What causes breast enlargement?

Breast hyperplasia is a health problem that many female friends have. This problem is mainly caused by endocrine disorders, emotional and other mental factors, human factors or bad living habits, unreasonable diet structure or long-term use of contraceptives. Different care methods should be adopted for breast hyperplasia caused by different reasons. The following is a detailed introduction to breast hyperplasia.

Fibrocystic breast disease is the most common breast disease in women, and its incidence ranks first among breast diseases. In recent years, the incidence of this disease has been increasing year by year, and the age of patients has been getting younger and younger. Cysplastic breast disease is the physiological proliferation and incomplete involution of normal mammary lobules, which disrupts the normal structure of the mammary gland. It is a pathological hyperplasia and is neither an inflammatory nor a tumor disease. It is more common in women aged 30-50, with the peak incidence being 35-40 years old. If some breast hyperplasia persists for a long time and does not heal, benign breast tumors or malignant lesions may occur.

2. Causes of breast hyperplasia

1. Endocrine disorders

The decrease in progesterone secretion and the relative increase in estrogen are important causes of breast hyperplasia. Such as incomplete ovarian development, irregular menstruation, thyroid disease and liver dysfunction.

2. Influence of emotional and other mental factors

Negative mental factors such as mental stress and emotional excitement can easily lead to breast hyperplasia. Staying up late and lack of sleep can also cause breast hyperplasia. These negative factors will also aggravate existing symptoms of breast hyperplasia.

3. Human factors or bad living habits

Reasons such as female infertility at advanced age, sexual dysfunction, artificial abortion, marital discord, and non-breastfeeding can cause the breast to be unable to have normal, cyclical physiological activities. Wearing a bra that is too tight or a tight underwear, etc.

For example, a high-fat, high-energy diet that leads to excessive fat intake, and bad lifestyle habits such as drinking and smoking can induce breast disease. In addition, people's diet is better now, and many people suffer from high blood pressure and high blood sugar, which can easily cause endocrine disorders in women and lead to breast hyperplasia.

5. Long-term use of health products and contraceptives containing estrogen

Long-term excessive intake of estrogen by the human body will lead to endocrine imbalance. Some fast-growing foods, feed used for artificially raised aquatic products and poultry also contain hormone components. Long-term consumption can also lead to breast diseases.

1. Breast pain is often characterized by distension or stabbing pain, which may affect one or both breasts, with one side being more severe. Those with severe pain cannot touch the breast, and may even have an impact on their daily life and work. The pain may radiate to the ipsilateral armpit or shoulder and back; some may manifest as nipple pain or itching. Breast pain often occurs or worsens a few days before menstruation and is significantly relieved or disappears after menstruation. The pain may also fluctuate with mood changes, fatigue, and weather changes. This pain related to the menstrual cycle and emotional changes is the main feature of the clinical manifestations of hyperplasia of the breast.

2. Breast lumps Lumps can occur in one or both breasts, single or multiple, and are generally found in the upper outer quadrant of the breast. It appears as flakes, nodules, cords, etc. of varying sizes, among which flakes are the most common. The border is not obvious, the texture is medium or slightly hard, there is no adhesion to the surrounding tissues, and there is often tenderness. Most breast lumps also change with the menstrual cycle. The lumps become larger and harder before menstruation, and shrink and soften after menstruation.

3. Nipple discharge A small number of patients may experience nipple discharge, which is spontaneous and mostly light yellow or light milky white. In a few patients, discharge can be seen after squeezing the nipple. Be cautious if bloody or brown discharge occurs.