The correlation between benign breast diseases and breast cancer In recent years, with the accelerated pace of modern life, the incidence of breast diseases such as breast enlargement and breast cancer has been on the rise, becoming a major enemy of modern women’s health, and has been called the “number one killer of women’s health” by the medical profession. Under what circumstances are breast diseases prone to develop? How to effectively prevent and treat them? How to avoid the trouble of breast disease? For the above questions, experienced breast disease experts will give scientific explanations. What are the common breast diseases? What are the ones that can cause cancer? Common breast diseases include: mastitis, breast tuberculosis, breast fibroadenoma, intraductal papilloma, breast pain, breast hyperplasia, breast dysplasia and breast cancer. Among them, intraductal papilloma and cystic hyperplasia are the pre-cancerous lesions of the breast. According to the report, Beijing authorities have conducted a city-wide survey of more than 200,000 women of various occupations and ages, and found that breast disease patients are mainly women working in offices, because a significant portion of these diseases are related to endocrine disruption. The experts said that the survey showed that among the people suffering from benign breast diseases, white-collar workers, public security officers, teachers and other stressed and nervous brain workers account for a large proportion. What are the clinical symptoms of mammary gland hyperplasia? The disease is more common in women aged 25-50 who are impatient, irritable or introverted. It is characterized by pain and lumps in the breast, initially swelling or tenderness, episodic with the menstrual cycle, and decreasing or disappearing after menstruation. In severe cases, the pain may be continuous, even when walking or moving, and may radiate to the shoulders, back, armpits and upper limbs. Cystic hyperplasia has breast lumps as the main symptom, which can be single or multiple, and in severe cases, one or both nipples may overflow. Once breast hyperplasia or cystic lesions are formed, breast pain is reduced or disappears, which can easily cause the illusion that the disease has become lighter. Some patients may have parametrium (relatively high cancer); others have irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, lumbar pain and dry stools. Can mastocytosis become cancerous? It should be noted that there is a kind of cystic hyperplasia of the breast, which is considered by many scholars to be a precancerous lesion, and about 2-3% can become cancerous. It has been reported in the literature that patients with cystic hyperplasia have a 4-5 times greater chance of developing breast cancer than women in the same age group, and it can also exist in combination with breast cancer. Cystic hyperplasia of the breast can be distinguished from simple epithelial hyperplasia of the breast by experienced physicians or through various instruments, therefore, patients with cystic hyperplasia of the breast should have regular checkups by physicians. If the condition is long, serious or suspected to be cancerous, surgery can be performed, followed by postoperative treatment with Chinese herbal medicine. It must be clear that the real threat of breast hyperplasia to women comes from some potential patients who are at risk of developing breast cancer. “Therefore, the prevention and treatment of breast cancer is changing from tertiary prevention to secondary prevention, i.e. early diagnosis and early treatment, and primary prevention of breast cancer has been put on the important agenda. Further research on the feasibility and effectiveness of delaying, blocking and reversing the progression of mastocytosis to breast cancer. Mammary gland hyperplasia is the most common breast disease among women, and its incidence is the first among breast diseases. In recent years, the incidence of this disease has been increasing year by year, and the age is getting younger and younger. According to the survey, about 70% to 80% of women have varying degrees of breast enlargement, mostly seen in women aged 25 to 45. After suffering from mastocytosis, a considerable number of patients do not pay enough attention to the disease, delaying the consultation or seeking only to relieve the symptoms of breast pain, without realizing the potential danger of mastocytosis – that is, some mastocytosis will develop benign breast tumors or malignant lesions if they do not heal for a long time. In order to detect breast diseases in time, experts advocate that women over 25 years of age must self-examine their breasts every month, specifically by standing in front of a mirror after taking a bath, cross your arms, rotate your body left and right, observe the skin of both breasts from the mirror for abnormalities and nipple invagination, and then use the belly of your finger to stick to your breast and move it slowly in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, do not squeeze and pinch with your hands to avoid mistaking normal breast tissue for a lump. Do not squeeze or pinch the breast to avoid mistaking normal breast tissue for a lump. Early symptoms of breast cancer and breast self-examination Breast cancer mainly appears as a painless, hard, ill-defined lump, sometimes accompanied by local skin changes, such as “dimple sign” – local skin pulling, wrinkling, “orange peel”, and “orange peel”. Sometimes, it may be accompanied by local skin changes, such as “dimple sign” – local skin pulling and wrinkling; “orange peel sign” – skin edema. Other symptoms include nipple discharge, nipple areola changes, and enlarged axillary lymph nodes. Because the breast is superficial and easy to examine, women can detect most breast lesions through breast self-examination. Breast self-examination should be performed once a month, about 7 days after the onset of menstruation for women with menstruation, and on a fixed day of the month for menopausal women. Most normal breasts have some sense of nodularity and should be familiar with the usual condition, and any changes on this basis should be taken seriously. It is worth emphasizing that the main purpose of breast self-examination is to detect abnormal changes in the breast in time, not to judge the condition by yourself. Early diagnosis and treatment have a fundamental role in determining the prognosis of breast cancer.