Mastalgiya

Description:

Mastalgiya (a mammary gland pain) – quite frequent state which disturbs about 70% of women at least once in life. Most often a mammary gland pain occurs at women at young age, in the premenopauzny period. However at women in a postmenopause this state can be also observed. Almost every tenth woman feels pains in mammary glands of various degree of manifestation more than 5 days within a month. In certain cases a mammary gland pains at the woman can last during the entire period of monthly. These pains influence daily activity, such as work, the family relations, and also sex life.

Mastalgiya's symptoms:

gland. At the same time cycling pain is usually connected with a menstrual cycle. Not cycling pain usually constant is also not connected with a menstrual cycle. Pain which is not connected with a mammary gland can be a symptom of muscular pains, but can sometimes seem to the woman that her reason – a mammary gland.

At cyclic pain usually process takes both mammary glands and usually pain extends on all gland, especially affecting upper and outside parts it. At cyclic pain annoyance, puffiness and a swelling of mammary glands often meets. Women often describe this pain as feeling of weight and a raspiraniye in a breast. This pain within a week before monthly is most expressed and in the subsequent gradually abates. Cyclic mammary gland pain – the most frequent type of pain which occurs at 2/3 women.

Acyclic pain affects only one mammary gland more often and is localized in any one place. Less often acyclic pain can have diffusion character and affect all mammary gland, taking also an armpit. Often such pain is described by women as burning, angry.

Cyclic a mammary gland pain usually occurs at women at the age of 30 – 40 years, and acyclic – 40 years are aged more senior.

Mastalgiya's reasons:

The reasons of pains in a mammary gland happen various. At the cyclic nature of pains it is usually observed frustration of the hormonal status. The hormonal theory of cyclic pains in a mammary gland is explained, for example, by the fact that during pregnancy or in the postmenopause period this pain stops. It is connected with the fact that at these states there are no continuous cyclic hormonal changes in the woman's organism.

The reasons of acyclic pains in a mammary gland are rather connected with anatomic changes in a breast, but not hormonal. It can be a cyst, a stupid injury, the undergone a mammary gland operation. Acyclic pain can be as well in view of the reasons which are not connected with a mammary gland (a wall of a thorax, muscle, joints and nerves).

Other theory of pains in a mammary gland says that the reason can lie in an imbalance of fatty acids in tissues of mammary glands. The imbalance, in turn, increases sensitivity of cells of gland to hormones. It explains efficiency in certain cases at primrose oil use pains. This oil contains gamma linolenic acid. It is considered that this acid is capable to recover an imbalance of fatty acids in an organism and to reduce sensitivity of tissue of mammary gland to hormones.

Besides, cyclic pain can be connected with reception of certain medicines, for example, of hormonal drugs for treatment of infertility or contraceptives. Cyclic mammary gland pain can be side effect of reception of estrogen and progesterone that can explain why at some women mammary gland pain even in a postmenopause when they are forced to accept hormonal drugs remains. Besides, it is reported that this pain can sometimes be noted at reception of antidepressants.

Mastalgiya's treatment:

It is possible to reduce a stethalgia, taking medicine which does not demand the recipe of the doctor. It is also possible to accept non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as an ibuprofen, Naproxenum or aspirin.

It is necessary to be convinced that administration of drug happens to destination. If the woman is pregnant or tries to become pregnant, then it is necessary to consult at the doctor before beginning to accept such drugs. It is not necessary to take aspirin to persons more young than 20 years since there is a risk of development of a syndrome to Reja.

Danazol, Tamoxifenum - examples of drugs which are released without recipe of the doctor for removal of severe pain in a breast, but such drugs are not often used because of serious side effects. It is important to take all risks and advantage of acceptance of such drugs into account.

It is possible to reduce a stethalgia if to accept:

Oral contraceptives:  such drugs can help to reduce a stethalgia, but more often the stethalgia appears as side effect of acceptance of such drugs.

Magnesium:  as a rule, additives with magnesium are recommended to be accepted in 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the following menstrual cycle, it will help to reduce pain and to remove an inflammation.

To reduce consumption of fats by 15% is too an efficient way to reduce a stethalgia.

Researches do not confirm that if not to accept caffeine, then it is also possible to secure itself against emergence of stethalgias.