Is white discharge from nipples normal?

Many women are prone to white secretions from their nipples in their daily lives. This white secretion may be a normal physiological phenomenon of the body. It is more likely to occur during lactation or pregnancy. If you feel any discomfort in your breasts, you can conduct a detailed examination and pay more attention to the condition of your nipples.

Is white discharge from nipples normal?

"When white discharge appears in the nipple area, it may be a normal physiological phenomenon. When this happens, if the patient is in the premenstrual period, pregnancy and lactation period, it is mainly caused by changes in hormone levels in the body or milk overflow. However, it may also be caused by mammary duct ectasia, which is a pathological condition. When mammary duct ectasia occurs, some fluid often overflows from the nipple area, resulting in white discharge deposits in the nipple area.

It is recommended to go to the breast surgery department for a breast ultrasound and ductoscopy, and if necessary, a pathological biopsy should be done to confirm it. If it is breast hyperplasia, then this is not a big problem. Just take some medicine and it will be fine. If it is an intraductal papilloma, a small surgical removal is required to prevent malignant transformation.

Normally, if a woman is not breastfeeding or pregnant, there will not be some white secretions from her nipples. If this is the case, you should check whether there is any lactation reaction.

Cause Analysis

In many cases like this, increased prolactin is the cause. If you do not experience this symptom during lactation, you will need to undergo a pituitary MRI to see if there is any abnormality in the pituitary gland. The main thing is to rule out a pituitary tumor.

Suggested actions

If you really have this disease, it is recommended to choose surgical treatment as early as possible, and you should pay attention to eating less greasy food. Or you can choose to use some hormone drugs.

The reason for galactorrhea may be clinically due to increased prolactin.

The cause of increased prolactin may be clinically related to endocrine disorders or pituitary tumors. Therefore, it is recommended to have a blood test for six sex hormones on the second or third day of menstruation, mainly to understand whether the sex hormone levels are normal. If there is an abnormal increase in prolactin and headaches or acromegaly occur clinically, it is recommended to do a CT scan of the head to determine whether there is a pituitary tumor.