Why do my breasts itch and my nipples hurt?

Because women's skin is delicate and sensitive, and the babies' sucking degrees during breastfeeding are different, it is easy for new mothers to experience breast itching and nipple pain during breastfeeding. Of course, this is only one of the common causes of breast itching and nipple pain. There are other reasons, such as certain gynecological diseases, especially diseases of the breast area, which can cause nipple discomfort. Some diseases cannot be seen or felt under normal circumstances and will only be discovered under special circumstances. So, what causes women’s breast itching and nipple pain?

Generally speaking, if there is sudden, persistent, severe pain in the breast accompanied by obvious tenderness, it is considered to be various acute infectious diseases of the breast; if there is local pulsating pain, it may be local suppuration.

If breast pain is paroxysmal, and often begins before menstruation or worsens before menstruation, and is relieved or disappears after menstruation, and the pain is distending or stabbing, and sometimes involves the armpit or shoulder and back on the same side, and there is mild to moderate tenderness locally, then it is considered to be a proliferative lesion.

If the nipple is severely painful during breastfeeding, or the nipple is broken or cracked, it may be caused by the baby sucking and biting the nipple, resulting in nipple fissures. If the breast pain is only mild, dull or aching, with no obvious regularity, and is only occasional or paroxysmal, and sometimes continuous, it is often ignored because the pain is not obvious. It should be noted that such breast pain may also be a signal of early breast malignant disease, and should be given sufficient attention.

Sometimes, there is no obvious pain in the breast, but only pain in one armpit or shoulder and back. There is also the possibility of malignant lesions. These subtle changes should not be easily ignored. If there is severe, persistent, burning pain in the breast, which is progressively aggravated and difficult to relieve on its own, and accompanied by local ulceration and necrosis of the mass or ulceration of the surgical wound and surrounding skin, it is breast pain in the late stage of malignant lesions. At this time, because the symptoms and signs of other malignant lesions are very clear, it is not difficult to find the cause of the pain.

In addition, some women also experience breast pain when their breasts swell. This is a physiological condition and should be distinguished from breast pain caused by disease.

From this we can see that breast itching and nipple pain is a relatively common condition. However, female friends should not take it lightly. If the nipples are still painful during breastfeeding, after excluding the possibility that the baby sucks on the nipples for too long or too hard, or that the nipples are too sensitive, you should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible to avoid delaying treatment. Finally, women's bodies are weaker, especially during breastfeeding, so you must pay more attention to your body.