Women have their menstrual cycle once a month. Before menstruation, women actually have many symptoms. Some women may experience breast swelling and pain before their menstrual period. Many women are asking, is it normal to experience breast swelling and pain before menstruation? What's going on here? If you don't know the reason behind it, then it's necessary for you to read this article.
1、 Is breast swelling and pain normal before menstruation
Breast swelling and pain before menstruation is a normal phenomenon.
The increase in estrogen levels before menstruation can lead to breast swelling, and even varying degrees of pain and tenderness; After menstruation, the levels of estrogen and progesterone rapidly decrease. Estrogen weakens the stimulation of the breast, causing the breast to regress. The secretion of mammary ductal epithelial cells decreases, cells shrink and fall off, edema subsides, the breast becomes smaller and softer, and the pain disappears.
2、 What causes breast swelling and pain before menstruation
1. Endocrine factors
Breast distention and pain before menstruation may be related to endocrine factors, mental factors or water and salt retention in the body, or it may be caused by abnormal release of endorphins, which leads to the dysfunction of hypothalamus pituitary ovary uterus axis or the lack of vitamin B family in the body.
2. Pathological factors
Breast swelling and pain before menstruation are symptoms of premenstrual syndrome caused by increased levels of estrogen in the body, breast hyperplasia, and swelling of the interstitial tissues between the breasts. Symptoms usually disappear after menstruation. If there are nodules or lumps in the breast that do not disappear after the end of menstruation, it cannot be ruled out that it may be breast hyperplasia or malignant breast lesions. Regular check ups and early prevention and treatment are necessary.
3. Breast swelling and pain before menstruation are related to liver and stomach
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the breast belongs to the contraction tube of the stomach meridian, and the nipple is treated by the liver meridian. Therefore, there is a certain connection between premenstrual breast swelling and pain and the liver and stomach.
Liver stagnation and qi stagnation
Liver depression and qi stagnation are related to emotional instability or excessive stress. In addition to experiencing breast swelling and pain, these women may also experience restlessness, irritability, nausea, and lumps of blood that turn black after menstruation.
Liver stagnation and spleen dampness
The common symptoms of liver depression and spleen dampness include obvious breast swelling and pain before menstruation, lower abdominal swelling and pain accompanied by a sense of heaviness, poor appetite, limb weakness, multiple and pale menstrual flow after menstruation, and excessive vaginal discharge.
Deficiency of liver and kidney yin
People with liver and kidney yin deficiency not only experience premenstrual breast swelling and pain, but also symptoms such as restlessness, poor sleep, headache and dizziness, heat in the hands, feet, and heart, physical weakness, lower back pain, weak knees, red lips, and susceptibility to oral ulcers.
Through the introduction in this article, it can be known that breast tenderness before menstruation is generally normal, but some breast tenderness can also be pathological. So it's best for you to carefully refer to the content of this article and see what causes your breast swelling and pain, so that you can prescribe the necessary treatment accordingly.
