Many women deliver the inconvenience of chest pain in front of menstruation. Mammary gland swell, become painful when touched. All unpleasant symptoms disappear with the arrival of menstruation, but after three to four weeks everything is repeated again. Someone lives with such symptoms for years, not suspecting that it is mastopathy, very dangerous disease.
About this disease and will be discussed in the article prepared by me specifically for our site. I would like to tell what is mastopathy and, of course, to touch her treatment.
How does mastopathy arise?
For the development of mastopathy, you need a push, which will launch a disease. It can be a long stress, infectious diseases, abortions, smoking, alcohol, lack of breastfeeding and, so fashionable now, Topless lighting. Heredity is of great importance. If your mother and grandmother have a mastopathy, you need to visit mammologists at least twice a year.
In addition to these factors, a hormonal imbalance is obligatory for mastopathy development - this is due to the change in the level of progesterone in the blood of a woman. The level of this hormone varies depending on the phase of the menstrual cycle and the emotional state of the woman.
None of us is insured against random injuries of the breast: pushed in the crowd, pressed in the metro... And please, the chest becomes painful, seals appear... These seals are formed by fibrous changes in tissues - the connecting fabric grows and replaces normal breast tissue.
Diagnosis of mastopathy
As mentioned above, when mastopathy, breasts becomes painful when touched, it bothers women. In addition, uneven seals appear in the breast - if you feel the chest itself, it turns out that under the skin there are like lumps and cones. Their occurrence is associated with the change in gland tissue. In addition to pain in the chest, a woman can disturb the selection of nipples. In this case, you need to urgently contact the doctor.
When you notice suspicious symptoms, you can try to determine mastopathy yourself. To do this, you need to undress to the belt, get up in front of the mirror, raise one hand and carefully examine the milk gland. If there are no external changes, (and you should immediately alert the modified skin: more thin, thickened, wrinkled, leather as «Lemon crust»), then you can start to palpate. Starting from the axillary depression, carefully skit the breasts, all the shares of the breast. The sign of mastopathy will be uneven seals, balls under the skin, possibly painful during palpation. After spending self-diagnosis, please contact a doctor. He will appoint you an ultrasound examination or x-ray to establish an accurate diagnosis and proceed with treatment.
Treatment of mastopathy
If you seek medical help in time, you can stop the flow Diseases In the early stages and prevent such terrible consequences like rebirth of mastopathy into a cancer tumor, for example.
If you refer to the mammologist with complaints of pain in the chest before monthly and selection of nipples, most likely the doctor will appoint you immunomodulatory, antioxidant preparations of vegetable origin, rich in iodine and vitamins A, E, with. These drugs are able to stop mastopathy and return the breast normal.
But no matter how sad, our site is forced to recognize the fact that Russian people tend to endure to the last, hoping that the disease will pass «itself». Therefore, many women turn to mammologists much later than need for easy and rapid cure. In such cases, doctors prescribe either combined drugs that include vegetable and hormonal components, or one hormones. To regulate the menstrual cycle and reduce pain in the chest, doctors often prescribe hormonal contraceptives. The hormones contained in them contribute to the decrease in fibrous foci and slow down the development of mastopathy. If the pain in the chest is very strong, doctors allow the use of painkillers and diuretic agents. A diuretic is necessary to remove excess fluid and reduce breast edema. But what drugs can only be taken by a doctor! Self-medication during mastopathy can end up very crying.
In the most launched cases, the cysts of the breast are developing during mastopathy (fluid formation). Previously, they were completely removed, along with the mammary gland, but now the surgeon removes only the affected area, the chest remains on the spot. On the operation will be reminded only a thin scar that is completely not visible under the clothes. However, it does not insure a woman from mastopathy development on the remaining breast.
With the breast cysts, the doctor may assign a puncture of cysts (inside introduces the needle and suck its contents). A comprehensive examination is required: Palpation, ultrasound - for women up to 40 years, Mammography - for women older age. No one will make you puncture «just» - If the doctor prescribes this procedure, it means that he has reason to believe that a cancerous tumor may occur on modified mastopathy of the breasts. However, there are different forms of mastopathy, and far from each of them can be reborn in cancer. If after the puncture of the cysts are formed again, then the procedure is assigned re-either the decision on the operational intervention. Pading fluid (puncture) is carried out not only to remove cysts, after biopsy is also held. Biopsy is a microscopic study of tissues, allowing to determine whether malignant changes in the breast. As the most extreme method of treating mastopathy in the most severe cases, resort to the complete removal of the mammary glands, replacing them with implants.
The key to the success of the treatment of mastopathy is the cure of the disease or a state that caused mastopathy. So, to identify the disease that has become an impetus for the development of mastopathy, the consultation of the endocrinologist is prescribed, a comprehensive examination of the body is carried out.
Prevention of mastopathy
A good preventive tool for preventing mastopathy is pregnancy, childbirth and long-term breastfeeding. These natural processes have a beneficial effect on breast fabric and prevent mastopathy development. A balanced diet is of great importance, including high iodine products. Our site recommends that you develop a useful habit of protecting breasts from random injuries. It can be done just with hand or bag. In addition to all this, no excess weight will help your body keep Hormonal background Normally and minimize the risk of mastopathy and other diseases.
