What are the early symptoms of breast disease

Breast disease is a relatively common gynecological disease, including mastitis, breast hyperplasia, breast cancer, etc., especially in women who are breastfeeding. If it is not properly adjusted, it is easy to cause milk blockage, which often leads to breast inflammation and breast disease. There are many symptoms of early breast disease, which will mainly cause the gradual thickening of the gland, causing inflammation. In addition, it is easy to cause nipple discharge, leading to lumps inside the breast, etc., which often cause symptoms such as pain and swelling. It is quite harmful to women's health and may even induce tumors. It is also an important cause of breast cancer. Therefore, we must pay attention to care and protect breast health in daily life.

What are the symptoms of early mastitis ?

First: Localized thickening of the mammary gland. When touching the breast, it is found that the tissue is slightly thicker than the surrounding tissue. The boundary is unclear and it is difficult to measure its exact size. It is generally diagnosed as "hyperplasia" clinically. This situation is mostly physiological in women who have not yet had menopause, especially when there are some changes in the size of the menstrual cycle.

However, if the thickened tissue persists for a long time, is unrelated to changes in the menstrual cycle, or becomes increasingly thicker and larger in area, especially when it occurs in postmenopausal women, it must be taken seriously because about 8% of such lesions are cancerous tumors.

Second: Nipple discharge. When women are not breastfeeding, nipple discharge is mostly pathological. The most common cause is intraductal papilloma, followed by cystic hyperplasia of the breast and duct ectasia. About 15% of patients have breast cancer. Doctors at Shanghai True Love Women's Hospital remind us to pay special attention to bloody discharge accompanied by breast lumps. Some drugs can also cause bilateral nipple discharge, such as estrogen, birth control pills, etc.

Third: breast lumps. Breast lumps are the main symptom of breast tumors. Breast lumps are also seen in breast hyperplasia, breast tuberculosis, etc.

Fourth: Breast pain. Severe breast pain accompanied by tenderness is often a manifestation of breast inflammation, which is seen in acute mastitis and breast abscess. For example, local breast pain is often related to the menstrual cycle and is generally more common in simple and cystic hyperplasia of the breast.

We already know the symptoms of mastitis, but we also need to pay attention to some changes in our breasts, pay attention to reasonable self-examination, and detect the disease in time. In the early stages, it will cause breast pain and have a certain impact on the patient. Therefore, it is recommended that patients pay attention to timely detection of the disease, pay attention to comprehensive adjustment and breast hygiene, and even if it is not difficult, pay attention to nipple cleaning for effective prevention.