Breast nodules and breast hyperplasia can be distinguished from each other in terms of cause, nature, symptoms and treatment. 1. Causes: Breast hyperplasia is mainly caused by endocrine disorders in the body; breast nodules belong to a group of diseases collectively, and the reasons for the formation of breast nodules are more extensive. 2. Nature: breast nodules are pathological, including benign nodules and malignant nodules; while breast hyperplasia includes physiological lesions and pathological hyperplasia of the breast. 3. Symptoms: Breast hyperplasia mostly manifests as swelling and pain in the breast, while breast nodule manifests differently according to different diseases, and can manifest as painful or painless lumps, such as breast fibroadenoma. 4. Treatment: Breast hyperplasia requires conservative treatment with drugs, such as tamoxifen and other endocrine-regulating drugs, while breast nodules can be treated conservatively with regular checkups if they are benign tumors with no obvious symptoms. If the tumor is benign and without obvious symptoms, it can be treated conservatively with regular review. If the tumor is breast cancer, it needs to be treated with surgery as early as possible, and after surgery, it will be treated with adjuvant therapy such as chemotherapy (cisplatin, etc.), radiotherapy, and endocrine therapy (Tamoxifen, etc.). Breast nodules refer to hard lumps in the breast and belong to a group of diseases, while breast hyperplasia refers to the growth of breast tissue and belongs to a kind of disease. Breast nodules may be breast hyperplasia, but also breast fibroma, lipoma, breast cancer and so on. It is recommended that the patient go to the hospital, improve the auxiliary examination, in order to clarify the condition, the professional physician for treatment, the drug needs to be used under the guidance of a professional physician.