Is breast pain normal before period?

Many women will experience breast pain before menstruation, especially a feeling of heaviness in the breasts, which is more obvious at night. Most people don’t know what is going on. It is precisely because many women have such symptoms that people don’t pay attention to them. In fact, sometimes such symptoms are not good, so everyone should pay attention. Let us now introduce to you whether breast pain before menstruation is normal.

Is breast pain normal before period?

Generally speaking, breast pain three days before menstruation may be a sign that menstruation is about to come or that there is early pregnancy, which is normal. However, some people experience breast pain too early, such as breast pain after menstruation ends or after ovulation, and it hurts when they put on underwear or touch it. This phenomenon is pathological and must be treated as soon as possible, otherwise it is easy to develop gynecological diseases such as infertility and breast tumors.

Many infertile women have long-term breast pain. Their estrogen and progesterone are often unbalanced, and prolactin is also abnormally secreted. There are also many breast tumor patients who had breast pain 2 to 3 years before they developed the tumor but did not pay attention to it. Therefore, women who have abnormal breast pain should be alert and avoid seeking medical attention in order to avoid delaying the disease.

Most cases of premenstrual breast pain occur 3 to 5 days before menstruation. In severe cases, the pain may occur two weeks after menstruation, around the time of ovulation. Some people experience pain in the armpits or even in the nipples. Systemic symptoms include mild edema, headache, insomnia, irritability, emotional instability, back pain, lower abdominal pain, and difficulty in defecation. The symptoms disappear after the menstrual period, and this happens repeatedly, once a month. If not properly treated, they will become more and more serious. Over time, they can easily lead to other diseases, the most common of which are breast hyperplasia, breast fibroid tumors or cysts. As a result, menstruation gradually becomes irregular, with scanty menstrual flow and subsequent infertility. Studies have found that many infertility patients have severe premenstrual breast pain. When the breast pain is cured through Chinese medicine treatment, they become pregnant.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the breasts are governed by the stomach meridian, and the nipples are governed by the liver meridian. Therefore, all breast diseases, poor development or breast atrophy are treated by regulating the liver and stomach. Prescribing the right medicine according to the different conditions will often achieve good results. The treatment of this disease is classified as follows:

1. Liver depression and Qi stagnation: Most of these women have a history of bad moods or excessive stress in life. In addition to breast nipple pain that cannot be touched, they are also accompanied by irritability, chest tightness, rib cramps, anger, nausea, swelling and pain in the lower abdomen, dark blood clots in menstruation, uncoordinated sexual life, dark spots on the face, etc. Treatment should focus on regulating the liver, qi and stomach. Commonly used medicines include Linderae odoratum, Curcuma aromatica, Citrus citron, White peony root, Citrus aurantium, Atractylodes macrocephala, malt, and Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae.

2. Liver depression and spleen dampness: Common symptoms include premenstrual breast pain, obvious tenderness, lower abdominal pain with a feeling of heaviness, poor appetite, weakness in the limbs, easy diarrhea, excessive vaginal discharge, and light-colored menstruation. Treatment requires invigorating the spleen, eliminating dampness and promoting qi circulation. Commonly used medicines include Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala, Coix seed, Magnolia officinalis, Toosendan fruit, Albizzia julibrissin bark, etc.

3. Liver and kidney yin deficiency: In addition to breast pain, women of this type often suffer from fever, restless sleep, headache and dizziness, hot hands and feet, red lips, easy ulcers on the lips and tongue, thin body and inability to gain weight, back pain, weak knees, etc. Treatment should focus on nourishing the kidney and liver. Commonly used medicines include Adenophora Root, Ophiopogon japonicus, Rehmannia glutinosa, Toosendan Fructus, Cyperus rotundus, White Peony Root, Salvia miltiorrhiza, and Eupatorium fortunei.

Is it normal to have breast pain before menstruation? Most of the time, this is normal, but sometimes it may indicate some problems. Some breast diseases will have such symptoms, and the pain before menstruation will be more obvious. I hope everyone will pay attention to it.