What causes breast pain in the morning?

There are many reasons for breast pain when you wake up in the morning. If a woman is pregnant, she will experience breast pain. This is a normal phenomenon and a common early pregnancy reaction. However, it may also be caused by breast hyperplasia. In this case, you need to go to the hospital for relevant breast examinations. However, most breast hyperplasia is benign. If you suffer from breast hyperplasia, you must avoid getting angry, exercise properly, and improve your immunity.

What are the methods for diagnosing and treating breast hyperplasia?

Differential diagnosis:

(1) Breast hyperplasia and breast fibroadenoma: Both can cause breast lumps, which can be single or multiple and have a firm texture. Breast lumps in fibrocystic breast disease are mostly bilateral and multiple, with different sizes, nodules, lumps or granules, and are generally soft in texture. Breast lumps caused by breast fibroadenomas are mostly unilateral and round or oval in shape with clear boundaries, high mobility, and a generally firm texture. Multiple lumps may also occur.

(2) Breast hyperplasia and breast cancer: Breast lumps can be seen in both. However, the breast lumps of fibrocystic breast disease are generally soft or of medium hardness. The lumps are mostly bilateral and multiple, of varying sizes, and may be nodular, lumpy or granular. They are mobile and have no adhesion to the skin or surrounding tissues. Breast lumps caused by breast cancer are generally hard in texture, and some are as hard as stone. Most lumps are unilateral and single. The lumps may be round, oval or irregular in shape, can grow to a large size, and have poor mobility.

Clinical treatment:

1. Psychological treatment: The occurrence of breast hyperplasia is often related to fatigue, irregular life, mental tension and excessive stress. The first step in treating breast hyperplasia is to relieve stress from life and work, eliminate worries, feel happy and have a peaceful mind, and the symptoms can be relieved.

2. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that breast hyperplasia begins with liver depression, and then blood stasis and phlegm coagulate into lumps. The treatment should be to soothe the liver and regulate qi, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, soften and disperse nodules. Bupleurum, white peony, Cyperus rotundus, citrus leaf, Salvia miltiorrhiza, and earthworms are commonly used medicines in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions. Some patients can also take patent Chinese medicines, such as: Sanjieling, Rukuaixiao, Runing, Rukangpian, Xiaoyaosan or Danzhi Xiaoyaosan (jiawei Xiaoyaosan), etc. On the premise of excluding breast malignancy, external treatments of traditional Chinese medicine can also be tried, such as: Chinese medicine bras, acupuncture, massage, etc.

3. Western medicine treatment can use hormone drugs, iodine preparations and tamoxifen, which can relieve pain. However, due to certain side effects, it is not the first choice. Vitamins A, B6, and E also have the function of regulating sex hormones and can be used as auxiliary medications for breast hyperplasia.

4. Surgical treatment of fibrocystic breast disease is caused by endocrine metabolic imbalance and there is no surgical indication in itself. In clinical practice, if individual breast nodules are difficult to distinguish from breast cancer, surgical resection can be used and the diagnosis can be confirmed by pathological examination.

Everyone must establish a good lifestyle in daily life, adjust the rhythm of life, and keep a good mood. Adhere to physical exercise, actively participate in social activities, and avoid and reduce mental and psychological stress factors. Learn and master the method of breast self-examination, and develop the habit of breast self-examination once a month. Postmenopausal women can choose to perform breast self-examination at a fixed time each month.