Breast is an important organ of women, but also a fragile part, many breast diseases are destroying Chinese women, so we should pay attention to our breast health. Today we are going to learn about a common breast disease, breast hyperplasia.

Breast hyperplasia, which is a disease that occurs during breast development, this disease is neither tumor nor inflammation, and the high incidence group is women aged 50~0 years, but it is worth noting that breast cancer may coexist with breast hyperplasia, so we must guard against this disease.

So, how can you tell if you have breast hyperplasia? The following are some typical symptoms of breast hyperplasia, which can be used as a reference for female friends.

What are the symptoms of breast hyperplasia?

1. There is a lump in the breast

When a patient with breast hyperplasia touches his breast, he or she feels a lump, which is usually irregular or lumpy.

2. Breast pain

Breast pain can involve one or both breasts, mainly pain on one side, often manifested as stabbing or swelling pain, severe pain even if the breast is lightly touched, the pain will be endless, the impact on daily work and life is greater, some patients are manifested as nipple pain or itching. The pain is predominantly in the breast lump and can also radiate to the patient's lateral ribs, armpits, or back of the shoulders. This breast pain often appears or worsens a few days before menstruation, and can also be caused by mood changes, such as when the patient is angry, stressed or tired because of emotional or unsatisfactory life. This pain, associated with changes in the menstrual cycle and mood, is the main feature of the clinical manifestations of breast hyperplasia.

3. Nipple discharge

A small number of patients will have a spontaneous discharge, and a small number of patients will have a bloody discharge or a milky white overflow, grass yellow, or brown serous discharge when squeezed.

So how can we tell if our breasts are healthy? In fact, we can check whether our breasts are healthy on weekdays, and the following is how to do a self-examination.

What are the methods of breast self-examination?

1. Carefully observe whether the appearance, size, skin color or nipple color of your breasts on both sides have changed, and colleagues should see if there is eczema in your breasts, whether there are convex marks on the skin of your breasts, and whether there is fluid or blood flowing out of your nipples.

2. Raise one arm to see if the other breast can be lifted normally. At the same time, the joint part of the breast and armpit is checked for abnormalities.

3. Put your hands on your waist and press hard on your chest to tense your chest muscles, and check if your breasts have different lines or foreign body protrusions.

4. Touch the breasts first, then press the armpits, and use the fingertips of the middle finger and index finger to comprehensively examine the breasts in one direction.

5. Gently lift and squeeze with your index finger, middle finger and thumb to carefully check if there is any discharge.

6. Put your right arm under your head, use your left hand to check the right breast for lumps, and then use the same method to change hands to check the left breast.

Breast hyperplasia is a chronic disease, although not every patient with breast hyperplasia will deteriorate into breast cancer, but there are many connections between the two, so I would like to remind women to pay attention to their breast health, and not let breast hyperplasia take advantage of it and endanger their health.