FIBROADENOMA OF BREASTS – PAINFUL BREASTS
Cancer of the breast usually appears as a painless lump but women who suffer pain in the breast are often frightened it is a symptom of cancer. It rarely is.
Painful breasts mainly occur at the time of the periods but they also can be unrelated to the menstrual cycle. Pain is often associated with the presence of many tiny lumps throughout the breast tissue.
For severely painful breasts, radical treatment can be used. This involves removing all the breast tissue, leaving the skin and the nipple, and inserting an implant.
Two new drugs have been shown to be of great value in relieving breast pain. One is bromocriptine which, among other uses, can be used to suppress milk production after childbirth.
The other is danazol, which was introduced to treat endometriosis, a disorder where the lining tissue of the womb may occur in other tissues such as the ovary. Both drugs produce relief of breast pain in 70 to 80 per cent of cases.
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