What’s wrong with a lump in my breast that hurts when I touch it?

There is a small lump in the mammary gland that hurts when touched, there may be folliculitis, mastitis, fibroma, breast hyperplasia, breast cancer and other conditions, which need to be analyzed in relation to the patient’s individual situation.
1. Folliculitis: mostly occurs in the superficial skin. Due to personal hygiene is not clean, like to eat spicy stimulating food, resulting in hair follicle cleaning is not complete, bacteria, viruses and other pathogenic microorganisms can invade the hair follicle induced inflammation appeared. It may be manifested as small localized skin bumps and painful symptoms after touching.
2. Mastitis: After the occurrence of mastitis lesions, especially chronic mastitis, inflammatory lumps can be formed inside the breast, with painful symptoms after touching. Some patients may have fever, chills and other symptoms of infection.
3. Fibroid: the cause is related to the hormone level disorder, it can form a lump inside the breast, and there may be painful symptoms after touching. The lesion can be diagnosed through breast ultrasound and pathology testing.
4. Breast hyperplasia: It is a common benign lesion of the breast, the cause of which is related to bad living habits, dietary habits and mental factors, and may appear as a lump inside the breast. Touching the lesion may cause pain.
5. Breast cancer: at the early stage of the lesion, the symptoms are not obvious, with the development of the lesion, after entering the middle and late stage of the disease, the breast lumps become bigger, and there may be pain when touching the lumps. Ultrasound, molybdenum target, pathology and other tests are needed to confirm the diagnosis of the lesion, and then follow-up treatment.
There is a small lump in the breast, the cause of pain when touched is complex, should consult a doctor in time, under the guidance of the doctor for treatment.