Discharge from the breast when pressed. The reasons for women before, after menstruation, pregnancy, not giving birth, during menopause. What could it be, what to do

The most frequently observed among women with pressure discharge from the breast. Often, it does not bear any risk to women's health. Only 5% of women in the event of such symptoms is diagnosed with breast cancer. To determine the exact cause of these selections, you need a consultation with a doctor.

Physiological causes of discharge from the breast

Speaking about the physiological causes of discharge from the breast, it is worth noting that they do not carry a pathological character. Their appearance does not mean the presence of some - any disease in women. However, the discharge may serve as a signal that she leads an unhealthy lifestyle, which must be changed urgently.

At the moment, in Medicine allocate 2 main physiological causes of discharge from the breast:

• During pregnancy on term of 2-3 weeks.
• Transparent liquid in a small amount may appear not only in pregnant women. This liquid is called sterile. As a rule, it has no odor or color. Selection appear under the following reasons:
• Receiving oral contraceptives.
• Squeezing the nipple.
• Wearing a bra is small in size.
  
• During pregnancy on term of 2-3 weeks.
• The beginning of the menstrual cycle.
• Heavy physical exertion.

Allocation of colostrum before menstruation

Discharge from the breast can occur before menstruation. When pressed appears a small amount of liquid. As a rule, it is a sure sign of pregnancy. After fertilization, the egg begins to rebuild hormones.

In addition to selections, you may experience discomfort in the chest area with a mild pressing.

Pregnancy - is not the only reason for which there is an allocation of the female breast.

There are also other reasons:

• Continuous Reception preparations. This is mainly anti-depressants, agents for the relief of a heart attack.
• Damage to the tissue surface of the chest.
• Active sexual intercourse.

  

• Hormonal disorders. The reasons may be the wrong way of life and constant stress.
• Renal insufficiency. Prolactin - a chemical that is removed by the kidneys. With their poor performance, prolactin accumulates in the mammary glands.

During sexual arousal

Discharge from the breast with pressure may occur during sexual arousal. This happens due to the allocation of so-called oxytocin - a hormone that promotes the reduction of the milk ducts.

Discharge from the breasts during pregnancy

Changes in the mammary glands occur in the first few months after conception. Breast increases, it becomes more sensitive. Discharge from the breasts can occur at any stage, or they may manifest themselves only after the birth. Allocation during pregnancy - is a normal process, which can not be held for any danger for the mother.

There are 3 types of secretions during pregnancy:

Transparent selection.	This type of precipitates appear in pregnant women, when the milk ducts are completely filled with liquid. It is used to prevent sticking. Such excess fluid will be forced out.
Clear discharge with blood splashes.	Do not be afraid of such emissions. They are the norm and there are usually 6-7 months pregnant. This liquid should be no more than 4 days. When the selection of the colors go longer, you should contact your gynecologist for advice.
White or yellow drops.	Liquid that color - it's colostrum. It appears on the 7 months pregnant and allocated another 35 days after delivery.

In addition to the emissions that can be attributed to the presence of pregnancy in women, there are those emissions that manifest themselves because of developing pathology.

To begin with, she should pay their attention to these features:

• Breast increases unevenly.
• Secretions occur in only one breast.
• Not passing, aching pain in the chest.
• Highlight yellow or green. Even a small amount of discharge is already a reason to visit the doctor.

In these cases, it may require inspection at mammalogy. Because impaired hormonal girls, may cause cysts or tumors. It is advisable to regularly palpate the breast and report any changes to the attending physician.

Diseases in which stands out the milk from the breast

Breast milk is a natural woman's secret. Needless milk consists of lactose. To identify which disease occurred in women, with a focus only on the color of milk, it is practically impossible.

color change - this is just a signal to the fact that something with the body is not.

There are a number of diseases which are caused precipitates and of the breast.

galactorrhea

The disease is rarely diagnosed. Only 4% of women, of whom 33% at least once to give birth, have this pathology. The presence of galactorrhea in pregnant women is normal and does not accept any threat to either the child or to the girl. Quite a different story for women who are not pregnant, or if the disease does not pass a year after the completion of lactation.

The reasons that may be quite a lot of disease:

• pituitary tumor;
• mastitis;
  
• violation of the pituitary gland;
• adrenal disease;
• frequent stress;
• thyroid disease;
• serious liver disease or kidney;
• species medicaments (sedatives, anti-emesis control);
• an increase in prolactin levels. This is the hormone responsible for genital function girl. In non-pregnant women, prolactin rate is kept at around 4-23 ng / mL. During pregnancy, these figures are increased several times - 34-386 ng / ml. 80% of women who have elevated levels suffer galaktoree.

Discharge from the breast when pressed they say about the appearance of such diseases as galactorrhea. On the exterior, a liquid similar to milk. It is either transparent or white. Typically, when a given disease, patients complain of spontaneous release of one breast.

The disadvantage associated not only with spots on the underwear, but also with the appearance of skin irritation on the chest. For the study galaktorei need to spend only a small examination of the patient. On examination, the doctor makes a gland secretion fence for further study.

patient examination produced the following specialists:

• therapist;
• endocrinologist;
• nephrologist.

As mentioned earlier, causes of galactorrhea, is a range of diseases.

If a woman does not see a doctor and begin treatment on time, it will be expected to unpleasant consequences:

Disease	Effects
Infertility.
pituitary disease.	Complete or partial loss of vision. Stroke. brain hemorrhage.
thyroid disease.	Gipotireodnaya coma. brain edema, lung or heart.
Mastitis.	breast inflammation.

Ectasia the milk ducts

Ectasia the milk ducts - the expansion of the milk ducts. Most often, the disease occurs in 40-45 years. Identify the disease is not difficult thanks to its distinctive symptoms.

Firstly, changes nipple. It becomes more flat and wide. While squeezing the area around the nipple, the nipple itself starts to be drawn.

Another characteristic feature is the presence of different highlight color:

• Isolation of yellow and green. Such separation talk about the presence of cysts or early inflammation.
• Bloody issues. These secretions can speak of the emergence of papillomas or polyps.
• Or dark red liquid occurs when a variety of breast cancer like breast carcinoma.

Also, there is swelling and the skin around the nipple begins to coarsen. There is a strong pain in the chest, itching.

Causes of ectasia enough.

The main ones are:

• Changes related to hormones. Hormonal failure can be caused due to the woman's age and because of the drugs that she takes (usually a hormonal or birth control).
• The appearance of tumors in the breast.
• During menopause or post-menopause there is a natural change in the structure and shape of the channel.
• The appearance of ductal papilloma or polyps in the ducts of the prostate gland.
• Inflammatory processes.

Then what exactly are the complications of the illness depends on what kind of ectasia in women: a physiological or pathological. At physiological disease, no threat to the health of the girl is not. Only in some cases may cause deformation of breast or galactophoritis.

When ectasia pathological complications can be expressed in the form of dermatosis or dermatitis. Treatment of the disease produced drugs of different directions. Used vitamins, antibiotics and other anti-inflammatory agents, immune modulators.

Mastitis

Mastitis is an infection of the breast tissue. This leads to pain, fever, skin redness. Most often, the disease appears in lactating women. As a rule, the disease begins to manifest itself in the first 3 months after childbirth. It is a mistake to stop breastfeeding. The health condition of the child has no effect.

Ill with mastitis risk women who:

• wear bra is too small;
• feed the baby only in one position;
• are cracked nipples.

The peculiarity of this disease lies in its possible repetition. The reason can be repeated pregnancy or misuse of previous treatment.

In addition to symptoms listed above, mastitis can manifest itself in the following ways:

• breasts begin to grow;
• weakness;
• Strong headache;
• chills;
• deterioration of health.

It is important at the first symptoms, seek medical advice. The timely adoption of measures will cure the disease within a few days. If left unattended the symptoms of mastitis goes into severe form. In this case, the general condition of the patient deteriorates, the inflammatory process begins to grow.

Total flow mastitis has 3 steps:

1. serous stage. This is the onset of the disease. Mammary gland becomes dense to the touch, its volume increases. Feeding and pumping milk accompanied by pain. Ignoring symptoms within 3 days, the disease goes into the second stage.
2. infiltrative stage. During the second stage, to form a limited seal.
3. purulent stage. This stage is characterized by severe redness, pain become even stronger in the milk is clearly visible pus, swelling increases. In addition, a woman's nausea, pain in the whole body, the temperature can vary greatly from low to highly high.

The occurrence of mastitis can be prevented. To do this, complete emptying of the breast. Do not give your child only breast to calm him down. all rules of hygiene, and to prepare the nipples for breastfeeding should be carefully observed.

When feeding is necessary to change the chest. Do not feed the child in each case only one breast.

Treatment in early stages of disease carried by means of preparations (as an example, antibiotics). In cases where the disease started, it is likely and surgical intervention.

The consequences of the chest injury

Typically, after an injury, chest bruises or hematoma. This leads to a proliferation of pathogenic microorganisms. In the future, it flows into the abscess or abscess. It is not uncommon when it is bruised chest causes the development of malignant breast tumors.

Chest trauma, expressed a strong seal, often develops into a malignant or benign tumor. Most illnesses are safe atheroma and granuloma.

In addition to tumors is likely a cyst development. It is the result of proliferation of connective tissue in the mammary glands. Cyst can be removed surgically, but it is worth remembering that even the Remote cyst may trigger the development of cancer in women.

Dangerous tumors that appear because of chest trauma are fibroadenoma (benign tumor) and fibroma.

If we consider the cancerous growths, the greatest danger to health is lymphoma. Its danger lies in a large amount of metastasis. Behind her there is a sarcoma of the breast. The disease is extremely rare. The most frequent cause of its occurrence is bruised breast.

During feeding women especially need to be protected from damage and chest injuries. Severe injuries may subsequently cause clogging of the ducts or the milk stagnation. Late treatment of mastitis causes severe pain and breast.

Shotty breast

Most often fibrocystic breast disease observed at the age of 50 years. The disease occurs due to the large amount of hormones. In further leads to cystic proliferation of tissue that is causing the formation of nodules.

The reasons for the emergence of the disease include:

• Poor nutrition.
  
• Congenital predisposition.
• Ecology.
• Psychological disorders due to frequent stress.
• Due to the impossibility of abortion have children.
• Lack of sex.

Symptomatology of the disease clearly expressed, because to define it is not difficult. When mastitis occur compacting in the chest area. There is pain that occurs intermittently or fails altogether. There is a liquid dark or light color, often, there may be suppuration.

Treatment is carried out systematically. In addition to medicines (vitamins, hormones, sedatives), the patient is assigned to a special diet (complete rejection of coffee drinks, the amount of sweets and tea is reduced).

Women are advised to wear clothes strictly according to their size.

If the medication you need not give effect, performed surgery. It is important to remember that early treatment can prevent serious consequences, one of which is cancer.

Malignancy in the mammary gland

The main cause of death for girls aged over 30 years, is a malignancy.

There are a number of reasons that may develop breast cancer:

• Hormonal disorders.
• Metabolic disease.
• The woman's age. The most common, breast cancer appears in young women aged above 35 years.
• Bad habits and poor nutrition.
• Ecology.
• X-ray. Frequent this procedure can also cause the disease.

The complexity of the disease lies in the fact that in the early stages are almost no signs. Only after a while, using palpation can reveal the formation.

Signs of cancer:

• Node tumors motionless.
• The skin at the site of the tumor winces.
• Neoplasm is rapidly increasing in size.
• Pain.
• Education can grow on the surface of the breast.

Diagnosis of disease is performed using ultrasound or diagnostic mammography. The first option is the safest for a woman. The body in carrying out this type of survey is not exposed to radiation and most informative. The next step is a biopsy. Thanks to it manages to establish exactly benign tumor in women or malignant.

If the tumor is malignant, it is necessary to determine if other organs are damaged. Using ultrasound diagnostics determine whether there is metastasis.

Treatment of the disease is carried out surgically. If the removal of the tumor may remain pockets of cancer cells, the chest is cut off entirely. You can start treatment with drugs, but it can stop the disease only for a short time or do not give results. The likelihood of a recurrence in women whose tumor was removed, and the woman who has a breast removed is the same.

Paget's disease

Despite the extremely rare occurrence of Paget's disease, it is the most dangerous female disease. It can appear not only on the breasts, but also on the genitals, armpits and around the anus.

Due to the large number of studies were able to identify the main causes of this disease:

• Availability endocrinopathies (diseases whose appearance is due to disruption of endocrine glands).
• Age greater than 60 years.
• The use of linen is not by size.
• The woman did not become pregnant during the period from 20 to 35 years.
• Frequent injury nipples and breasts in general.
• Hereditary predisposition.

Paget's disease is generally in the area of ​​the nipple or areola. Identify cancer is possible either via palpation or by microscopic examination.

In medicine revealed nonspecific and specific manifestations of Paget's disease:

Nonspecific.	chest pain; the skin begins to peel off; slight redness in the area of ​​the nipple; tingling sensation in the nipple area.
Specific.	appearance of erosions or ulcers; stagnation of venous blood in the chest; changing the shape and volume of the breast; nipple changes its shape, its color changes; purulent discharge from the nipple.

Treatment of the disease, in addition to the operations includes:

• hormone therapy;
• radiotherapy;
• chemotherapy.

The prognosis for the early detection of the disease more than good. Nearly 100% of the patients, eventually completely cured.

To what doctor to address?

Discharge from the breast with pressure are the main cause for circulation to the expert. As a rule, this kind of problem has been an obstetrician-gynecologist or mammolog. After examining the complaints, patient survey and palpation, the doctor prescribes the appropriate treatment.

methods of diagnosis

In addition to breast palpation, specialists use:

Laboratory diagnosis.	Analysis of blood and urine. Hormonal study. Biopsy of breast cancer and the study of tumor markers.
X-ray methods.	Mammography. Ductography. X-ray examination using a contrast agent. Mammostsintrigrafiya. The study carried out with the aid of radioactive substances, which accumulate in cancer.

In addition to the above-mentioned diagnostics, widely used computer tomography.

Methods of treatment depending on the cause segregations

Discharge from the breast with pressure treated according to their causes. As an example, if the disease is caused by a drug, it overturned. When mastitis using antibiotics.

If the apparent cause secretions to identify and failed, then the assigned re-examination after 3 months. At constant secretions probably surgery, during which will be removed advanced galactophore.

Prevention of breast disease

For prevention it is necessary to perform 6 simple rules:

1. Sticking to a healthy diet.
   
2. Do not give up breast-feeding a child.
3. Do not injure the chest.
4. Conduct self breast examination.
5. Maintain a healthy weight.
6. At the first suspicion of the disease - to immediately contact a doctor.

Any separation of the pressure-sensitive breast require attention, as it can be a symptom of cancer, which is easier to cure in the early stages.

Author of the article: Vladimir Kharlamov

Registration of the article: Lozinski Oleg

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