Pain in the right breast in women with neuralgia, osteochondrosis, menopause

Mastalgia, as the main cause of pain in the breast

Mastalgia call any pain or discomfort in the breast. Another name for this syndrome - mammalgia. Distinguish cyclic and non-cyclic mastalgia. Cyclic mammalgia linked to the woman's menstrual cycle, appears in adolescence (puberty) and reproductive (the period when a woman can reproduce) age.

Note! If the pain in the breast right or left first detected in women during menopause, it is required to conduct a medical examination to rule out tumor formation.

In cyclical mastalgia is characterized by a feeling of heaviness, bloating chest. Nipples become very sensitive, painful sensations may occur in the armpit. Double-sided pain occurs for 5-6 days before menstruation, pass the next day after the start of discharge.

The emergence of non-cyclic mastodynia not affect the menstrual cycle and hormonal balance. The pain is most often in the case of asymmetric. A woman experiences a burning sensation, tingling, local distension.

Diseases that cause chest pain on the right

Mastalgia causes the disease can be of different nature. Some diagnoses are treated is not necessary, others require urgent intervention specialists.

Hormonal disorders

The woman's body during menstruation, pregnancy, lactation and menopause changes occur. Hormonal disorders - change in the balance of estrogen and progesterone hormones. Increasing estrogen increases the number of glandular cells.

When this hormone in excess, can form a group gland cysts. Progesterone causes swelling and increases blood circulation, it also causes pain before menstruation. Causes hormonal disorders are:

• pregnancy;
• changes in the organism during the menopause;
• administration of drugs containing hormones and oral contraceptives.

Changing the ratio of hormones may be due to background stress or antidepressants.

cyst formation in the breast

Cyst - a cavity in the tissue breastFilled arising almost liquid at each women and causing pain in the right or left breast.

Small cysts before menstruation increase in size, the breasts become painful. Cysts do not require treatment. They are removed only when the threat of cancer.

breast breasts

Pain in the right breast in women in most cases occurs due to mastitis. So called proliferation of the glandular tissue of the breast in women of reproductive age.

This disease causes a hormonal failure, genetic predisposition, the problems of the endocrine system, obesity, unfavorable environmental conditions. Some patients do not experience discomfort, others the pain can be very severe. When mastitis breast swells, the woman feels in her severity.

Another manifestation of the disease - the allocation of the nipple fluid, or greenish white color. In diffuse mastitis breast completely becomes solid to the touch.

Nodular breast disease is characterized by a certain dense areas. The combination of these symptoms are characteristic of fibrocystic breast disease, which affects both breasts at once, and this is different from breast cancer.

Mastitis and other infectious diseases

Mastitis occurs when the infection gets into the mammary gland. Lactation mastitis occurs in women during lactation. If a child sucks the milk does not completely, and pumping is not carried out, then the milk is stagnant.

Symptoms are:

• discomfort and pain in the right or the left breast;
• Body temperature rises to 38 °;
• chest swells;
• skin reddens.

In the period of puberty and menopause, when the work of the immune system is broken, it may be nelaktatsionny mastitis. The body becomes vulnerable to various infections that trigger the disease:

• disease metabolic disorders (diabetes, obesity, etc...);
• any infection in other organs of women (dental caries, ENT diseases);
• of infection during medical procedures;
• strong compression of the chest trauma.

If left untreated mastitis can be purulent education that have to be removed surgically.

For infectious diseases as syphilis refers chest breast. The causative agent of the disease - Treponema pallidum. Manifestations of the disease - from skin rashes to the defeat of the internal organs, all depends on the period of syphilis.

Oncological diseases

The most dangerous cause of pain in the breast - breast cancer. Oncology breast cancer has a high mortality rate because women postpone visits to the doctor until the last moment.

Signs of breast cancer in women:

• on the chest palpated seal;
• armpits sore lymph nodes;
• nipple retracted it dry skin;
• It is released from the nipple white or greenish liquid.

The risk of cancer is large, if the woman already has cancer or ovarian cancer.

If a woman has a bad heredity (cancer ill close relative), the probability of cancer increases. the occurrence of cancer contributes to obesity, and age older than 60 years.

Smaller tumors usually do not hurt. The pain occurs when nerves are impaction tumor. For early detection of the disease is necessary to conduct regular self-diagnosis.

It is important to capture the disease in the initial stages. The tumor in this case were removed and radiation and chemotherapy. If the tumor reaches a large size, it is necessary to remove the breast.

Diseases of muscles and joints

Pain in the right breast in women may occur as a result of osteoarthritis. It is a chronic disease of the spine, which affects and broken vertebrae, intervertebral joints and discs.

Osteochondrosis gives a very different picture of pain than the pain of breast problems. There is a sharp or aching pain, which becomes stronger when lifting heavy, awkward postures and sharp movements. Pain and discomfort can be caused by deep breathing and coughing.

Most intensive pain manifests itself in the upper part of the spine and along the edges of the chest. The consequence of osteoarthritis may be a burning sensation in the chest and numbness in the hands.

neurological disorders

If a woman has a history of intercostal neuralgia, the pain may be given in the chest and cause discomfort.

Sharp pain, intensive, it can sometimes be dull and aching. Many believe that it hurts the heart, as in diseases of the cardiovascular system of the pain is localized in the breast and the left and right. Pain arises attacks, deep breathing and a load - amplified.

Taking medicines that cause chest pain

Women often experience chest pain by taking drugs containing hormones. Chest pain - a side effect of medication, designated at menopause, infertility drugs, contraceptives. Hormones have some anti-depressants.

Note! If the intake of various drugs appears chest pain, you should not stop treatment without first talking to your doctor, who prescribed medication.

Mechanical damage as a cause of pain in the breast

chest injury - a rare phenomenon. The consequences of a traffic accident or a fall:

• bruises and abrasions;
• women long does the pain in the chest on the right or the left, mammary glands swell;
• pripovrezhdeniimolochnyhprotok, nipple stands out clear liquid.

Attention! The seal on the chest, which appeared after the trauma, can lead to cancer.

Sore breasts right: to what doctor to address

Experts, to be addressed in the case of discomfort in the chest, - general practitioner, gynecologist or mammolog. After the examination, if necessary, a woman sent to an oncologist or neurologist. To find the right treatment, spend a bit of research.

Method	In some cases, a
Mammography	Screened women after the 40 years for the assessment of breast tissue and the nature of the tumor growth
ultrasound	Ultrasound is performed in all women with complaints of pain in the right or left breast in women who are breastfeeding or pregnant women, young women in order to prevent
CT and MRI	These methods are used to confirm the diagnosis when mammography and ultrasound do not give a clear picture of the disease
aspiration biopsy	Surgical removal of a small sample of breast tissue or cells. Biomaterial study for malignancy

The cause of breast pain in women may be different diseases. Therefore it is recommended to take care of your health and be sure to visit the doctor when you experience any of the symptoms associated with the problem of discomfort in the chest. Only a doctor can make the correct diagnosis and prescribe treatment.

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