What are the symptoms of enlarged and painful nipples?

In daily life, women often feel their nipples becoming larger and more swollen. This may be due to lack of sleep or menstruation causing body system disorders, but more often it is breast hyperplasia. At this time, we need to massage our breasts frequently to reduce breast hyperplasia, and go to the hospital immediately if necessary. So how do you solve the problem of enlarged and swollen nipples? Next, let me introduce to you the symptoms of breast pain.

Breast pain generally has the following symptoms:

1) Premenstrual breast pain: Premenstrual breast pain is caused by increased estrogen levels, breast hyperplasia, cell enlargement, and breast cell edema in the body. This type of breast pain generally does not require treatment.

2) Breast pain during pregnancy: Breast pain after pregnancy is caused by the placenta and villi secreting large amounts of estrogen, progesterone and prolactin, which causes breast hyperplasia and breast enlargement. This is a kind of physiological pain, which is in preparation for postpartum breastfeeding. Just change to a wider bra in time to support the growing breasts.

3) Postpartum breast pain: Postpartum breast pain is mostly caused by mastitis. In addition to breast pain, there will also be fever and local lumps in the breast, which is mainly caused by blocked milk ducts and milk accumulation. Therefore, breastfeeding should be started as soon as possible after delivery to prevent excessive accumulation of milk in the breasts.

4) Breast pain due to mammary hyperplasia: Breast pain due to mammary hyperplasia can radiate to the armpits, shoulders and back. When touching the breasts, you can feel movable lumps of varying sizes with unclear edges. It can also be affected by menstruation and emotions. This type of breast pain is caused by metabolic disorders, accumulation of metabolic waste, qi stagnation and blood stasis in the body. You can take some medicines to promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and regulate endocrine.

5) Mastodynia: Mastodynia manifests as dull pain, distending pain or stabbing pain, and the pain may radiate to the armpits, shoulders and upper limbs. On examination, there was only tenderness, but no mass.

After reading the editor’s introduction to breast pain, everyone should understand the harm of breast pain. Breasts are vital to women. Mothers will also experience breast distension and pain after giving birth, so they should learn to massage their breasts during the confinement period to relieve breast distension and pain. At the same time, you should take more walks outdoors to relax your mood.