What's wrong with my itchy chest?

Whether we are women or men. We all have the same physical structure. For example, breasts are a very common morphological feature for both men and women, and the incidence rate of this structure is also very high for women. Therefore, friends must pay attention to their physical health in life to avoid the occurrence of various diseases. So let's take a look at what causes chest itching.

If your chest is painful and itchy all the time, you need to pay attention to it, because for female friends, if there are some breast diseases, it will also cause this symptom, so you need to pay attention to regular breast health checks.

1. The color of the nipple and areola simply deepens to dark brown or black brown, and even small nodules may be found around the areola glands, forming protrusions. At this time, there is no lesion when examining the breasts. It is exactly the same as the "spider nevi" and "cinnabar palms" that appear in men with severe liver disease. We should consider whether the patient has more serious liver disease. This is because liver disease causes liver function to decline, and estrogen cannot be normally broken down in the liver, causing the nipple and areola to darken in color.

2. The color of the nipples and areolas deepens, accompanied by severe itching around the nipples and areolas. During a 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.

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.

4. Some women (mostly between 30 and 45 years old) may not find any lesions during a breast examination, but this color change indicates that the woman has a "transient" increase in estrogen in her body. In the absence of pregnancy, the color of the nipples and areolas will gradually deepen from pink brown to dark brown. Perhaps after a period of time, due to self-regulation, the estrogen level will return to normal and the color of the nipples and areolas will also return to normal. This is still a normal physiological change.

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