Most often fibro-cystic lesions in the mammary glands occur at the age of 30-50 years. And in the postmenopausal period, mastopathy in women is not typical, unless the patient receives hormone treatment.
Causes and symptoms of mastopathy
In general, mastopathy occurs due to a violation of the hormonal level in the body, which can be caused by problems of the ovaries or thyroid gland, as well as other organs associated with the metabolism of female sex hormones. Less likely cause is hypothermia of the breast. But it happens that the cause of mastopathy can not be identified.
Symptoms of the disease:
- pains of a different nature (permanent or cyclic) in the mammary glands;
- increased temperature in the chest;
- When palpation of the mammary glands, seals or voluminous neoplasms, whose size may vary depending on the menstrual cycle, are palpated.
Treatment of mastopathy of the breast
In order for the specialized doctor to be able to prescribe a treatment, a woman must undergo a clinical examination with several specialists: a gynecologist, a mammologist, an endocrinologist, and in difficult cases an oncologist. Further, an ultrasound examination of the mammary glands, tests for the level of hormones (estrogens, prolactin progesterone), and only then the doctor decides which treatment should be applied.
To date, there are different methods of treating mastopathy, they depend on the history of the disease and the causes of its manifestation. If the cause lies in the disease of other organs associated with sex hormones, then timely treatment of them can defeat the ailment within a month, for this use medication. The doctor can also prescribe vitamin therapy and herbal treatment for diffuse mastopathy, or herbal preparations, for example, Mastodine . In such cases, treatment can last from 3 to 6 months, but after the first 5-6 weeks the woman begins to feel relief. In the event that the visible symptoms have gone completely, you should drink through the course of treatment to the end or consult a doctor, but in no case should you interrupt yourself.
Modern medicine provides many options for treating breast diseases, but there is no single method. Each doctor prescribes the treatment of the patient, depending on its individual characteristics and causes of the disease. In some cases, it is recommended not to treat diffuse mastopathy, it is associated with special signs of the cycle and the development of the disease, while others offer treatment only with hormonal drugs, that is, this problem requires a highly individual approach.