However, it is so good, because along with the beautiful shape of the breast, health is also important. The main task of the female breast is the production of milk during the feeding of the child, so refusal to breastfeed significantly increases the likelihood of malignant tumors of the breast. In addition, the breast can lose shape even if the woman does not feed the baby, because during pregnancy and childbirth, the body undergoes hormonal changes that can not but affect the elasticity and shape of the breast.
Start
In the body of the girl, as early as in adolescence, various changes begin to occur that prepare the breast for future lactation. During this period, the pituitary gland begins to produce hormones that affect the production of female sex hormones - estrogens. They provoke the physiological development of the mammary glands and genitals.
Note : Since the age of the appearance of problems with the breast is ever younger, then, from adolescence, the girl should already know about the main methods of self-examination and the symptoms in which you need to see a doctor.
During pregnancy.
The composition of the mammary glands is 15-20 lobes, which are located around the nipple. They are surrounded by fat and connective tissue. In each of the lobes there are milky ducts that go to the top of the nipple. When pregnancy increases, glandular lobes of the breast. This happens under the influence of hormones, and after the end of lactation, their reverse development takes place.
Note : At the age of 35 years, and with unfavorable heredity before, monthly self-examinations are supplemented by carrying out an ultrasound of the mammary glands every year.
With menopause.
Hormonal changes in menopause also affect the mammary glands, because due to a decrease in the production of estrogen, their glandular tissue is gradually replaced by fibrous and fatty tissue. The size of the mammary glands in this period may decrease.
Note : In addition to regular visits to a mammalogist and gynecologist, perform an annual breast ultrasound, and mammography should be mandatory. Approximately 35-40 years of age, this procedure is recommended to be performed every 2 years. After 50 years, mammography should be performed annually.
Symptoms in diseases of the female breast.
Breast health begins with a careful and careful attitude to it, as well as with monthly self-examinations, which make it possible to detect the changes or neoplasms at the earliest possible dates. If the girl is disturbed by periodic pains in the chest, it is associated with a violation of the menstrual cycle, but if the pain is local, it is vivid and often repeats - this is an occasion to consult a doctor.
The main symptoms for the examination of a mamologist:
- redness and flaking of the skin of the chest
bleeding from the nipple
- severe pain, swelling of the breast
- change or deformation of the nipple shape
- the appearance of seals or nodules
- ulceration of the nipple mug or the nipple itself.
Let's talk about what are the diseases of the female breast.
Mastopathy
Mastopathy is the consolidation of the tissues in the mammary gland. Most often, the cause of mastopathy are the existing hormonal disorders: a change in the pituitary, pancreatic and thyroid gland function, ovarian dysfunction. Constant stress also affects the hormonal background in the female body. Such interference in the work of the hormonal system as an abortion can be called one of the main factors that provoke the development of mastopathy. In this disease, changes in the mammary gland are observed. They can have both a nodular form (fibrosclerosis), and cystic manifestations (fibrocystic mastopathy).
Fibroadenoma
The main symptom of fibroadenoma is benign neoplasm in the mammary glands, for the elimination of which the surgical technique is applied. The causes of fibroadenoma are not fully understood. Quite often, these benign neoplasms occur against the background of serious hormonal changes during adolescence. Conservative treatment of this disease is almost impossible, but if the size of the node is not more than one centimeter, and there are no tendencies to its growth, then it is preferable not to touch its neoplasm.
Mastitis
Mastitis is an acute (less often chronic) inflammation of the breast. Sometimes there is a significant increase in temperature, which is caused by inflammation of the breast tissue, the diseased while feeling pain, there is redness of the skin in the area of ​​inflammation. The cause of mastitis is infection, stagnation of milk, decreased immunity.
Prevent better than cure.
To ensure long-term health of the breast and prevent the onset of most diseases, abortion, direct sunlight on the chest, injuries, and infections should be avoided. With a great deal of caution, one must treat the solarium and use hormonal contraceptives. A balanced diet with the least amount of fried, fatty and spicy food, alcohol and chocolate in the diet, also contribute to breast health.
Particularly attentive to the health of the body is necessary for those who have maternal lines of cases of breast cancer. Regular breast self-examinations, visits to a mammologist and gynecologist, mammography and breast ultrasound should become the norm of a woman's behavior. Adhering to these rules, you can reduce the risk of serious problems with breasts to a minimum and help determine the changes in the rudimentary stages.
Do you know what are the diseases of the female breast? Are you attentive to your health? From the answers to these questions depends on how a full-fledged female life you can live.