What about breast enlargement? Can it turn into breast cancer?

Ms. Wang, 35 years old, working in a foreign company, usually work pressure, irregular work and rest time, often appear before menstruation breast swelling and pain, but after menstruation will be good, so she did not pay too much attention. This year, the unit routine physical examination, Ms. Wang was diagnosed with breast hyperplasia, she then began to worry, nervous. Then one morning when changing clothes she inadvertently touched her breasts and found that there was a lump on the outside of her left breast that appeared to be there, and the image of that hard lump in her mind kept enlarging, making it difficult for her to sleep or eat. She had read in the newspaper that at the age of 35, she was just beginning to enter the breast cancer-prone age, and it was at this juncture that the lump appeared in her breast, and she even began to guess whether she would soon develop breast cancer. Ms. Wang’s phenomenon is very common and her anxiety is understandable. Mammary hyperplasia is the most common breast disease in women, mostly seen in women aged 25 to 40. According to a survey, about 70% to 80% of women have different degrees of breast hyperplasia, and its incidence is increasing among young women. Patients with breast hyperplasia often consult the doctor for breast swelling and pain, which worsens 1~2 weeks before the onset of menstruation, and then gradually relieves or even disappears after the onset of menstruation, but there are also some patients whose pain is not regular. During the period of pain, breast sensitivity may increase, and severe pain or discomfort may be felt at the slightest stimulus. In many patients, a lump may be palpable in the breast with pressure. Other possible symptoms include nipple itching or fluid leakage, which is a bright yellowish fluid that can be detected by wetting undergarments. About half of the patients have symptoms of female hormonal imbalance such as irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea or gynecological tumors. It is also worth noting that men can also have breast enlargement. Male breasts are usually rudimentary, with only a pair of smaller nipples and areolas, and their mammary glands are composed of fibro-fatty tissues and some ducts, which, unlike women, don’t develop into terminal ducts and don’t form mammary lobules. However, under some special circumstances, male mammary glands can be stimulated to develop and hyperplasia, which can lead to mammary gland hypertrophy. In fact, most of the breast enlargement patients are more anxious than “whether breast enlargement will be cancerous”, most of the studies have shown that there is no significant difference between the cancer rate of breast enlargement patients and that of the general population, although breast enlargement cases are very common, but breast enlargement has a very small chance of developing into breast cancer, and it is not an inevitable process. breast enlargement is physiologic and not harmful. Therefore, most patients with breast enlargement do not need to undergo excessive diagnosis and treatment, self-examination and regular follow-up with breast specialists are sufficient. However, for patients aged 40 to 60, with a long history of the disease, obvious hyperplastic nodules, bloody nipple overflow, lack of obvious regularity of pain or a family history of breast cancer, they should still be treated with caution, and go to the hospital closely and regularly for checkups, so as to avoid delaying their condition and missing the best time for diagnosis and treatment. After understanding that she is not a malignant tumor, Ms. Wang was really relieved. However, she immediately had a new question, why would she suffer from breast hyperplasia? The cause of breast hyperplasia is still unclear, but the more recognized viewpoints support that endocrine hormone regulation disorders are one of the main reasons. Modern life is fast-paced, women take on multiple roles in social life, and accumulate more pressure in the family and society. Tension and anxiety and irregular and unhealthy living habits are important factors that induce breast enlargement; secondly, the influence of dietary factors cannot be ignored, as high-calorie, high-fat and low-fiber foods, drinking and smoking are all not advocated. So, what should we do after getting breast enlargement? What should we pay attention to? Is there a good way to treat it? Ms. Wang asked another series of questions. In the management of breast hyperplasia, the first and foremost thing is to adjust the emotions and maintain a positive, stable and comfortable state of mind. With the accelerated pace of life and life and work pressure, if there is no good psychological adjustment, the incidence of breast hyperplasia will show an increasing trend; secondly, in terms of lifestyle habits, attention should be paid to consume more high-fiber, low-fat healthy food such as seaweed, cabbage, celery and beans, away from tobacco and alcohol and eat less spicy and stimulating foods such as coffee, chocolate and chili; to develop a good work and rest habits, early to bed and early to rise, avoid staying up all night. Early to bed and early to rise, avoid staying up late; choose the right underwear, now most of the market bra is to the premise of beauty, in fact, the most important thing should be healthy, the relevant person suggested that every night to take off the bra, massage the breasts for a few minutes to promote blood circulation, but also in the process of the massage to perceive whether there is a block and so on; avoid the use of estrogen-containing cosmetics and health care products, medications and age-appropriate birth, standardized breastfeeding. In addition to the above self-adjustment, medication is also a common means of treatment, the current use of more traditional Chinese medicine means of evidence-based treatment, the role is mainly reflected in the control of pain symptoms, endocrine hormone regulation of Western medicine also has a certain clinical application, such as triamcinolone acetonide, etc., but due to the fact that most of these drugs can cause serious side effects, so its clinical value is open to question, especially for patients who do not have high-risk factors for breast cancer should be used with caution. It should be used with caution, especially for patients with breast hyperplasia who do not have risk factors for breast cancer.