Nowadays, with the advanced information in society, the breast disease incidents of various showbiz actresses have made the concept of breast health deeply rooted in people’s mind, and “breast examination” has become a routine item in medical checkups. Because of this, there are more and more patients coming to the hospital outpatient clinic to consult about breast diseases, and breast hyperplasia is one of the most common consulting diseases, so, is breast hyperplasia a disease? Question 1: What exactly is breast enlargement? Is it that just having breast enlargement is abnormal? In fact, the mammary glands are going through the process of proliferation and recovery every month, what’s going on? First of all, let’s understand the basic structure of the breast. Breasts are like pockets filled with bunches of grapes, each bunch connected by a branch that extends to the mouth of the pocket and binds together. The lobules of the mammary glands are the grapes, the bunches of grapes are called lobules, the branches that connect these grapes together are the milk ducts, and the opening of the pocket where all the milk ducts finally converge is the nipple. We know that the breast is the baby’s granary, when to expand the granary, when to prepare food, when lactation, are subject to the body’s hormonal regulation. Before ovulation, the body prepares materially for the possible arrival of the baby. The task of the breasts is to enlarge the size of the granary, so every lobular follicle begins to grow larger and expand, and the milk (blood) ducts, which are responsible for transportation, are opened. The enlarged breasts make the mothers feel the swelling and pain before menstruation, and can touch a nodule, which is the enlarged gland lobe, at this time is normal physiological breast enlargement, can not be considered a disease. If the baby did not come, the granary does not need to be so big, so the expansion of the milk (blood) ducts contracted to close, the breast softens, shrinking back to its original size. However, if in the process of proliferation and recovery, there are individual mischievous breast lobules recovered poorly, maintaining the state of hyperplasia, caused by the structure of the breast tissue disorders, the presence of persistent nodules and pain. In this case, it is diagnosed as “breast hyperplasia”. Question 2: What is the difference in symptoms between physiologic and pathologic breast enlargement? There are many types of breast hyperplasia. Some are completely physiologic and can go away on their own without special treatment, such as simple breast hyperplasia. Some are pathologic, such as cystic hyperplasia, which may become cancerous and require active treatment. The following is a brief introduction to the classification of breast hyperplasia: 1. Mastodynia, also known as simple breast hyperplasia. It is most common among teenage girls and young patients. It is caused by the vigorous secretion of sex hormone and its fluctuation, with cyclic breast swelling and pain occurring with menstruation, and the pain disappears by itself after menstruation. The pain is usually localized in the breasts, but sometimes it can be accompanied by pain in the armpits. This kind of hyperplasia is a normal physiological phenomenon, as long as the patient adjusts the mood, cheerful mood, regular life, generally elevated endocrine hormones can be slowly corrected, the various symptoms can disappear on their own. 2.Mammary gland adenopathy is the further development of breast hyperplasia, the morphology and structure of breast tissue have pathological changes, most often in 30 to 45 years old. It manifests itself as increased breast swelling and pain before menstruation and enlarged lumps, which can easily attract attention. However, it is often difficult to cure, and prolonged treatment will cause mental depression, leading to aggravation of symptoms. Seriously lead to endocrine disorders, such as irregular menstruation, insomnia, sleeplessness, dark complexion and other series of reactions. 3, cystic hyperplasia The lumps that appear in the breasts are mostly thickened in patches and are mostly oval-shaped cystic lumps. The symptoms are the same: breast swelling and pain before menstruation, the lumps become bigger and harder before menstruation, and shrink and become softer after menstruation. However, breast cystic hyperplasia may become cancerous, so we should be especially vigilant and follow up regularly. Through the above explanation, I believe we have a more comprehensive understanding of breast hyperplasia, and hope that all female friends can raise awareness of breast health and fully recognize the importance of breast health!