Friday, February 8, 2008

Breast Pain

Changes in woman’s breast are common. It starts from the puberty stage where a woman begins to develop breasts menstruating, throughout life, women may experience numerous kinds of breast pain some breast changes.

Some of these changes normally occur during the menstrual cycle, during pregnancy, and with aging. Breast lumps, tenderness, and other changes may occur. Most breast lumps and other changes are not cancer.

Breast pain is also called mastalgia and/or breast tenderness. Most of the women who are experiencing such condition are in the process of menopausal. If a certain woman is not from menopausal stage, the said condition associates with monthly menstrual period.

Symptoms

Breast pain may be cyclic, noncyclic or extramammary. Cyclic breast pain occurs in a pattern clearly related to the menstrual cycle. Noncyclic breast pain is constant or intermittent breast pain unrelated to the menstrual cycle. Extramammary breast pain arises from a source other than the breast, such as muscles in the chest wall, but it may feel like it's originating in the breast.

Cyclic breast pain affects women who are in their 30s or 40s while noncyclic breast pain affects women who are in there 40s or 50s and who are postmenopausal.

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