Why does my breast feel swollen and painful?

A woman's breasts are a major symbol of her femininity, especially in modern society. If a woman has very full and sexy breasts, she will definitely be more popular. After all, in modern society, not only white women are considered beautiful, but also big breasts are considered beautiful. You know, breasts are the most important organs of women. Although they are sexy, they can also bring troubles to women. For example, what is the cause of breast swelling and pain?

Breast pain can be physiological or pathological. It is normal for women to experience pain and tenderness before their menstrual period (due to hormone levels after ovulation). If the symptoms are severe or irregular, or there are local breast lumps, etc., they are pathological and require diagnosis and treatment by going to the hospital's surgery or breast specialist department for B-ultrasound and mammography.

Clinical manifestations

There are many diseases that cause breast pain, the most common of which are acute mastitis, persistent pain, obvious tenderness, and pulsating pain after abscess formation. Breast hyperplasia, bilateral breast pain is mostly severe on one side, often cyclical, with breast swelling and pain before menstruation, and the pain relieves and disappears on its own after menstruation. In some patients, the pain may radiate to the armpits or shoulders and back. Plasma cell mastitis (also known as mammary duct ectasia syndrome) is often accompanied by local itching and burning pain. Nipple cracks and severe nipple pain during breastfeeding. A small number of breast cancers may cause mild dull pain or pain, and the attacks are often irregular; locally advanced breast cancer tumors rupture and necrotize to form ulcers, which may cause persistent burning pain; inflammatory breast cancer causes the breast skin to become red, swollen, hot, painful, and accompanied by tenderness.

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When identifying breast pain, the breast clinic doctor will ask about the medical history, understand whether there are any triggers, the onset and duration, the characteristics of the pain, whether treatment has been given and what the results were, and then conduct a physical examination. In differential diagnosis, imaging examinations are sometimes needed, including mammography (breast molybdenum target photography), color Doppler ultrasound, and breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). If breast pain is accompanied by nipple discharge, some examination methods for nipple discharge can also be carried out, such as breast ductoscopy, breast duct angiography, nipple discharge cytology examination, etc.