What causes nipple pain?

In today's society, many women will experience nipple swelling and pain during breastfeeding, which can cause great harm to married women. Therefore, it should attract everyone's attention. After discovering the symptoms, they should go to the hospital for treatment in time. There are many reasons for nipple swelling and pain, and the harm caused by different reasons is also different. So, what is the cause of nipple pain ? Let’s take a look below.

1. Breast pain during adolescence: It usually occurs between the ages of 9 and 13. After menarche, the pain will disappear on its own.

2. Premenstrual breast pain: Many women experience breast fullness, hardness, and tenderness before menstruation. In severe cases, the breasts will become swollen and painful with the slightest vibration or collision. This is caused by increased estrogen levels in the body before menstruation, breast hyperplasia, and edema of breast tissue. The above changes may disappear after menstruation.

3. Breast tenderness during pregnancy: Regarding the cause of nipple pain, experts say that some women experience breast tenderness and pain around 40 days of pregnancy due to the placenta and villi secreting large amounts of estrogen, progesterone and prolactin, which causes the breasts to enlarge. In severe cases, the pain may last throughout the pregnancy and does not require treatment.

4. Postpartum breast pain: Breast fullness, hardness and pain often occur 3 to 7 days after delivery. This is mainly due to breast lymph retention, venous congestion, interstitial edema and obstructed mammary ducts.

5. Breast pain after abortion: This is because the pregnancy is suddenly interrupted, and the hormone level in the body drops suddenly, causing the newly developed breasts to suddenly stop growing, resulting in breast lumps and breast pain.

6. Breast pain after sexual intercourse: This is related to the physiological changes in the breasts during sexual intercourse. People with low libido or disharmonious sex life cannot achieve sexual satisfaction, so breast congestion and swelling are not easy to subside, or they subside incompletely. Continuous congestion will cause breast pain.

7. There are many other reasons. For example, pain may occur before menstruation due to the effect of hormones. This is caused by increased estrogen levels in the body before menstruation, breast hyperplasia, edema of breast interstitial tissue, and papillitis and breast hyperplasia, which can cause nipple swelling and pain.

Breast disease prevention experts say that women do not need to worry about the cause of nipple pain, but if the pain does not ease for a long time, or even becomes more severe, or if they find a lump with uneven edges, unclear edges, and poor mobility when touching the breast, they should go to the hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible.