If an abnormal lump is found in the breast, you should seek prompt medical attention. This is because breast tissue, especially in middle-aged and older female patients, may have benign or malignant nodules. Younger women, especially adolescents, tend to palpate nodules in the breast, often with fibroids being more common. For the vast majority of people, because they are inexperienced, they tend to palpate or press on the breast and feel a mass, but the vast majority are hyperplastic glands. Therefore, when an abnormality is found in the breast, or when there are uncomfortable symptoms, you should seek prompt medical attention. Ultrasound or mammogram can be performed to check the breast for other lumps and such abnormal structures. So if you find a hard nodule or lump in your breast, you should go to the hospital promptly for an examination.