What is the cause of breast pain? How to relieve breast pain?

Female friends will more or less experience the feeling of breast swelling and pain, from teenagers to their sixties and seventies. In fact, there are many reasons for breast pain, some are small problems, some are big problems. Anyway, it's better to be careful. So what are the causes of breast pain? How to relieve breast pain?

1. What is the cause of breast pain?

1. Adolescent breast pain

The earliest breast pain in girls usually occurs at the age of 9- 13. At this time, the girl's breasts began to develop. First, the nipple bulges, and a dome-shaped induration about the size of pea to broad bean appears in the breast tissue under the nipple, accompanied by slight swelling pain. After menarche, it will disappear automatically with the development and maturity of youthful breasts.

2. Premenstrual breast pain

More than half of women's breasts are full, stiff and tender before menstruation; In severe cases, breast swelling and discomfort may occur when slightly shaken or collided, and the original granular or nodular feeling is more obvious. This is due to the increase of estrogen level in premenstrual period, hyperplasia of mammary glands and edema of intermammary tissue. After menstruation, these changes can disappear.

3. Breast pain during pregnancy

In some women, about 40 days after pregnancy, because the placenta and villi secrete a lot of estrogen, progesterone and prolactin, breast hyperplasia and breast enlargement lead to breast pain, which can last the whole pregnancy without treatment.

4. Postpartum breast pain

3-7 days after delivery, breast fullness, induration and pain often occur. This is mainly caused by lymphatic retention, venous filling, interstitial edema and poor mammary duct. Prevention and treatment: pregnant women breastfeed as soon as possible. When there is induration, you can apply hot compress and massage induration before breastfeeding; You can also use a breast pump to suck milk to promote the patency of the mammary duct.

5. Breast pain after induced abortion

After induced abortion, some women complained of breast swelling and pain, and they could feel the lump. This is due to the sudden interruption of pregnancy and the sudden drop of hormone levels in the body, which makes the newly developed breasts suddenly stop growing, causing breast lumps and breast pain.

6. Breast pain after sexual life

This is related to the physiological changes of breasts during sexual life. If sexual desire is indifferent or sexual life is not harmonious, because sexual satisfaction cannot be obtained, the congestion and swelling of the breast will not easily subside, or it will not completely subside, and persistent congestion will cause breast pain. Therefore, women should pay attention to good sex life, and those who have asexual orgasm or indifferent sexual desire should see a doctor.

Therefore, if a female friend has aperiodic pain, don't ignore it. Be sure to go to the hospital for examination in time, which is likely to be breast pain caused by breast diseases.

Step 2 relieve breast pain

(1) Change your eating habits. Adopt a low-fat and high-fiber diet and eat fiber from cereals (whole wheat), vegetables and beans.

(2) Massage the breasts frequently. Massage the breast gently, so that excess body fluids can flow back to the lymphatic system. When massaging, first apply soap to the breast, and rotate your fingers along the surface of the breast, which is about the size of a coin. Then press the breast in by hand and bounce it up, which is of great benefit to prevent breast discomfort.

(3) Wear a solid bra. In addition to preventing sagging breasts, the bra plays a more important role in preventing the oppressed breast nerves from being further compressed and eliminating discomfort. Careful sisters will find that those joggers wear solid bras for this health care reason.

(4) Avoid diuretics. Diuretics really help to expel fluids from the body and reduce breast swelling. But this immediate relief comes at a price. Excessive use of diuretics will lead to the loss of potassium, destroy the electrolyte balance and affect the formation of glucose.

(5) Don't eat salty food. High-salt food is easy to make breasts swell, especially 7 ~ 10 days before menstruation.

(6) Try hot compress. Hot compress is a traditional Chinese medicine therapy, which can be used to relieve breast pain by hot compress bag, hot water bag or hot water bath. If cold and hot compress are used alternately, the effect of eliminating breast discomfort will be better.

(7) prevent obesity. For obese women, losing weight helps to relieve breast pain.

(8) Take vitamins. Foods rich in vitamin C, calcium, magnesium and vitamin B should be taken in the diet. These vitamins help to regulate the production of prostaglandin E, and at the same time, eat less margarine.

(9) stay away from coffee. Can caffeine cause breast discomfort? It has not been confirmed yet. However, according to medical investigation, many women with breast pain and other benign symptoms have obviously improved their symptoms after abstaining from caffeine. Therefore, you should give up coffee completely, which means you should give up soda, chocolate, ice cream, tea and caffeine-containing painkillers completely.

(10) Never abuse drugs.