after ovulation, if the patient has symptoms of breast hyperplasia, nipple pain will also occur. Generally, breast hyperplasia is a benign proliferation and degeneration of breast tissue. Its essence is not inflammation or cancer. It is a common cause of breast pain in women. Nipple pain is often accompanied by cyclical menstrual cycles. Women's breasts will become swollen during menstruation. The pain is often mild in the early stages. The symptoms of breast pain will be alleviated or disappear after menstruation. It is a normal physiological phenomenon in women of childbearing age and there is no need to make a fuss about breast pain.

Second, breast pain before menstruation is mainly caused by hormone fluctuations in the body. If the proliferation and repair of women before and after menstruation cannot reach a balance, the patient is more likely to experience pain. Women in menopause are also prone to breast pain. Most cases of premenstrual breast pain occur 3 to 5 days before menstruation. In severe cases, the pain may occur two weeks after menstruation, around the time of ovulation. Some people experience pain in the armpits or even in the nipples. Systemic symptoms include mild edema, headache, insomnia, irritability, emotional instability, back pain, lower abdominal pain, and difficulty in defecation. The symptoms disappear after the menstrual period, and this happens repeatedly, once a month. If not properly treated, they will become more and more serious. Over time, they can easily lead to other diseases, the most common of which are breast hyperplasia, breast fibroid tumors or cysts. As a result, menstruation gradually becomes irregular, with scanty menstrual flow and subsequent infertility.

Here we remind patients with nipple pain to try not to wear tight underwear and wear looser underwear. We know that the mammary gland is an organ of endocrine hormones. Under normal circumstances, breast tissue will experience hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle. Affected by endocrine hormones, patients will experience symptoms of nipple pain.