Breast tenderness before menstruation

Many women not only experience dysmenorrhea during or before their period, but also experience varying degrees of breast tenderness or tingling before and after their period. This symptom is more obvious when they are angry or exercise too much. This makes them very distressed and they don't know how to eliminate this discomfort that occurs every month. So, why do women experience breast pain before their period?

1. What causes it?

   1. Breast pain

   It is normal to experience slight breast pain before and after menstruation. Don't worry too much. If the pain is not severe, then it is not a big problem. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this is mainly related to emotions and liver qi stagnation.

   2. Breast hyperplasia

   Breast hyperplasia is often accompanied by varying degrees of pain. Especially before menstruation, after fatigue, or when there are emotional fluctuations such as anger, the lump will increase in size and the pain will increase in severity, while after menstruation the lump will significantly shrink and the pain will be relieved.

2. Causes

   1. Breast pain is related to the increase and decrease of estrogen levels in women. Estrogen levels rise as the eggs in the ovaries develop, stimulating the mammary glands to develop and produce some fluid, so the breasts swell and may be accompanied by pain. When the egg dies, estrogen levels drop rapidly, the breast glands atrophy, the breasts become smaller, and the swelling and pain disappear.

   2. Breast hyperplasia is a gonad axis disease, which is mainly caused by endocrine disorders. The endocrine glands that cause breast hyperplasia are located on the gonad axis of the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary. When the ovarian endocrine system is out of balance, estrogen is secreted excessively while progesterone is relatively reduced, breast hyperplasia will occur due to stimulation.

   Symptoms

   1. Breast pain

   The pain often occurs or worsens a few days before menstruation and is significantly reduced or disappears after menstruation. The pain may also fluctuate with mood changes, fatigue, and weather changes.

1. Breast hyperplasia

   The pain is often distending or stabbing, and may affect one or both sides, more common on one side. The pain may radiate to the armpit or shoulder and back on the same side.

   IV. Hazards

   1. Breast pain

   This is a normal physiological phenomenon and there is no need to worry too much.

   2. Breast hyperplasia

   If it is not treated in a timely and comprehensive manner, it may easily lead to other related diseases, such as irregular menstruation, chloasma, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts and other related endocrine disorders. Therefore, once breast hyperplasia is discovered, it is recommended that patients take timely treatment.

   treat

   1. Breast pain

   Massaging your breasts for a few minutes before going to bed or applying hot compresses are effective ways to relieve breast pain.

   2. Breast hyperplasia

   Only drugs that comprehensively regulate the hormone secretion of each gland on the gonad axis can more effectively treat breast hyperplasia.

   Prevention and precautions

   1. Change your eating habits. Eat a low-fat, high-fiber diet and consume fiber from grains, vegetables, and beans.

   2. Massage your breasts frequently. Gently massaging the breasts can help return excess body fluid to the lymphatic system.