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Symptoms of disease - chest pain(2)

Chest pain is a common complaint of women before-climacteric age (i.e., women with normal menstrual cycle). Older women are less likely encounter a problem, when the pain in the chest. The pain may occur both in one breast, and in both, it can be as regular (appear and disappear every month), and constant (the last for several weeks and even months).

Probably many of you are familiar extremely unpleasant feelings, pain in the chest before menstruation. The breasts swell up, sleeping on the stomach is impossible, favorite clothes seems cramped and uncomfortable... IN the head immediately begin to gather all sorts of unpleasant thoughts: "it Hurts the chest - and suddenly it is...?".

In fact, in most cases the cause of the pain in the chest is such common diseases as breast. But it is not worth to set up self-diagnosed and especially to take any drugs. Only a doctor mammologist-oncologist after the survey can determine the cause of pain in the chest and assign appropriate treatment.

Why sore breasts?
The most common cause of pain in the chest are banal hormonal changes in the body during menstruation. In the monthly changes of hormonal background of the body there is nothing wrong, however, they can lead to the occurrence of mastopathy - benign changes in the breast tissue. Today mastopathy is a rather widespread disease - according to the statistics, they suffer from 60% to 80% of the women, most of them at the age from 25 to 45 years. The main symptoms of this disease are seals and pain in the chest.

Following the popularity of the cause of pain in the chest are different types of mechanical damage to the breast. The pain may be the result of a strong blow, too strong compression or compression of the chest. This is easily avoided if the wear of high quality supportive bra. The issue of the bra should be given special attention, as the chest - this is a very delicate mechanism, and choose more comfortable for her "clothes" you relieve yourself of the many unpleasant moments.

We have already talked about the fact that the cause of the pain can be (and often is) the change of the hormonal background of the organism. However, hormonal background changes not only in the case of menstruation, but also in the case of pregnancy. Thus, another cause of pain in the chest can be a pregnancy, and breastfeeding. Chest pain can also occur because of insufficient active sexual life.

Thus, summing up the aforesaid, we can say that the causes pain in the chest. Pain or increased sensitivity of the breast can be caused by many reasons.

Here are the main of them:
Hormonal changes in the period of menstruation
- Retention in the body fluids that occurs during menstruation
- Damage to the breast
- Pregnancy
- Breast- feeding
Infection of the breast
- Breast cancer

Which diseases there is chest pain(2)

According to the International classification of diseases diseases of mammary glands are divided into 5 categories:
1. Benign dysplasia breast cancer (including breast).
2. Inflammatory diseases of the breast (lactational mastitis).
3. Hypertrophy of the breast.
4. Unspecified education in the breast.
5. Other diseases of the breast.

Naturally, the women equally difficult how to navigate in medical terminology, and to correctly diagnose the disease itself. So many of them, found themselves the seal of the mammary glands, immediately decide that they have cancer, and go to the doctor. Medical examination - the thing, of course, correct and necessary, but don't panic ahead of time. It doesn't mean that the disturbing symptoms indicate a malignant tumor. Therefore the special attention we would like to pay symptoms of benign breast diseases (mastopathy).

Make sure with yourself
According to several authors, mastopathy suffer 70-80% of women aged 20-55 years and 30-40% at a younger age. Doctors call mastopathy “precancer", therefore it is very important early detection and timely treatment of the disease. One of the most common symptoms of mastitis is a pain in the mammary gland, which concerned a woman before the onset of the menstrual cycle, gradually decreasing and vanishing around on the 12-14th day of the cycle. The presence of mastitis should alert the woman and make her to see a specialist.

Very often women find seals in the tissues of the breast accidentally. Seals can be painless, in size from a pea and more and even occupy all of the gland. In order to achieve the earliest possible diagnosis of neoplastic processes, all women should be able to properly examine the mammary glands. Self-examination of the breast should be carried out not less than once a month. Do it best in front of a mirror, paying attention to changes in the shape and size of the breast, skin condition, presence of rash, change color and shape nipples (they can be as involved as and swollen). Then go to the feeling of the breast: we need to start from the left of the gland, it is better in the situation of lying, with his fingertips feel clockwise not only the chest, but always armpit depression, over- and subclavian area.

Detection of enlarged lymph nodes, seals, nipple discharge is a sign of the presence of diseases of mammary glands. Therefore, you should immediately go to the doctor. Сегодня можно без проблем купить диплом врача

Do not pull the time

According to the World health organization, breast cancer takes the first place among cancer in women worldwide. The factors contributing to the emergence of this disease, it is very much: at-risk - women over the age of 40 years, a malignant tumor, they may develop in connection with the onset of menopause, hormonal disorders of the body. Therefore, women in this age group will be obliged to carry out regular examination of mammary glands.
The disease develops slowly, from a few months up to 15-20 years, while a woman and does not suspect that she is seriously ill.

Early detection of the disease, at the 1st stage, allows us to successfully perform surgical treatment, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The probability of cure for cancer in this stage is much higher than the 3-rd and 4-th stages.

The main symptoms of breast cancer, which a woman may find herself, are:
* bloody discharge from the nipple;
* change the form of the nipple;
* the seal or indrawing of the skin over the tumor;
* enlarged lymph nodes in the underarm, subclavian and supraclavicular regions.

The identification of these symptoms is an absolute indicator for treatment to the doctor. Modern methods of investigation:
* ULTRASOUND examination of mammary glands, mammography, magnetic resonance imaging can detect diseases of mammary glands in the early stages of development;
* mammography (x-ray) - the main and the most reliable diagnostic method, allowing to reveal 90-95% of all diseases of mammary glands.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a chest pain(2)

• Mammologist
• Oncologist
• Gynaecologist
• Endocrinologist

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Do you feel chest hurts? You should be very careful approach to your health in general. People pay not enough attention to the symptoms of the disease and don't realize that these diseases can be critically dangerous. There are many diseases that in the beginning didn't manifest in our body, but in the end it turns out, unfortunately, it have already been treated too late. Every disease has its own specific features typical symptoms - called symptoms of the disease. Definition of symptoms is the first step in the diagnosis of diseases in general. You just need a few times a year to be screened by a doctor, not only to prevent a terrible disease, but also to maintain a healthy spirit in a body and the organism in general.

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Map of the symptoms and the types of pain is intended solely for educational purposes. We strongly recommend do NOT self-medicate; on all matters relating to the definition of the disease and ways of its treatment, contact your doctor. Md-tips is not responsible for the consequences of use information posted on the site.