What should I do if I have chest pain during my period?

Menstruation is a normal physiological reaction during a woman's menstrual period. In most cases, women's menstruation is regular and cyclical. Most women will have some physical reactions when they have their periods. The most common one is breast pain, and some will have increased vaginal discharge. Generally, women will have their periods soon after the breast pain, but some women do not have their periods and have chest pain. What is going on?

What should I do if I have chest pain during my period?

1. Maybe you are pregnant

If menstruation has not come when it is supposed to, and you have a normal sexual life, especially if you have sex during the ovulation period, you are very likely pregnant. After pregnancy, menstruation will no longer come, and the breasts will become swollen and painful, so it is necessary for female friends to go to the hospital for an early pregnancy test in time. If you are pregnant, you need to take active measures to deal with it.

2. It may be irregular menstruation

Under normal circumstances, women's menstruation will come on time, but it cannot be ruled out that there is a problem with the woman's body and her menstruation is irregular. If it is irregular menstruation, breast pain will occur, but the menstruation is delayed when it should come. If this is the case, it is necessary to actively regulate the menstruation.

What to do if breast pain but menstruation is late

If you are pregnant, you must take necessary measures to deal with it. If you want a child, you need to actively prepare for early pregnancy. If you do not want a child, then you need to find a way to have an abortion and get rid of the baby. If you have irregular menstruation, you need to actively regulate your menstruation.

To regulate menstruation, you first need to regulate your diet. You can eat more low-fat and high-fiber foods. Such a diet will promote the normalization of menstruation.

You can also massage your breasts every day to relieve breast pain during menstruation. You can use both hands to make circles to massage your breasts, or you can press your breasts down with your hands and then let them bounce back. This kind of massage can make the breasts very comfortable.

You can wear a firm bra which can eliminate the discomfort in your breasts.

You can also use some diuretics, which can improve breast swelling and promote the discharge of excess fluid accumulated in the body.

Why do I have breast pain but my period is late? From the above introduction, we can know that this situation may be irregular menstruation or a normal pregnancy reaction in the early stages of pregnancy. Women can take corresponding measures after determining which situation they are in.

Is chest pain and lumps serious?

1. Breast pain: It is often characterized by distending pain or stabbing pain, which may affect one or both breasts, with one side being more severe. Those with severe pain cannot touch the breast, and may even affect their daily life and work. The pain is mainly in the breast lump, and may also radiate to the affected armpit, chest, ribs, shoulders and back; some patients may experience nipple pain or itching.

Breast pain often occurs or worsens a few days before menstruation, and the pain is significantly reduced or disappears after menstruation. The pain may also fluctuate with mood changes. This pain related to the menstrual cycle and mood changes is the main feature of the clinical manifestation of breast hyperplasia.

2. Breast lumps: The lumps can occur in one or both breasts, single or multiple, and are more common in the upper outer quadrant of the breast, but can also be seen in other quadrants. The lumps can be in the form of flakes, nodules, cords, or granules, among which flakes are the most common. The lumps have unclear boundaries, are of medium or slightly hard texture, are mobile, have no adhesions to surrounding tissues, and are often tender. The lumps vary in size, ranging from as small as millet grains to larger than 3 to 4 cm. Breast lumps also change with the menstrual cycle, increasing in size and becoming harder before menstruation and shrinking and softening after menstruation.

3. Nipple discharge: A small number of patients may experience nipple discharge, which is spontaneous, straw-yellow or brown serous discharge.

4. Menstrual disorders: Patients with this disease may also experience irregular menstruation, small amount of menstruation or light color, and may be accompanied by dysmenorrhea.