Why is my chest hurting?

For many female friends, they must have experienced breast pain, especially before menstruation. The symptoms of breast pain will be very obvious. In severe cases, they may not even dare to touch the breast. Not only is it painful, but it is also accompanied by symptoms of breast swelling. This situation is a very common phenomenon. However, many women do not know why they have this condition. What is the specific cause of breast pain?

There are many reasons why women experience chest pain before menstruation. For example, if a woman has a cold uterus, poor blood circulation will cause lumps in the breasts, and it is easy to experience chest pain before menstruation. The specific causes of chest pain are:

1. Chest pain caused by breast hyperplasia: The pain in this case does not change with the menstrual cycle, has no fixed time, and lasts for a longer time. These women are mostly around 40 to 45 years old, slightly older than those with physiological pain. The pain is limited to the breast and is relatively shallow.

2. Swelling and pain caused by increased stress: Mental stress can also affect hormone secretion and menstruation, leading to breast hyperplasia and other conditions. When you are too busy at work and under too much pressure, you will not only experience menstrual disorders but also breast pain.

3. Chest pain caused by mastitis: This pain is very obvious and unbearable, accompanied by redness, swelling and heat. Most of the time, it occurs in primiparas within 1 to 2 months after delivery. It can be pain caused by inflammation and infection due to milk stasis and blockage, or it can be pain caused by bacterial infection due to nipple cracks.

4. Chest pain caused by cervical spondylosis: Cervical spondylosis can cause chest pain, which is due to cervical vertebrae degeneration and involvement of cervical nerve roots. This pain is often chronic and unilateral. The degree of pain is often related to the position of the neck. In addition to breast tenderness, there is also tenderness in the pectoralis major muscle, as well as pain and discomfort in the neck, occipital bone, shoulders and arms. X-rays often show signs of degenerative changes, but there are no abnormalities in the breast itself.

After understanding what causes chest pain, female friends must take good care of their breasts. They should pay attention to whether the cause of their chest pain is pathological or physiological. If it is pathological, such as caused by diseases such as mastitis, they must first treat the disease before solving the problem of chest pain.