Chest pain is a common complaint of women in pre-menopausal age, pain in the mammary gland is much less common in older women. When the chest hurts, there may be enough reasons, among which there are quite serious ones, which threaten life and health.
Find out why the chest is aching and aching on the one hand, which treatment is most appropriate in one or the other case.
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Types of chest pains: cyclical and non-cyclic
Basically, in medicine, there are 2 types of chest pain:
Cyclic pain .When the mammary gland hurts cyclically, the causes of pain are more likely to be the preparation of the body for the next cycle of menstruation. A woman is sick in such cases in both mammary glands at once.
This type of pain is not pathological and on the eve of the onset of menstruation are observed in many women. To survive because of them every month is not necessary and the reference to the doctor does not make sense.
Non-cyclic pain sensations .When the chest hurts without periodicity, this indicates the presence of non-cyclic nature of pain. In this case, it often hurts not in both glands at once, but only on one side. What are the causes of this syndrome.
Non-cyclic pains are usually noisy, can increase with the movement of the hand, touching the chest.
Reasons: why does the chest hurt
Common
Reasons why one of the mammary glands hurts manifold:
Mastitis is a process of inflammation of the breast tissue. With development in the postpartum period, the first signs of mastitis can be seen 3-4 days after delivery. In the chest, stagnation of milk, and this is the cause of mastitis in parturient women.
This pathology is also found in healthy women, not only in newly born and lactating women. With weakening of immunity, and in the body chronic painful processes begin, for example, with genyantritis, bronchitis and the like pathogenic microorganisms can get into the mammary gland, causing inflammation in it.
Mastopathy is another reason why one breast can get sick. The disease is characterized by the formation of benign neoplasms, represented by the proliferation of ducts within the lobules, gland bubbles and connective tissue.
Therefore, some of the structures in the chest contract, the other expands, and this leads to a feeling of soreness that can give in the armpit even restrict the movements of the hand.
This pathology is formed against a background of strong hormonal disorders, mastopathy is dangerous because benign neoplasms can degenerate into malignant ones.
Fibroadenoma is the cause of chest pain on one side. Here a small benign tumor is formed from connective and glandular tissue.
It is directly related to the work of the hormonal glands. If the examination is performed the day before or during the menstrual cycle, the tumor is markedly reduced in size.
Cancer is an insidious disease. And in the mammary gland in the early stage, he practically does not give himself painful sensations.
As the tumor grows, it affects the nerve endings, the pain in the mammary gland begins. The nature of pain is individual, in many respects depends on the location of the neoplasm.
Not completely cured mastopathy, late delivery contributes to the development of cancerous tumors in the mammary glands.
Rare Causes of
Fat necrosis of .Common causes are injuries in the mammary glands. Pathology is often confused with cancerous growth.
Cyst is a cavity of connective tissue filled with liquid. If there are pains in one breast, the development of the cyst is explained by several assumptions, although to the very end, why it occurs is unknown. Dangerous cyst in the mammary gland is that in any injury there is a risk of damaging the walls and the contents of the cyst may pour into the surrounding tissues.
Pain with cysts is usually strong, it is impossible to ignore them.
Close clothing .A bra that is incorrectly sized or made of synthetics can be the reason why the breast often hurts.
Because of too tight tissue in the gland, stagnant processes start blocking the proper blood circulation. If the time does not stop the harmful effects, the breast can become a place of formation of malignant neoplasms.
When should I see a doctor?
If you are concerned about non-cyclic pain in one gland, this is an indisputable reason to call a doctor or a mammologist. Especially pay attention to this:
- The breast gland has changed noticeably in size and shape, you can see the asymmetry of the bust.
- The nipple is changed: it can be drawn into the gland, and can respond by releasing the liquid to pressure.
- When probing, it is possible to detect a compaction in or around the gland.
- There is pain when pressed.
- The skin of the breast or around it has undergone some notable changes: it has become coarsened, redness, and ecdysis have appeared.
It is necessary to carefully evaluate the state of the bust and, if suspicious symptoms appear, do not postpone the visit to a specialist so that the situation does not worsen.
I have a chest: diagnosis and definition of the disease
Pain in one gland is not a symptom of any particular disease, that's why it is necessary to consult a specialist to understand the cause of the disease. The doctor, after listening to complaints, evaluates:
- The duration of the pain.
- Dependence of sensations on the menstrual cycle.
- Localization of soreness.
- Are there any seals and where are they located relative to the place of pain?
- Is there any change on the part of the nipple.
- Whether the change of glands with reception of hormonal preparations can be connected.
After assessing the general condition of the patient and examining the breast, the doctor will have an approximate idea of which tests and diagnostic methods are best used to confirm the alleged diagnosis. Also, after receiving the results of the survey, it will be possible to choose the treatment tactics.
Most often, women who complain of pain in one breast are prescribed:
- A general blood test.
- Biochemical blood test.
- Chest X-ray.
- Mammography.
- ultrasound.
- MRI.
In some cases, when diagnostics cause difficulty, resort to repeated studies using contrast agents.
The breasts hurt: treatment
The choice of the method of treatment of the pains that have arisen in one breast depends on which disease became their cause.
Treatment is haphazard, based on a single symptom and not taking into account the diagnosis as a whole, can not only not save the woman from pain, but also aggravate the situation.
You can start treatment only when an accurate diagnosis is established and the doctor has chosen a therapy regimen. In some cases, therapy includes only taking medications to achieve a particular outcome, and sometimes you have to resort to surgery to eliminate the pathology.
If a woman observes pain in her chest, any changes in her form and structure, then this is an occasion to consult a mammalogist instead of doing self-medication at home. Examination and proper therapy will help to get rid of pain and avoid more serious consequences.
Chest hurt: what to do - video
Tips mammologist
On the video channel of Carolina Streltsova. The questions are answered by a mammalog-oncologist, a doctor of the highest category Tatiana Chernova.
How to do breast self-examination?
On the video channel "Union of Pediatricians of Russia".The doctor-mammologist ML Travin tells how to do self-examination of the mammary glands.
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