What causes breasts to hurt when touched?

Breast pain at the touch may be caused by breast hyperplasia, mastitis and breast trauma.
1. Mammary gland hyperplasia: when the patient is under the effect of estrogen in the body, the symptom of breast hyperplasia may appear, this symptom is mostly a breast lump accompanied by pain, there may also be tenderness, it is recommended that the patient undergoes a breast ultrasound examination, to clarify the cause of the disease.
2. Mastitis: Mastitis usually occurs in lactating women due to milk stagnation. There may be breast swelling, pain, fever, accompanied by tenderness and pain on pressure, etc. It is recommended that the patient undergo breast ultrasound examination or take oral cefixime capsules and other drugs as prescribed by the doctor for treatment.
3. Mammary gland trauma: when the mammary gland is extruded by external force or when the mammary gland is damaged due to trauma, redness, swelling and pain of the mammary gland will also occur, and sometimes the tenderness is obvious, so it is recommended that the patient undergoes breast ultrasound examination for differential diagnosis.
Breast pain when touching may also be breast cancer, herpes zoster and other causes, if the patient has the above symptoms, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital for diagnosis in time, to clarify the cause of the disease and early treatment.