Men's breast pain

When talking about breast pain, many people will immediately think that it is caused by some disease in women. In fact, men may also experience breast pain. Male breast pain is often caused by some diseases, so when men feel breast pain, they must go to the hospital for examination in time to find out the cause of breast pain and receive effective treatment. Don't be embarrassed at this time, physical health is the most important.

There are several causes of breast pain in men:

1. Breast pain caused by breast hyperplasia:

Breast swelling and pain is the first symptom of breast hyperplasia patients. Breast hyperplasia is often accompanied by breast lumps, nipple discharge, emotional changes (bad temper, irritability, and mental tension).

2. Mastitis breast pain:

Breast swelling and pain is one of the typical symptoms of mastitis. The symptoms of acute mastitis and acute suppurative mastitis are different, but both will cause breast swelling and pain, local skin temperature, tenderness, unclear nodules, and tenderness.

3. Breast pain caused by breast cysts:

Breast tenderness is not a common symptom of breast cysts, but swelling or tenderness may occur when breast cysts are accompanied by inflammation.

4. Breast pain caused by mammary fibroma:

Breast fibroma is an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue, a single or multiple hard lumps, generally not accompanied by pain. In a small number of cases, breast fibroadenoma is accompanied by breast hyperplasia, in which case symptoms such as breast swelling and discomfort may occur.

5. Breast pain caused by breast cancer:

48% of breast cancer patients have varying degrees of breast pain and stabbing pain, which gradually worsens and involves the shoulders and back. About 13% of breast cancer patients have breast pain as an early symptom, and 6% of patients have breast pain as the only early manifestation. In the late stage of breast cancer, the pain is unbearable.

What are the dangerous symptoms of male breast pain?

Because men have small breasts, it is easy to detect small foreign bodies in their breasts. Therefore, compared with women, as long as they pay more attention to it, it is easier for men to find problems early when they find breast changes. When men have the following breast problems, they should go to the hospital for further examination as soon as possible.

1. Lumps and swelling. The main symptom of male breast cancer is breast lumps that often occur around the areola, are hard in texture, have unclear boundaries, are often not smooth in surface, and have poor mobility.

2. Breast skin is sunken, nipples are inverted, and occasionally accompanied by nipple bleeding. The pain is sometimes not very obvious, but if the nipple is found to be retracted and the skin is involved, you should be alert.

3. Enlarged lymph nodes. The biggest feature of breast tumors is that they are easy to metastasize, so if you find that the lymph nodes under your armpits are enlarged for a long time, you should be especially careful.