What causes breast pain and lumps?

Female friends often hear friends around them say that so and so has breast cancer, or so has breast hyperplasia, etc. After hearing such things, they often go home to check themselves. When they feel a lump, they immediately become worried. Do they have breast cancer? Why is there a lump inside and it is swollen and painful? Today, let’s learn here about the reasons for hard and swollen breast lumps and pain? Let’s popularize some basic knowledge.

Causes of breast pain:

Breast pain is partly due to the stimulation of the mammary glands by estrogen and progesterone, which causes breast swelling. Sometimes there is also nipple pain and transparent discharge. This usually occurs before menstruation and disappears after menstruation ends.

Some people experience irregular swelling and pain in the breast. This type of breast pain does not necessarily mean a breast tumor. Even if a lump can be felt in the breast, it does not necessarily mean breast cancer. Because breast cancer rarely causes pain or other obvious symptoms in the early stages, early detection can only be done through breast self-examination and mammography. Breast cancer will not cause pain unless it has grown large enough to invade the nerves around the chest wall. Therefore, most occasional breast pain can be treated with regular medical examinations and there is no need to be too anxious.

Some swellings, pains or lumps are initially diagnosed as breast tumors. Most of these breast tumors are benign, but they may also be the precursors to breast cancer:

Breast fibrocystic: This is the most common benign breast tumor, mostly occurring in women over 30 years old. It is often bilateral and multiple and can cause swelling, pain and tenderness, and the symptoms are more severe before menstruation.

Breast fibroadenoma: It is common in women around 20 years old. A lump can be felt in the breast, but there is no tenderness.

Enlarged milk ducts: This condition is often seen in women around 40 years old, and the nipples on both sides will secrete some sticky liquid. The patient will have a burning sensation and a dull pain in the areola area, and upon palpation, curved and swollen milk ducts will be found under the areola.

So there are many reasons for breast lumps and pain, but it is undeniable that there are certain problems with the breasts, which need to be taken seriously by female friends. Although many of them are not breast cancer, if the disease is left untreated and continues to develop, it is very likely to become breast cancer, so you must pay close attention to breast health issues.