How is the diagnosis of the disease carried out?
Before treating cystic mastopathy of mammary glands, the doctor prescribes a comprehensive examination. Usually it includes mammography, ultrasound, biopsy. Only after evaluating the results and making the diagnosis proceed to therapeutic measures.
What are the symptoms of development of cystic breast mastitis?
With the development of this disease, the following symptoms appear:
- pain in the chest;
- increase of mammary glands in volume;
- swelling of the chest;
- the appearance of discharge from the nipple of a transparent color or resembling colostrum.
Often there is a combination of symptoms, i.e. to the listed above signs of premenstrual syndrome, namely: headache, puffiness of the face, nausea, disruption of the intestine.
How is cystic breast mastitis treated?
It is necessary to say that the therapeutic process in such a disease directly depends on the degree of symptomatology, the stage of the disorder. Therefore, the selection of drugs is carried out on an individual basis.
If we talk about the treatment of cystic and glandular-cystic mastopathy of the mammary glands, the basis of therapy is hormonal drugs. The choice of dosage, the frequency of reception and the duration of treatment is determined exclusively by the doctor.
Of drugs with a similar violation, the most commonly prescribed are Toremifene, Tamoxifen. Such drugs reduce the biological activity of estrogen hormones, an overabundance of which often causes mastopathy.
The second direction of treatment of this disorder is corrective therapy, which consists in changing the way of life, excluding stress and overstrain. With a soothing purpose, plant remedies such as valerian, desert can be prescribed.
What folk remedies can be used to treat cystic mastopathy of the mammary glands?
Such treatment can be considered as an additional therapy. In doing so, use all kinds of infusions and decoctions with herbs like calendula, yarrow, nettle, flaxseed, etc.