What causes painful bumps next to nipples?

Some female friends will find that there are small bumps next to their nipples, but they don’t know what the bumps are. The cause of small bumps may be related to other breast diseases, such as breast hyperplasia, breast cancer, etc. For all kinds of abnormal symptoms of breasts, we must pay attention to them and check them in time.

1. Beware of breast lumps

The breast is one of the most common sites for tumors. Small lumps in the breasts of people between the ages of 20 and 30 are mostly benign tumors, also known as breast fibroids. If you do not pay attention to the small bumps on your breasts before marriage, after marriage, due to pregnancy, with the increase of progesterone and estrogen in the body, the breast alveoli will proliferate and the breasts will enlarge.

The fibroids in the breast also grow rapidly. There will be many unfavorable factors if treatment is carried out at this time. For example, during pregnancy, surgical treatment may cause miscarriage; surgical anesthesia and postoperative medication will have a certain impact on the intellectual development and health of the newborn. Therefore, if you find small bumps on your breasts, you should seek medical treatment as soon as possible.

"Eczema" that appears on the breasts of middle-aged women is a malignant tumor. At the beginning, red spots appear on the nipple and areola, with itching and burning sensations. It is often mistakenly treated as nipple eczema, and patients do not take it seriously. After the lesion is eroded, there is often exudate and a layer of yellow-brown scab is formed. Even if the scab is peeled off, the eroded surface will still appear.

The skin of the nipple and areola is hard, but has clear boundaries with the surrounding skin. As the disease progresses, the nipple may become inverted and a small amount of yellowish mucus may ooze out of the nipple. In the late stage, lymph node metastasis will occur and swollen lymph nodes can be felt in the armpits. Therefore, once middle-aged women find eczema-like lesions on their nipples, they should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.

2. Common breast diseases

Inflammatory masses are often painful

Clinically, the less painful a breast lump is, the more attention it should be paid. Because painless breast lumps happen to be one of the characteristics of breast cancer. Generally speaking, inflammatory breast lumps are often accompanied by severe breast pain, and the local lumps are also accompanied by obvious inflammatory reactions such as redness, swelling, heat, and pain. The lumps may become purulent and ulcerated. After anti-inflammatory treatment and local drainage, the inflammation will subside and the lumps may disappear. Hyperplastic breast lumps are often accompanied by premenstrual breast pain. After menstruation, the pain may be relieved and the lumps may also shrink. The lumps are often multiple, soft or tough, and may be mild to moderate tenderness locally. They can improve to varying degrees after symptomatic drug treatment.