Discharge from the breast by pressing

The glands of external secretion are arranged in such a way that the secret secreted by them is removed from the body. Often women are treated to mammalog, complaining about the discharge from the breast, appearing when pressed. Let's find out if this is really dangerous.

Possible causes of excretions from the mammary glands under pressure

Normally, no leakage of any liquid substances from the chest should not be, except for the period of breastfeeding. But if it is not so, you need to know why there were deviations. The causes of discharge from the mammary glands under pressure are different - from a small hormonal disorder to a serious disease:

1. Pregnancy. Already from the first weeks a woman wearing under the heart of a baby can notice how something has changed in the mammary glands. Such a manifestation is whitish, transparent or yellowish discharge. This is normal and does not require treatment.
2. Feeding. The most natural of the causes of droplets on the nipple when pressed, is lactation. After it is finished, some milk may flow for a while. Over time, the hormonal background stabilizes and the discharge stops.
3. Mastitis. During the feeding of the baby, greenish discharge from the mammary glands can be observed with pressure. This is a dangerous situation, requiring surgical intervention.
4. Galactorrhea. In various situations, non-pregnant and non-pregnant women have an increase in prolactin. This situation can occur when taking hormonal contraceptives, pituitary tumors, thyroid problems. The discharge is milky or transparent, with a slight admixture of white.
5. Mastopathy. This disease is more likely to affect women of childbearing age. Discharge from the mammary glands with pressure can be transparent or greenish (yellow). Treatment of the disease is administered by gynecologists-oncologists. Most often it is hormonotherapy.
6. Injury. If the chest is traumatized, there may be a clear discharge or an admixture of blood. A woman should urgently turn to traumatology for qualified help.
7. Ectasia. With the expansion of the milk ducts, there are dark / black discharge from the mammary glands under pressure, thick and sticky to the touch. This disease affects women aged 40-50 years. Treatment with this medication or operative.
8. Benign tumor or intraprostatic papilloma. Brown or spotting from the mammary glands under pressure should alert any woman. Most often, one gland suffers, and not both. After the histological examination of the material taken, the issue of treatment - removal of the duct or breast - is solved.
9. Paget's disease. This disease refers to oncology, but affects only the nipple. It becomes entangled, burning, reddening, darkening of the areola. As the treatment, removal of the affected breast is most often used, although sometimes it is possible to remove only the area covered by the disease.
10. Cancer. This new formation is at the very end of the list of possible causes. If, apart from the discharge (bloody), the breast increases in size, has changed the contours, the seals are felt, then the woman should visit the doctor as soon as possible to make the diagnosis.

Whatever the reason for the appearance of excreta, a woman who worries about her health should undergo the following diagnosis:

• mammograms;
• Breast ultrasound;
• blood tests for hormones;
• cytology of excreta.