Any compaction of a mammary gland in a woman is an occasion to seek medical advice for a mammologist. Professional consultation will help to establish the causes of unwanted symptoms.
Mastopathy
The disease is widespread. To provoke a painful compaction in the mammary glands in case of mastopathy may be a violation of the hormonal background. The problem is particularly acute in women aged. Culprits can also be some gynecological diseases, stresses, glitches in the glands, for example, thyroid gland.
You can suggest the development of mastopathy according to the following symptoms:
- redness and thickening of the breast tissue;
- swelling of the breast tissue;
- an increase in neoplasm during menstrual bleeding.
Cysts of mammary glands
As a rule, if there is a cyst, pain may be absent. But the compaction in the mammary gland is well felt, it is not always possible to establish the reasons for its formation. Cysts of mammary glands have the property to grow in diameter up to several centimeters. Such formations require removal by surgical intervention.
Some other diseases that cause pain and breast enlargement
Lipoma , fibroadenoma, granuloma - not the whole list of diseases, the symptom of which is densification, accompanied by painful sensations. There is one thing that unites all these medical terms: the need for urgent examination and elimination of education and its causes.
If you have found a seal in the mammary gland, and even more so if it hurts, you need to see a specialist. Some types of diseases in the early stages are successfully treated medically, cysts are removed with the help of punctures. In special cases, surgical operations are required.