Why does my nipple hurt when I touch it?

Breasts represent sex and love for women because they show the beauty of women. Breasts are also the best tool for nurturing the next generation. Therefore, protecting breasts is the responsibility of every woman, but breast diseases are a pain in the heart of women. Some women's nipples hurt when they are touched. Due to the high sensitivity of nipples, most women care about it, thinking that this phenomenon will gradually disappear with the passage of time. In fact, this is an incorrect idea. The following will explain to women why nipples hurt when they are touched.

What's going on.

1. Premenstrual breast pain: Many women experience fullness, hardness, and tenderness in their breasts during menstruation. In severe cases, the breasts may become swollen and painful even with a slight vibration or collision, and the original granules or nodules may become more obvious. This is caused by increased estrogen levels in the body before menstruation, breast hyperplasia, and edema of the breast interstitial tissue. After the menstrual period, the above changes disappear.

2. Breast pain after sexual intercourse: This is related to the physiological changes in the breasts during sexual intercourse. People with low libido or an disharmonious sex life cannot achieve sexual satisfaction, so the congestion and swelling of the breasts are not easy to subside, or they subside incompletely. Continuous congestion will cause breast pain.

3. Breast cancer: It is common in women aged 20 to 40 and has a slow course. In the early stage, there is one or several nodules in the breast, which are painless or tender, have unclear boundaries with surrounding tissues, are often adhered to the skin, and the axillary lymph nodes on the same side may be enlarged. Clinically, there is no fever. After the pus mass softens, it forms a cold abscess; it can penetrate the skin to form a fistula or sinus tract, and discharge thin pus with cheesy debris. In a few patients, the lumps become hard lumps through fibrosis, which changes the shape of the breast and causes the nipple to retract, making it difficult to distinguish from breast cancer.

The nipple is the most sensitive part of the breast. The slightest touch will cause the nipple to react. Therefore, women whose nipples hurt when touched should pay great attention to this phenomenon and go to the hospital to check their breasts in time to see if any disease has occurred. Women who have the conditions should have regular breast examinations after the symptoms of nipple pain disappear, so that breast diseases can be detected in time.