Breast swelling and pain

Redness and swelling in the breast is a typical clinical manifestation of inflammation. If redness and swelling in the breast appears, it is most likely that it is suffering from inflammatory diseases of the breast, such as acute mastitis and mammary duct dilatation syndrome. In addition, you need to be alert to the possibility of inflammatory breast cancer. Acute mastitis is the most common acute purulent infectious disease of the breast. It often occurs during lactation. Before the onset, there is often a history of nipple cleft or milk silt, breast swelling and pain, severe pain, and often accompanied by obvious fever and other systemic symptoms. After the pus is formed, it can be ulcerated or cut open, and the pus will be red and swollen, and the pain will subside. The mammary duct dilatation syndrome, also known as plasma cell mastitis, occurs during non-lactation, and there is often a history of nipple discharge before onset A lump in the breast, followed by local redness and heat and pain, is usually not very severe, and the systemic symptoms are not obvious. In the later stage, the lump softens and forms an abscess. After fracturing, a fistula is often formed. The wound does not converge for a long time or is repeatedly ulcerated. Inflammatory breast cancer It often occurs during pregnancy and lactation, with rapid onset, rapid disease progression, redness, swelling and pain on the affected side of the breast, which affects the entire breast in a short time, and easily invades the axillary lymph nodes and contralateral breasts. Generally, there are no obvious systemic symptoms, and anti-inflammatory treatment is ineffective. In general, skin ulceration does not occur, and the prognosis is dangerous.

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