Causes of abnormal male breast development

Male breast abnormalities usually occur after adulthood, with the largest number of cases occurring in middle-aged people. However, underage patients have also been found in recent years. So, do you know the obvious symptoms of male breast abnormalities? This is mainly manifested as breast enlargement, and some men also have breasts that look like women. During this period of illness, patients will obviously feel bloating and pain. But why do men have abnormal breast development?

Chinese medicine perspective

The main clinical features of this disease are abnormal enlargement of male breast tissue, which is similar to female breasts and accompanied by bloating and pain. It is often accompanied by liver depression, qi stagnation, and yang deficiency. The main causes and pathogenesis are as follows:

1. Emotional frustration causes liver qi stagnation, which turns into fire, and the liquid turns into phlegm. Phlegm and qi combine in the breasts, causing breast enlargement.

2. The disease may also occur when the body is deficient in Yang, the liver wood fails to warm up, the function of dispersing and discharging is impaired, the Yang Qi is weak, the water Qi cannot be transformed, the body fluids gather to become phlegm, and the milk filaments stagnate.

3. Insufficient kidney essence, Chong and Ren disorders, essence and blood have the same origin, the liver wood loses its nourishment, and its qi is not comfortable, then qi stagnates and phlegm condenses, resulting in swelling of lumps in the areola.

4. Insufficient congenital endowment, insufficient spleen yang, endogenous phlegm and dampness; liver and kidney deficiency, insufficient kidney essence, or testicular injury, testicular malnutrition; and because the liver meridian goes around the genitals, passes through the lower abdomen, and spreads to the two anterior and posterior regions, phlegm and dampness flow through the meridians to the two anterior and posterior breasts, causing breast enlargement.

Western medicine perspective

Modern medicine believes that the cause of this disease is still uncertain, and it is generally believed to be related to endocrine disorders. Testicular dysplasia or testicular inflammation, damage, and tumors can lead to a decrease in male hormone secretion. Abnormal liver function can also lead to estrogen inactivation disorders. Both can increase the level of estrogen in the body, leading to breast tissue development and abnormal hyperplasia. In addition, long-term use of estrogen therapy for prostate hypertrophy and prostate cancer, as well as long-term use of drugs such as digitalis, reserpine, isoniazid, and isoniazid, can cause male breast hyperplasia.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, there are four reasons for abnormal male breast development, which you can find in the article; from the perspective of Western medicine, the cause of this disease is not yet clear, and it is generally believed to be caused by endocrine disorders. In short, after understanding the causes of abnormal male breast development, patients must seek treatment.