Chest pain during menopause

Throughout a woman's life the state of her breasts depends on the hormonal fluctuations. Climax - the period when they observed dramatic changes in the endocrine system. Changes in the mammary glands, is a natural result.

In some cases, the occurrence of chest pain menopause can be a formidable develop symptoms of a pathological condition. When the complaints of discomfort every woman entering into menopause, is worth a visit mammalogy.

Chest pain and menopause

Hormonal imbalance that accompanies menopause, often becomes the culprit of pain in the breast. Different women, it has various manifestations. If one observes a slight increase of sensitivity, then another chest hurts so much that it significantly violates the quality of life.

The nature of pain

Each representative of the fair sex in their individual physiology. Nevertheless, there are common characteristics of breast tenderness during menopause:

• there is an increase in sensitivity;
• woman experiencing discomfort during movement and during the night's rest;
• breasts swell slightly increased in volume.

Localization:

• can only hurt one breast;
• pain spreading to both breasts.

The nature:

• have spilled in nature;
• be localized;
• in some cases the only sore nipples.

By duration:

• constant;
• periodic.

In intensity:

• is pronounced;
• It manifested in the form of a slight tingling.

Causes

The answer to the question of why the chest hurts, looking for every woman entering into menopause. The most common cause is hormonal imbalance. Sudden rise and fall of hormone levels can lead to the emergence of mastodynia. In addition, a number of factors contribute to this.

1. Taking certain medicinal drugs.
2. Overweight.
3. Psycho-emotional stress.
4. Alcohol abuse.
5. Liver pathology.
6. The large size of the mammary glands.
7. Surgery on the chest in history.

In addition to hormonal disorders, chest may hurt for more serious reasons:

• the appearance of the breast cysts:
• the presence of fibroadenomas;
• chest trauma;
• mammary cancer.

To ensure that during menopause chest pain due to fluctuations in hormone levels, consult your doctor.

Time to detect the pathology of self-help breast palpation.

Methods of differential diagnosis

For the diagnosis is necessary to conduct the following diagnostic measures.

• Identification of complaints, objective examination.
• A blood test for hormones.
• Blood tests for tumor markers: CA 15-3, CEA. It must be remembered that the results should be evaluated over time. Once, a slight increase in titer of tumor markers does not give cause to put a definitive diagnosis.
• Mammography: the method has a high accuracy. It allows verify pathological formations in 95% of cases.
• US.
• Fine-needle aspiration biopsy: can be performed under ultrasound guidance, and without, in the case where the formation is easily determined by palpation. Method for differential diagnosis requires fibroadenoma, cysts, benign and malignant neoplasms.
• Microwave radiometry: a method based on the detection temperature anomalies which are characteristic for malignant tumors. The procedure is not widespread.

If during menopause chest hurts you should not reassure myself that this is normal. The occurrence of any discomfort in the breast should be a reason to seek medical help.

Menopause can provoke the development of cancer. Further studies will allow to determine precisely the reason for which may hurt his chest and, if necessary, the time to begin treatment.

Treatment

If in the course of diagnostic procedures, it was found that the woman's breast pain due to imbalance hormones, the attending physician may prescribe medication or advise to resort to alternative methods treatment. In cases where the non-intensive chest hurts and it does not bring women are particularly uncomfortable, experts, usually limited to general recommendations for a healthy lifestyle and proper power.

Medications:

1. Treatment with low doses of Tamoxifen: drug is given for up to 6 months. Its use can cause pathological processes in the cardiovascular system, some types of cancer.
2. Hormone replacement therapy, which is of three kinds. Monogormonalnaya - treatment is carried out only synthetic estrogen. Comprehensive - includes synthetic analogs therapy of estrogen and progesterone. The use of plant hormones is most often used to treat chest pain associated with climacteric syndrome;
3. When expressed pain syndrome used nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: indomethacin, Voltaren.

Methods of alternative medicine:

• hypnosis;
• acupuncture;
• massage.

It is advisable to use homeopathic medicines: Remens, Estrovel, Chi-Klim, Klimaksan. With the help of these funds may not only get rid of pain in the chest, but also to leave behind the other manifestations of menopause;

Most women prefer using herbs and tinctures. In the treatment of pain in the mammary glands during menopause phytoestrogens used and herbs that have anti-estrogenic effect.

By phytoestrogens include flax, alfalfa, oats, lentils, soybeans. It must be remembered that an independent, long and uncontrolled their reception leads to a violation of its own production of estrogen.

Herbs with anti-estrogenic effect of an impact on the pituitary cells, and other endocrine organs. Because of this quality product is recovered hormones in the body. For anti-estrogen herbs include hemlock, comfrey, chernokoren, lithospermum.

Foreign experts recommend the use in the treatment of fish oil, evening primrose oil, evening primrose oil.

General recommendations

To reduce the manifestations of menopause symptoms, in particular, to suppress pain in the chest, the experts recommend that a healthy lifestyle.

1. Increased physical activity - regular walks in the fresh air, a positive effect on health.
2. Wearing comfortable, supportive clothing does not hinder movement. Padded Bra pitted advised to wear all the time.
3. Overriding the replacement of animal fats for vegetable.
4. Exclusion from the daily diet of fatty, smoked, fried, spicy, pickled dishes.
5. Drinking large quantities of fresh vegetables, fruits and herbs.
6. Reducing salt consumption.
7. Limiting the amount of consumed liquid.
8. The increase in food diet rich in fiber.
9. Limit the use of strong tea and coffee.
10. Eliminate smoking, intake of alcohol and carbonated drinks.
11. Regularly take multivitamin preparations.
12. Visit a massage of the mammary glands. If this is not possible, you can carry out this manipulation of their own.
13. It is useful to drink nettle broth, oregano, burdock.
14. Observe sleep and rest.

The onset of menopause should be a reason to reconsider their way of life. If a woman has breast hurts non-intensive and other menopause symptoms are not clearly, it can turn out to be quite sufficient to live fully and well-behaved feel.