What causes breast tenderness and pain?

With the improvement of women's status, female friends have paid more and more attention to their own health issues. Breasts, as the organ that symbolizes women, are naturally ranked at the forefront. Female friends know that many people will have breast pain during menstruation, which is relatively normal. But excluding this time, what is the reason for breast pain and tingling? This requires everyone to understand, so let’s talk about it below.

Breast pain is a common complaint in outpatient clinics. Breast pain can be divided into cyclical and non-cyclical, and can also change from cyclical to non-cyclical. 2/3 of breast pain is cyclical. The vast majority of patients are premenopausal women. The most common site of pain is above the outer side of the breast, and symptoms worsen before menstruation. The pain is characterized by distension, heaviness and tenderness.

1. Breast pain caused by reasons other than breasts:

In fact, it is diseases in other parts of the body that manifest as pain in the breast area, such as pneumonia and costochondritis.

2. Cyclic breast pain:

It is related to the menstrual cycle and reflects the cyclical changes in hormones in the body. This pain is largely normal and mainly occurs in premenopausal women, especially before the age of 35. Most cases can be relieved by themselves.

3. Non-cyclical breast pain:

Compared with cyclical breast pain, non-cyclical breast pain is more worthy of attention. But most non-cyclical breast pain is also benign. Its characteristics include intermittent onset, variable pain intensity, mostly unilateral occurrence, and sharp nature.

Above I have told you what causes breast swelling, pain and tingling. I hope that this will be helpful for you to understand this knowledge. In fact, the breast is also an organ of the body and also needs necessary care and love. Because the probability of breast problems is constantly rising nowadays, you must pay attention to observation.