Pains in the chest - a fairly common problem among women of reproductive age. After menopause, it is less common. Pain may be only one breast, or both, occur only on certain days of the menstrual cycle The days of the menstrual cycle: Four phases   or last weeks or even months.

Among the factors that may cause sensitivity and pain in the chest Chest pain is one symptom - a lot of diseases :

• Hormonal changes associated with the menstrual cycle
• The stagnation of the liquid - the problem may be related to the menstrual cycle, and various diseases.
• Gestation
• Breast-feeding
• Chest infection
• Breast cancer (the most rare of the listed cause of chest pain)

After 45-50 years of chest pain can be caused by various entities in the breast tissue, usually - mastopathy. It is a benign disease, which usually does not require treatment. Hormonal drugs significantly reduces the likelihood of developing this disorder.

If the chest pain you have saved for a long time or regularly reappears, you must consult a doctor.

Identifying the causes of chest pain

At the reception, a doctor, first of all, ask you, when the pain as they are intense, which are localized, will ask you to describe the nature of the pain (sharp, dull, burning, cutting, and so on). In addition, it will examine your personal and, where possible, a family history. Then, inspection is usually performed to detect the presence of nodules in the chest.

If the patient is younger than 35 years and has no seals in the chest, probably, further analysis would be required - most likely the cause of pain is normal hormonal fluctuations. Patients older than 35 years old often need a mammogram to rule out dangerous, especially zloachestvennye diseases.

If chest detected nodules may need mammography, ultrasound or breast biopsy. When mammography to produce images of internal tissues of the breast using X-rays, with sonography image is obtained using sound waves. Biopsy procedure is that from a small fragment of the breast tissue is removed for analysis; this test is usually done under severe suspicion of cancer.

Treatment and Prevention

Can relieve pain using analgesics such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen, naproxen, aspirin or paracetamol.

From the pain associated with the menstrual cycle, often help hormonal contraceptives. Thanks to them, hormonal fluctuations become less pronounced, and symptoms such as chest pain, mood swings Mood swings in women - bad character or a disease? Cramps in the lower abdomen or completely disappear or become much less pronounced.

Take supplements with magnesium. If you take them in the second half of the menstrual cycle, chest pain and other symptoms of premenstrual syndrome are significantly reduced.

Doctors say that the reduction in fat intake by 15% significantly reduces the frequency of chest pain and their intensity. In addition, experts recommend avoiding caffeine. Despite the fact that the substance is found in many analgesics at regular consumption of caffeine can be a contributing factor in the emergence of pain in the chest.

To prevent chest pain are encouraged to maintain a healthy lifestyle, learn to effectively cope with stress How to beat stress? Create an oasis And be sure to wear during sports support bras. They should be made of soft, preferably natural, material, and to be as convenient as possible.

Removal of gynecomastia - whether to do surgery? Expert advice can give a doctor. Usually (if there is no indication for emergency surgery) adhere to such tactics: the operation is carried out in case of failure of conservative treatment. If the iron has increased significantly, it makes sense to carry out the operation at once, since it is unlikely to be reduced by conservative treatment.

In some cases, gynecomastia surgery shows

Gynecomastia - the increase of breast cancer in men. Gynecomastia can be true (growing glandular tissue), false (adipose tissue grows with the overall obesity), and mixed. Most often gynecomastia occurs in teenagers on a background of hormonal disorders Hormonal disorders - oversupply and a lack of equally dangerous   and then passes on their own. But sometimes gynecomastia in adolescents becomes persistent in nature, in which case it is treated, and if she does not give in to conservative treatment, surgery is appointed.

Sometimes breast cancer in teenagers from the outset increases to large sizes. In this case, many experts recommend to carry out the operation, because they believe that too much gynecomastia not regress.

Remove the breast in gynecomastia in adult males, mainly operations such occasion with cosmetic purpose.

What operations are conducted with gynecomastia

Surgery for gynecomastia Gynecomastia - known since ancient times   It is to remove breast tissue and its physiological recovery circuit. When false gynecomastia False gynecomastia - a consequence of obesity   sometimes quite a small amount of suction fat - such an operation is called liposuction. But independent value, this operation has virtually no, because after the surface of breast cancer in most cases, becomes uneven, bumpy.

Some types of gynecomastia requires a reduction of excess skin and moving the nipple upward, and thus is hardly noticeable scar around the nipple. Often liposuction is combined with breast removal surgery, excess skin (if available) and moving the nipple. Ideally, this operation takes place in the case where the endoscopic approach - a few small incisions (usually in the axillary region), through which surgical instruments are introduced and removed breast tissue. Fat deposits are removed at the same time with the help of liposuction.

But at the very breast enlargement endoskopicheky method will not work - make routine operation. In order to avoid the development of gross (including bright pink, keloid) scars, cuts are carried out at the lower edge of the areola (the areola) or in the underarm area.

After the operation the wound superimposed cosmetic joints (usually with a bioresorbable material, but sometimes with the help of conventional suture), special drainage, a sterile bandage and wear special compression garment.

The operation is usually an occasion under general anesthesia, but if the volume of transactions carried out only a small or liposuction may conduct and local anesthesia.

After operation

Removal of gynecomastia - this is not a bulk operation, so the recovery period usually takes place quickly and without complications. The first day the patient spends in the hospital, if necessary appoint him painkillers. After a day drains removed and the patient is recommended, within three days of placing elastic bandaging and wearing compression underwear.

In the future, a compression garment should be worn for 1-1, 5 months. To postoperative scars on the areola were later invisible, the patient must strictly follow all recommendations of the physician to care for this area. To speed healing sometimes prescribed physiotherapy. The stitches are removed after about 10 days. In order to prevent stretching of scars, it is recommended in the three months to wear a special reinforcing patch.

Two weeks later, the patient completely recovered physically and may even exercise Myths about exercise: do not believe But only when wearing compression underwear and special support patch.

How effective such operations?

Such operations are usually very effective in cosmetically - scar is almost invisible, the breast has a natural look. But if the breast was very large, in some cases, there is an effect crater, to eliminate which may require another operation. And even when perfectly executed operation, if the iron was large, with a voltage of pectoral muscles, when picked up arms can be a noticeable ceasing.

Removal of gynecomastia in most cases has a positive cosmetic effect.

Galina Romanenko