Breast tuberculosis

Tuberculosis of breast, also known as tuberculous mastitis, is a chronic special infection of the breast. The disease is rare, but not uncommon. Cooper first described the disease in 1829, and it was first reported by Chen Shunming in China in 1930. Breast tuberculosis is common in breastfeeding women and has two types: primary tuberculosis of breast and secondary tuberculosis of breast. The former is mostly caused by breast skin damage, the latter is often secondary to chest tuberculosis or secondary to tuberculosis in other organs. Therefore, in the treatment of local breast lesions, systemic antituberculosis treatment should also be performed. Traditional Chinese medicine also has in-depth research on this disease. According to the causes of its formation, this disease is called lumbosacral; Phlegm coagulation, and concurrent imbalances, dysfunction of qi and blood, leading to the onset of collaterals, long-term heat rot, puncture and leakage, pus thin, mixed with flocculation, long-term pus discharge, and qi and blood are consumed Delays are unhealed.

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