Increased cases of breast cancer in recent years cause women to carefully monitor their own health. When there are painful sensations and seals in the mammary glands, each naturally begins to worry and appeals to specialists. Many of the women leave the doctor's office with a diagnosis of fibrocystic mastopathy. Despite the awesome name, the disease itself is, in most cases, a harbinger of cancer, but it is not worth treating it negligently, because it makes it difficult to diagnose cancer. The reasons for the occurrence of fibrocystic mastopathy, its symptoms and methods of treatment will be discussed in this article.
Causes of fibrocystic mastopathy
In the risk group of women suffering from fibrocystic mastopathy, women are considered to be of childbearing age. Among them, about 60% are faced with a similar diagnosis. In the period of menopause, fibrocystic mastopathy is much less common. Particularly at risk of a woman's disease:
- not leading a regular sex life;
- not giving birth until the age of 25;
- refused to breast-feed a child or breast-fed for less than six months.
The main cause of the appearance of this disease are hormonal disorders. They can be caused by many factors, for example:
- frequent stress;
- inflammatory diseases of the genitals;
- disorders of thyroid function;
- abortion;
- mechanical injuries of the chest;
- heredity.
To eliminate them, as well as manifestations of the disease, in the absence of malignant formations, it is possible, especially in the early stages of the disease. It is not worthwhile to start this process without referring to specialists. All these factors lead to impaired metabolism, reduced immunity, which increases the risk of developing breast cancer.
Symptoms of fibrocystic mastopathy
Among the signs of fibrocystic mastopathy can be noted:
- pain;
- sensation of swelling in the chest;
- change in the structure of the mammary glands, determined by palpation;
- discharge from the chest.
All these symptoms, with the exception of changes in the structure of the mammary glands, are unstable. So, during one menstruation with fibrocystic mastopathy a woman can experience severe pain and swelling in the chest, up to a significant increase in her size, and also observe discharge from the nipples when pressing on them. However, in the next menstrual cycle, all these symptoms may disappear or be less pronounced.
The appearance of such signs is characteristic for the second half of the menstrual cycle.
The change in the structure of the glands itself remains unchanged. At self-examination the woman can grope seals of different type, which depends on the nature of mastopathy. Nodules can be dense and painless, when pressed they easily go into the chest or, if it's cysts, their wateryness is palpated. There can be just two kinds of seals.
How to cure fibrocystic mastopathy?
Before the appointment of treatment, the specialist must conduct
How to treat fibrocystic mastopathy, the doctor determines based on the picture of the disease. The following measures can be recommended by a specialist:
- elimination of stressful situations;
- change in diet (refusal of coffee, fatty foods, etc.);
- to give up smoking;
- taking remedies that relieve pain;
- taking drugs that restore the hormonal background;
- surgical intervention.