Fibro-cystic mastopathy - symptoms, treatment

Fibrous-cystic mastopathy of the mammary glands is a proliferation of connective tissues. To date, the disease affects about 35% of women of childbearing age.

Signs of fibrocystic mastopathy

Due to the increase in the size of the mammary glands and connective tissue, there are circulatory disorders, stagnation, which are accompanied by pains, seals, increased temperature in this area. The more dangerous the fibrocystic mastopathy is, the fact that untimely treatment or its tightening may give impetus to the development of malignant tumors. Most often, this disease is associated with a violation in the ovaries, that is, the production of hormones estrogen and progesterone. Hormonal disruptions can talk about chronic inflammation in the ovaries, diseases of the endocrine system or thyroid gland, as well as liver diseases, in which the cleavage of these hormones is disrupted. But, despite the fact that possible problems of mastopathy may be these problems, today it is often not possible to explain the occurrence of the disease.

Symptoms and treatment of fibrocystic mastopathy

The signs of this pathology are as follows:

1. Dull or aching pain in the female breast. Often accompanied by discomfort and a sense of heaviness. These symptoms are permanent or cyclical, but about 10% of women do not feel pain, and the rest of the changes will be the same.
2. In the mammary glands, palpation is felt for seals, while clear boundaries they may not have.
3. There is a swelling of the mammary glands, they can increase to 20% in volume, while their sensitivity increases. Such symptoms can be accompanied by migraine , a feeling of fullness of the stomach, flatulence. At such a period the woman is more irritable, but if after the onset of menstruation symptoms go away, then they are called premenstrual syndrome .
4. With the diagnosis of "diffuse fibrocystic mastopathy", 10% of patients have an increase in lymph nodes in the axillary region.
5. Nipples may appear green or yellow. They can be allocated not arbitrarily or with pressure, but the most dangerous secretions are considered bloody.

However, the exact diagnosis can be made by the doctor after passing the necessary examination.

How to cure fibrocystic mastopathy?

To solve this problem, it is necessary to work together several doctors: mammologist, endocrinologist and gynecologist, and if there is a suspicion of a malignant neoplasm, then the direct participation of an oncologist. The main objectives of the treatment is to reduce pain, reduce fibrosis and the size of cysts, normalize the hormonal background, cure for endocrine and gynecological diseases. The treatment takes quite a long time, mostly at least three months, but if the symptoms of the disease disappeared before the end of the course of therapy, this is not the reason to throw it, it is necessary to carry out treatment to the end to exclude relapse.

For therapeutic activities, the complex appoints vitamin preparations, hormonal, vegetable, sedative, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antibiotics and others that will be needed to eliminate the underlying disease, not just the symptoms. There is no single treatment regimen, since in the emergence of mastopathy, in every specific case there can be absolutely different causes. Also, the susceptibility of the organism to different medicines and the selection of the most effective are of no small importance. This disease can lead to serious consequences, so it is better not to deal with self-medication, but to seek help from highly qualified specialists.