Breast swelling and pain before menstruation may be a normal physiological phenomenon and does not need special treatment; it may also be caused by breast hyperplasia and breast fibroid tumor, which can be treated by general therapy and surgery.
1. Physiological phenomenon: Before menstruation, due to the obvious changes in sex hormones, some women may experience slight swelling and pain in the breasts before menstruation. If these abnormalities occur regularly with each menstruation and subside with the disappearance of the menstruation, then it is a normal phenomenon, and when the swelling and pain in the breast is tolerable, it does not need to be treated in general.
2. Breast enlargement: If the pain is only mild, patients can adjust their lifestyle by drinking more hot water, resting more, staying up less late and maintaining a good mindset, which can generally relieve the symptoms. You can also take a hot towel or a warm hot water bag on the chest to accelerate blood circulation, repeated several times can relieve breast swelling and pain before menstruation.
If the breast pain is obvious, also need to follow the doctor’s instructions to take drugs such as free pills to regulate.
3. Breast fibroid: there is no effective medicine for breast fibroid, and clinically, it is usually observed by follow-up, and when breast fibroid reaches a certain level, it can be treated by surgery.
There may be other reasons for breast swelling and pain before menstruation, so you should go to the hospital in time, complete the relevant examinations, clarify the cause of the disease under the guidance of the doctor and standardize the treatment.