Can you correctly distinguish between mastitis and breast hyperplasia?

Mastitis and breast hyperplasia are both common diseases among women, but because they are both breast diseases, many women cannot distinguish them well, and naturally cannot respond in time. So what are the specific differences between mastitis and breast hyperplasia?

The difference between mastitis and breast hyperplasia

They are all breast diseases, but not the same type

Mastitis is an acute, chronic, suppurative inflammation of the mammary follicles.

Cause: After the nipple or mammary gland is traumatized, bitten or abraded, pathogens ascend from the nipple to cause infection; after weaning, milk retention irritates the mammary gland. Common bacteria include Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, etc. Blood-borne infection, such as secondary to endometritis.

Symptoms: Acute mastitis, swelling, heat and pain in the breast, lumps on palpation, feeling of resistance, refusal to breastfeed, blood and flocculent milk when squeezing the nipple, etc. In chronic mastitis, systemic symptoms are not obvious, but hardening and hyperplasia of the breast glands may be seen. Squeezing the nipples may produce a small amount of watery milk or no milk. Chronic mastitis can turn into breast tumors.

Fibrocystic breast disease is the most common breast disease in women, and its incidence ranks first among breast diseases. In recent years, the incidence of this disease has been increasing year by year, and the age of patients has been getting younger and younger. According to surveys, about 70% to 80% of women have varying degrees of breast hyperplasia, which is more common in women aged 25 to 45. This disease has a malignant transformation rate of about 6% to 7%, has a long history, and is prone to relapse. Breast lumps are mostly bilateral and multiple, with different sizes, nodular, lumpy or granular. The texture is generally soft but can be hard and tough. Occasionally, there are unilateral lumps, but they are often accompanied by premenstrual breast pain and are painful when touched. The size and characteristics of the breast lumps may change periodically with the menstruation. The age of onset is mostly young and middle-aged.

Mastitis and breast hyperplasia are not the same disease

Mastitis is an inflammation that manifests as local redness, swelling, heat, pain, and poor lactation. Breast hyperplasia is a proliferative disease of breast tissue. Although there is also swelling, there are lumps that are not red or painful.