Breasts can become hard in many cases, such as lobular hyperplasia, fibroid tumors, cysts and malignant breast cancer. What should I do if I have a hard lump in my breast? If the lump is persistent and painful, it is necessary to go to a specialist mammographer for a palpation by the clinician, and to have the necessary mammograms, ultrasound, mammography, and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI), in order to fully understand the cause of the lump. Most patients with breast lumps are caused by breast hyperplasia, which is benign and can be relieved by regulating emotions, avoiding late nights, and abstaining from spicy and stimulating foods. If the pain continues to be unrelieved, you can take liver detoxification Chinese medicine or do breast massage and other treatments. There are also some breast lumps formed by breast tumors, tumors are divided into benign tumors and malignant tumors, benign including breast fibroadenomas, breast cysts and breast ductal dilatation, malignant mainly breast cancer, breast cancer, unless the tumor develops to an advanced stage, when the nerves invade the chest wall will only be painful, so the breast has a lump, do not be too worried about it, the main thing is to go to a specialist hospital for medical treatment.