Mammary gland hyperplasia is the most common breast disease in women, and its incidence accounts for the first place in breast diseases. In recent years, the incidence of the disease has been increasing year by year, and the age of the disease is getting younger and younger. In adolescent or young women, premenstrual breast swelling and pain, sometimes the pain can spread to the back of the shoulder, after menstruation breast pain gradually relieves itself, only some thickening of the breast can be touched, no obvious nodules, these are physiological changes, belong to the physiological hyperplasia. Although it is not a disease, but it needs to be paid high attention to, although the early stage can not be treated, but some of the breast hyperplasia is prone to malignant change to cause tumors, or even cancer. Mammary hyperplasia is a physiological hyperplasia of the normal breast lobules with incomplete replenishment, a disruption of the normal structure of the breast, a pathological hyperplasia, which is neither an inflammatory nor a tumor. It occurs mostly in women aged 30-50, with a peak incidence of 35-40 years old.
Causes: The real causes of the disease are still unclear. At present, it is mostly thought to be related to endocrine disorders and mental and environmental factors.
1, endocrine disorders
The decrease of luteinizing hormone secretion and the relative increase of estrogen are the important reasons for the development of mastocytosis. For example, the development of the ovaries is not sound, menstrual disorders, thyroid disease and liver dysfunction, etc.
2, the influence of emotional and other mental factors
Mental tension, emotional excitement and other adverse mental factors are prone to the formation of mastocytosis, often stay up late, lack of sleep, etc. can also cause mastocytosis, and these adverse factors will also aggravate the existing symptoms of mastocytosis.
3, human factors or bad habits
Women of advanced age, sexual life disorders, abortion, marital discord, not breastfeeding and other reasons, resulting in the mammary glands can not have a normal, cyclical physiological activities. Wearing too tight bras or tight underwear, etc.
4. Irrational diet structure
Such as high-fat, high-energy diet leading to excessive fat intake, drinking and smoking and other bad habits can induce breast disease. In addition, now that people have a better diet, there are many people with high blood pressure and hyperglycemia, which also tend to make women have endocrine disorders, leading to mastopexy.
5, long-term use of estrogen-containing health products, birth control pills
Long-term excessive intake of estrogen will lead to endocrine imbalance, and some fast food, artificially raised aquatic products and poultry feeds also contain hormone ingredients, which will lead to breast diseases in the long term.
Clinical manifestations
1.Breast pain
It is often swelling or stabbing pain, which can involve one or both breasts, with one side being the most common, and cannot be touched if the pain is severe, even affecting daily life and work. Pain can be radiated to the ipsilateral armpit or back of the shoulder; part of it can be manifested as nipple pain or itching. Breast pain often appears or worsens a few days before menstruation, and after menstruation the pain is significantly reduced or disappears; pain can also fluctuate with emotional changes, exertion, and weather changes. This kind of pain related to menstrual cycle and emotional changes is the main feature of the clinical manifestation of mastopathy.
2.Breast lumps
Lumps can occur unilaterally or bilaterally in the breast, single or multiple, usually in the upper outer quadrant of the breast. They may appear as lamellae, nodules or cords of different sizes, with lamellae being the most common. The borders are not obvious, the texture is medium or slightly hard, and there is no adhesion to the surrounding tissues, often with tenderness. Most breast lumps also have the characteristic of changing with the menstrual cycle, with the lumps increasing in size and hardening before menstruation and shrinking and softening after menstruation.
3. Nipple overflow
A small number of patients may have nipple overflow, which is spontaneous, mostly yellowish or pale milky white, and in some cases, overflow is visible by squeezing the nipple. If there is a bloody or coffee-colored overflow need to be cautious, and massage methods can be taken to control and treat in a timely manner.
Disease treatment
Since there is no exact understanding of the mechanism and cause of mastocytosis, the treatment is basically symptomatic. Some patients often resolve on their own after a few months to 1 to 2 years after the onset of the disease, and most do not need treatment.
There are many types of mammary gland hyperplasia. Physiological mammary gland hyperplasia, such as simple mammary gland hyperplasia, does not require special treatment and can subside on its own. Mammary gland hyperplasia caused by mental, emotional and human factors can also subside or be relieved through adjustments of their own (such as timely diagnosis and treatment of other organ diseases related to the occurrence of breast diseases, regulation of emotions, relief of mental stress, change of unhealthy eating habits, quitting smoking and alcohol, etc.). Pathological breast enlargement needs to be treated actively, especially the cystic enlargement type, which cannot be taken lightly because of the possibility of cancer.
For the cause and mechanism of mammary gland hyperplasia, Chinese herbal medicine should be used to treat the pain, invigorate blood circulation, soften the hardness and disperse the knots, supplemented by tonifying the kidneys and strengthening the root, supporting the righteous and dispelling the evil, and improving the immunity of the body as the method of formula.
Disease prevention
1, maintain a relaxed mood, optimistic mood.
2, change the diet structure, prevent obesity, eat less fried food, animal fat, sweets and too much food, to eat more vegetables and fruits, eat more coarse grains. Black soybeans, eat more walnuts, black sesame, black fungus, mushrooms.
3, regular life, work and rest, maintain a harmonious sex life. Regulation of endocrine can play a role in the prevention of mastocytosis.
4, more exercise, to prevent obesity to improve immunity.
5, prohibit the abuse of contraceptives and estrogen-containing beauty products or food.
6, avoid abortion, adhere to breastfeeding, can prevent the problem before it happens.
7, self-examination and regular re-examination.
8, clear diagnosis, according to the condition to develop a reasonable treatment plan.
9, psychological treatment is very important, mammary gland hyperplasia is more harmful to people than psychological damage, due to the lack of proper understanding of the disease, excessive tension stimulates worry and sadness, resulting in neurasthenia, will aggravate the endocrine disorders, prompting the aggravation of hyperplasia, so you should lift all kinds of adverse psychological stimulation. People with poor psychological tolerance should pay more attention to less anger, to maintain emotional stability, lively and cheerful mood, to promote the remission or remission of mastocytosis.