breast nodules
Introduction
Introduction to breast nodules Breast nodules are cystic hyperplasia of the breast and are a non-tumor disease. Common women of childbearing age, relieve themselves after menopause. There are 4 types: 1, breast pain (prepubertal meditation, menstrual pain, no mass, disappeared after menstruation). 2, lobular hyperplasia (20-35 years old, premenstrual pain, accompanied by multiple small nodules. Post-menopausal relief). Xiaoyao pill treatment. 3, fibroadenomas or papilloma (single lumps, clear borders, large activity, no pain, adhesions). Xiaoyao San 3-9 grams, 3 times a day, regular review. Surgical removal if necessary. 4, fibrocystic hyperplasia or sclerosing breast disease (after 30 years old, multiple small nodules, into pieces, tough, unclear borders, often bilateral, tender tenderness. Related to the menstrual cycle). Surgical treatment. basic knowledge The proportion of illness: 0.04% Susceptible people: more than women Mode of infection: non-infectious Complications: breast pain, breast mass, breast hyperplasia
Cause
Causes of breast nodules
The mammary gland is the degenerative lesion of the mammary gland and the lobule of the breast and the growth of progressive connective tissue. The cause of the disease is mainly due to the imbalance of endocrine hormones.
1, Chinese medicine believes: the feelings are not smooth, liver qi can not be normal diarrhea and qi stagnation blood stasis, rushing tonic, often have menstrual disorders, facial spots. Modern medicine believes that the external environment and genetic factors of marriage and childbirth, diet, and human survival are the main causes of breast disease.
2. Western medicine believes that the external environment and genetic factors of marriage and childbirth, diet, and human survival are the main causes of breast disease.
Prevention
Breast nodule prevention
In order to detect breast diseases in a timely manner, experts advocate that women over the age of 25 must check their breasts every month.
The specific method is: standing in front of the mirror after bathing, hands on the hips, the body is left and right, looking at the skin of the bilateral breasts from the mirror, whether the nipple is retracted, and then sticking to the breast with the fingertips Move slowly clockwise or counterclockwise, do not squeeze by hand, so as not to mistake the normal breast tissue for a lump.
Mammary gland hyperplasia is the most common breast disease in women and can occur at any age after puberty. The incidence of the disease is increasing year by year, and there is a trend of aging. Mammary gland hyperplasia is neither inflammation nor tumor, but a disorder of the normal tissue structure of the breast.
Breast hyperplasia
Breast hyperplasia is mainly characterized by breast lumps and breast pain. Breast lumps are an important basis for the diagnosis of breast hyperplasia. They are usually multiple lumps with different sizes and hard texture. The surface of the mass is often not smooth, and it has a grainy touch and is not connected to the skin.
Most patients have symptoms of pain, often unilateral or bilateral breast pain or tenderness. Pain occurs or worsens in the premenstrual period, and is relieved or disappeared after menstruation.
Mammary gland hyperplasia has a long course of disease, slow development, and sometimes nipple discharge. Patients with this disease may also have inaccurate menstrual time, a small amount or pale, may be associated with dysmenorrhea. There are also people who have no symptoms.
Mammary gland hyperplasia is mainly due to women's own endocrine disorders, the imbalance of estrogen and progesterone ratio, stimulate excessive hyperplasia of the breast and incomplete recovery.
Women who are eligible for breast hyperplasia:
1, 13 years old, there is menarche or until the age of 50 has not stopped;
2, not breast-feeding, never giving birth, gestation of pregnancy over 35 years old or single unmarried;
3, multiple abortions;
4, long-term high-fat low-fiber diet, regular drinking;
5, long-term mental depression or severe mental stimulation.
Be wary of malignant changes
Although there is no necessary connection between breast hyperplasia and breast cancer, the risk of breast hyperplasia becoming cancer is often greater than that of healthy people.
For breast hyperplasia, female friends can not ignore it, think that it is not a problem without pain or itch, and do not have a burden of thinking. It is considered that breast hyperplasia is cancer, healthy adult women, and it is very important to self-test the breast every month. Find a quiet environment to lie down or sit down, four fingers close together, use your fingertips to gently press your breasts clockwise, but do not take a grasping position, so as not to treat normal breast tissue as hyperplasia. Feel if there is any foreign body sensation in the area. If you have a loose granular object, you should seek medical advice. Ask your doctor to help you make your final judgment.
Love tips
Patients with breast hyperplasia should ensure a regular life, adjust their mentality, relax their mood, and often participate in physical exercise, but do not let yourself be too tired.
Keep your breasts clean, wash with warm water, and pay attention to changes in breast lumps.
You can often eat kelp, oranges, orange cakes, oysters and other foods with qi and stagnation, avoid eating cold and spicy food.
Patients with breast hyperplasia over 40 years of age should go to the hospital for a specialist examination every year.
Complication
Breast nodule complications Complications breast pain breast mass mammary gland hyperplasia
Breast pain, breast lumps, breast hyperplasia
Symptom
Breast nodule symptoms Common symptoms Premenstrual breast pain Breast pain Breast pain Breast lumps
Mainly characterized by periodic pain in the breast. At first, it was a painful pain, and the tenderness was obvious in the upper and middle upper parts of the breast. The pain was exacerbated before menstruation every month, and the pain decreased or disappeared after menstruation. In severe cases, persistent pain was observed before and after menstruation. Sometimes the pain radiates to the ankle, shoulders, upper limbs, and the like. Patients often report a mass in the breast, but only the thickened mammary glands are touched during clinical examination.
Common symptoms of clinical manifestations are as follows:
1, the clinical manifestations of breast nodules are often breast pain and breast lumps, and individual nipple discharge.
2, the performance of breast pain is often unstable, can be aggravated before menstruation, but also often increased in emotional changes, fatigue, weather changes. If the pain is more than 3 months, and the pain affects your daily work and life, you need to have a medical intervention. It is recommended to eat less irritating foods such as spicy, strong tea, coffee, and cola.
3, breast lumps are the main basis for the diagnosis of breast disease, most of them are multiple, the size of the lumps are different, the texture is hard or tough, the mass does not adhere to the skin, the surface of the mass is often not smooth, and the touch is grainy.
4, some patients have nipple discharge, the discharge is mostly cool and colorless, serous. If the discharge is yellow or bloody, the amount may be pathological, and should be paid enough attention to go to the hospital for treatment.
5, In addition, some patients with hyperplasia of the breast also have bloating, chest tightness, anorexia, menstrual disorders and other systemic symptoms.
Breast nodules are cystic hyperplasia of the breast, and breast nodules are a non-tumor disease.
Breast nodules are common in women of childbearing age and relieve themselves after menopause. There are four types of breast nodules:
1, breast pain (prepubertal meditation, menstrual pain, no mass, disappeared after menstruation).
2, lobular hyperplasia (20-35 years old, premenstrual pain, accompanied by multiple small nodules. After menstruation).
3, fibroadenomas or papilloma (single lump, clear border, large activity, no pain, adhesion). Surgical removal if necessary.
4, fibrocystic hyperplasia or sclerosing breast disease (after 30 years old, multiple small nodules, into pieces, quality and tough, unclear borders, often bilateral, tender tenderness. Related to the menstrual cycle). Surgical treatment.
Breast nodules are the most common breast disease in women, and the incidence of breast nodules accounts for the first place in breast disease.
In recent years, the incidence of breast nodules has been increasing year by year, and the age is getting younger and younger.
According to the survey, about 70% to 80% of women have different degrees of breast hyperplasia, more common in women aged 25-45.
Examine
Breast nodule examination
1. Breast palpation: The palpation of the breast can detect a slightly larger breast nodule, and the benign nodule has a clear boundary and can be active.
2, mammography X-ray: can clearly show less than 1cm nodular lesions in the breast, and can be more qualitative and localized. The deep nodules that the doctor can't reach can often be detected; the malignant nodules are mostly round or irregular on the mammogram, 70% of the edges are rough or lobulated, and some calcifications are visible in some lesions or on all sides. ;
3, color Doppler ultrasound: can more clearly show the small lesions in the tissue and organs, can detect the echo of the envelope, more manifestations of low, medium, more homogeneous echo; and can show blood flow distribution.
4, pathological histological examination: nodules can be diagnosed by histological diagnosis by molybdenum palladium or B-ultrasound hollow needle biopsy or biopsy to determine the nature of nodules.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis and diagnosis of breast nodules
Breast lumps are the main basis for the diagnosis of breast disease, and can be diagnosed according to clinical symptoms and signs, as well as various examinations.
