Breast Pain

What Is Breast Pain? Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

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乳房疼痛通常是激素波动的症状，尽管上身运动和过于紧密的胸罩也会引起不适。

A person with breast pain has discomfort in the nipple, skin, or underlying tissue of the breast. Breasts are very sensitive body parts, and, depending on breast size, pain and discomfort can occur with everyday activities. Hormonal fluctuations can also contribute to breast pain. During the menstrual cycle, various hormones cause changes in breast tissue that can lead to pain or discomfort in some women. Breast pain can also occur in girls and boys during puberty, also due to hormonal fluctuations.

Mild breast pain may be caused by small, non-cancerous tumors, while severe breast pain is usually caused by an injury or infection, such as mastitis. Breast pain and swelling in a nursing mother may be caused by breast engorgement.

Women who wear tight, push-up, underwire or sports bras can also experience breast pain, as poor-fitting bras can compress breast tissue, especially with large breasts.

Signs and Symptoms of Breast Pain

Common symptoms that occur with breast pain includebreast lumps, breast swelling, and nipple discharge. Symptoms that occur with breast pain caused by an infection include skin redness, breast tenderness, and breast swelling.

A woman's menstrual cycle causes hormone fluctuations that make breasts feel swollen, lumpy, and sometimes painful, especially in the days before her period.

如果乳房疼痛是由于激素波动引起的，您通常会注意到疼痛在您的月经之前两到三天都会恶化。有时，整个月经周期都会继续疼痛。

要确定您的乳房疼痛是否与月经周期有关，请记录您的月经并注意整个月疼痛时。一两个周期后，模式可能会变得清晰。

乳房疼痛的其他潜在原因包括

  • Breast structure and size
  • Breast cysts, trauma, prior breast surgery
  • Fatty acid imbalance
  • Hormonal medications, including some infertility treatments and oralbirth control pills
  • Side effect ofestrogen和孕酮hormone therapies
  • Some抗抑郁药
  • Menstruation and premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
  • 母乳喂养乳腺炎，破裂，瘙痒，燃烧或出生后乳头泡沫
  • 上半身的劳累（耙，划船，铲）

Treatment and Medication Options for Breast Pain

Treatment for breast pain depends on the underlying cause. Treatment for breast pain may include warm compresses, antibiotics, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications for pain. Surgery may be required to remove a breast lump or tumor. In a nursing mother, a breast pump may reduce breast engorgement.

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