What does bilateral breast calcification mean?

Breast refers to a part of the female body, and the mammary gland is the foundation of the breast. If there is a problem with the mammary gland, it will easily lead to the occurrence of some diseases. Bilateral breast calcification is a relatively common breast disease, which is generally caused by the sediment in the mammary gland and breast calcification. It will easily form tumors inside the body and easily affect health. At the same time, it will also easily cause some physical complications and need timely treatment.

What does bilateral breast calcification mean?

Breast calcifications are calcium deposits that can be seen on a mammogram. There are two types of breast calcifications, macrocalcifications and microcalcifications. The general effect is usually a degenerative change inside the breast. It is mostly caused by past injury, inflammation or aging of the breast arteries and is usually not related to cancer. Microcalcifications Calcified spots may be found at sites of rapidly decomposing cells. These remnants left behind by rapidly decomposing cells may appear as microcalcifications. When they appear in large groups, it indicates the possibility of small tumors.

For some patients with breast hyperplasia and calcification, some patients will often relieve themselves within a few months to 1-2 years after the onset of the disease, and most of them do not need treatment. For patients with more obvious symptoms and a wider range of lesions, using a bra to support the breasts or 5% potassium iodide can relieve the symptoms.

Generally speaking, if you develop breast hyperplasia and calcification during lactation, you can continue breastfeeding if the symptoms are not very severe. However, if the symptoms are severe, you should stop breastfeeding. The treatment of mastitis should start with cleaning the breasts. In the early stages, you should pay attention to rest and suspend breastfeeding.

Calcification of breast hyperplasia is one of the common imaging manifestations of breast cancer. Certain specific forms of calcification of breast hyperplasia are risk factors for the following: statistics show that 65% of breast cancers have calcification, of which 70% are malignant calcifications. Clustered, microcalcifications are common knowledge and are the only X-ray sign of early breast cancer. The shape, size, number, and density of the microcalcifications reflect the nature and extent of the lesions.

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Compared with benign breast hyperplasia calcifications, the average density of malignant breast hyperplasia calcifications is relatively low, and the density and size are of great value in distinguishing benign and malignant breast diseases. The distribution of tiny calcifications in breast X-rays seems to be irregular, but pathological findings show that when cancer occurs in the terminal duct, calcifications can be located in large areas of necrotic tissue or between OS cells, or in the superior duct or duct bifurcation, or in the adjacent alveolar cavity.

The real physiological function of women's areola

The skin of the areola has hair and glands. The glands include sweat glands, sebaceous glands and mammary glands. Its sebaceous glands, also known as areola glands, are some obvious small protrusions on the areola. They are large and superficial and are used to secrete oil and protect the delicate nipples and areola. The secretions protect the skin and lubricate the nipples and baby's lips.

Physiological changes:

1. After a woman becomes pregnant, starting from the early stages of pregnancy, the color of her nipples and areolas will deepen, gradually changing from light red to dark brown. This change is mainly due to the increase in estrogen and progesterone in the body after pregnancy, and is a normal physiological change.

2. For some women (mostly between 30 and 45 years old), even when they are not pregnant, the color of their nipples and areolas gradually deepens from pink-brown to dark brown. A breast examination may not reveal any lesions, but this color change indicates that the woman has a "transient" increase in estrogen in her body. Perhaps after a period of time, due to self-regulation, the estrogen level returns to normal, and the color of the nipples and areola also returns to normal. This is still a normal physiological change.

Pathological changes:

1. The color of the nipples and areolas deepens, accompanied by severe itching around the nipples and areolas. During breast examination, hyperplastic lesions or cystic hyperplastic lesions may be found in both or one breast. The darkening of the color of the nipple and areola indicates an increase in the level of estrogen in the body. It is consistent with the law of disease occurrence for the breast, which is a target organ.

2. The color of the nipple and areola simply deepens to dark brown or black brown. Even small nodules may be found around the areola glands, forming protrusions. At this time, there is no lesion when examining the breasts.

One should consider whether the patient has a more serious liver disease. This is because liver disease causes decreased liver function, and estrogen cannot be normally broken down in the liver, causing the nipples and areolas to darken in color, which is exactly the same as the "spider nevi" and "cinnabar palms" that appear in men with severe liver disease.

3. When a woman's ovaries suffer from certain benign tumors, the amount of estrogen secreted by the ovaries increases, which can cause the color of the nipples and areola to darken, and many small nodules may appear around the areola glands. Such patients should see a gynecologist as soon as possible to find out the cause and receive timely treatment.

In view of this, when examining the breasts, be sure to pay attention to changes in the color of the nipples and areolas. It is necessary to clarify whether the changes in the color of the nipples and areola are physiological or pathological, and make a clear diagnosis and active treatment based on the characteristics of the changes.