Mastopathy is a disease of the breast. Today, many women are familiar with this disease firsthand. Many people manage to overcome it at home, but also a lot of women are forced to turn to specialists for help. The most important thing is to detect the disease in time, since a variety of complications are possible. In the early stages, the disease is much easier to cure.
Main causes of mastopathy
One of the most common diseases in women is mastopathy. The symptoms of this disease can be very different.
Mastopathy is a benign tumor of the breast, a fibrocystic disease. One of the main causes of this disease is a hormonal imbalance. As a result of this, a violation of the functions of sex and other hormones also begins. These signs may be the result of the following factors:
- One of the main causes is ovarian disease, which can lead to disruption of the production of the corpus luteum, which leads to the failure of the menstrual cycle.
- Disorders of the nervoussystems have never been useful to humans and their vital organs. The mammary glands are no exception. Frequent stresses negatively affect the nervous system, therefore, the function of the gonads is suppressed. The work of the endocrine system and the thyroid gland is also disrupted, as a result of which hyperplastic processes develop in the chest.
- When a baby is born, not breastfeeding can also lead to the development of breast disease in women.
- Impacts and other types of damage to this area can also cause lumps to form.
- One of the causes of mastopathy is also late pregnancy, since during pregnancy there is a complete restructuring of the tissues and cells of the breast.
Forms of mastopathy
Pain in mastopathy appear in all its forms. Today in medicine there are several varieties and forms of this disease, which include:
- Nodular mastopathy. With this form, a nodular formation (one or more) appears in the chest, while such seals can be both in one breast and in both at the same time. This form of mastopathy is often the initial stage of cancer. It is necessary to take various drugs for mastopathy. In some cases, even surgery is required.
- Fibrocystic mastopathy (diffuse). During examination, a huge number of granular seals in the chest can be found in the chest. As a rule, this form does not require surgical intervention, in most cases therapeutictreatment.
Mastopathy symptoms
When even the simplest disease is detected, it is necessary to sound the alarm and not let everything take its course, since in some cases even the most minor symptoms can indicate a serious illness. Is no exception and mastopathy. Often, when people simply did not pay any attention to this disease, it became more complicated and in some cases developed into breast cancer. That is why you should immediately consult a doctor at the first suspicion. Common symptoms of the disease may include:
- Pain in the premenstrual period, a feeling of discomfort, heaviness in the chest. In some cases, with more complex forms of the disease, pain in the shoulder blades of a local nature is very often felt. Basically, pain occurs for a certain period of time before menstruation.
- Axillary lymph nodes are enlarged - it can also be mastopathy. Signs of this kind are felt, as a rule, only 10 percent of women when probing.
- Nipple discharge is a very common symptom. If such discharge is found, you should immediately contact a mammologist;
- With mastopathy, the chest also swells very often. This process is usually accompanied by headaches, discomfort, disruption of the gastrointestinal tract, pain in the chest, swelling, and so on.
- Formation of nodes in the breast, which can be self-examined during self-examination.
Has novalues, how the above symptoms will manifest themselves - all together or individually - you must immediately consult a doctor in order for him to prescribe a cure for mastopathy, or start self-treatment with traditional medicine with the coordination of certain methods with a doctor.
Disease prevention
Everyone knows that getting sick in today's time is a very big blow to the family budget. So, the minimum course of treatment for a disease such as mastopathy is several months. Treatment is carried out by various expensive means. Therefore, it is best to think about disease prevention from time to time.
For this, it is constantly necessary to undergo examinations at mammologists, take various kinds of vitamins and so on. It is also strictly forbidden to wear a tight or hard bra that leaves any marks on the body. It is also necessary to monitor nutrition, eat food that contains a huge amount of iodine. You can not drink alcoholic beverages, you need to avoid stressful situations. In any case, you need to protect the chest from damage and any injuries.
If you follow all these rules, it will be possible to prevent the manifestation of mastopathy at any age.
Mastopathy: treatment, drugs
If the prevention of the disease did not help solve the problem, and yet it made itself felt, treatment of the disease can be prescribed.
The most common disease of the mammary gland, as already mentioned, is mastopathy. signsthis disease has already been identified. Further, some hardware methods of treating this disease will be determined.
If a woman experiences pain only a few days before her period, then no treatment is prescribed, as this is a completely natural phenomenon. In the event that the patient is found to have fibrous mastopathy, she will be prescribed treatment with various medical means. First of all, medications will be selected that are designed to stabilize the hormonal balance in the body. Also, in addition to this, it will be necessary to constantly take some vitamin complexes that will help stop the development of the disease. In addition, drugs such as Mastodinon solution and ointment, Progestogel gel, Tazalok herbal drops and other drugs aimed at completely preventing the development of the disease can be prescribed.
If the pain is persistent and if fibrocystic breast disease is diagnosed, drugs that are more effective can be used. As a rule, in such cases it is necessary to carry out treatment exclusively under the supervision of an oncologist. In some cases, an operation may be prescribed. Mastopathy is a progressive disease, therefore, if it is started, then the operation cannot be avoided.
It is worth considering that self-medication can be harmful to he alth, so in any case, you need to contact highly qualified specialists who can ideally select drugs based on the resultsanalyzes and ultrasound examinations. In no case should you prescribe yourself remedies for mastopathy, as this can cause an even more intensive development of the disease and harm your he alth.
Hormonal therapy for mastopathy
Hormonal correction should in any case be carried out if a failure in the body was detected during a blood test. Fibrous cystic mastopathy of the mammary glands is treated with the following hormonal drugs:
- Androgens - drugs that produce the synthesis of gonadotropic hormones of the pituitary gland.
- LGRF analogues.
- Antiestrogen.
- Gestagens.
- Medications to suppress prolactin synthesis and so on.
If this disease of the mammary glands is detected in women, self-treatment with hormonal drugs is strictly prohibited.
Surgical treatment of mastopathy
If several nodes were found during the examination, then breast mastopathy can be treated with surgical intervention. As a rule, only experienced doctors operate on patients. During surgery, all nodes are removed from the breast and sent for histological examination. After the operation, a certain rehabilitation complex is carried out, which allows the breast to fully recover and prevents the possibility of a recurrence of the disease in the future.
Mastopathy - treatment, drugs, remediestraditional medicine
In the manifestation of this disease, traditional medicine is often used. Treatment of mastopathy in such cases occurs on the basis of certain herbal preparations, which significantly strengthen the immune system. A variety of compresses are also used.
As a rule, in such cases, herbal preparations are used in certain proportions. Here are some herbal recipes that will come in handy when this disease occurs:
- In equal proportions, you need to mix birch, raspberry, plantain leaves, calendula and chamomile flowers, burdock and dandelion roots, rose hips and red mountain ash, St. John's wort, sweet clover and yarrow grass. All this pour 0.5 liters of boiling water and let it brew in a thermos. Drink the 3rd part of a glass 4 times a day.
- In equal proportions mix motherwort grass, fennel and cumin seeds and valerian root. Pour a glass of boiling water one tablespoon of the mixture, let it brew for half an hour. Drink half a glass 3 times a day.
- Pour 3 tablespoons of ordinary cuff with two cups of boiling water. Leave the mixture for 4 hours. It should be taken in a third of a glass before each meal.
Herbal compresses
If the diagnosis is confirmed, it makes sense to connect the treatment with the help of folk remedies. There are effective compresses for mastopathy, which, of course, should not be done without the knowledge of a doctor. Here are a few.
Beets with honey. Beets must be grated on a fine grater and add honey to it. Then put this mixture on the chest,wrap it with polyethylene and tie it with something warm. You need to do this compress for three weeks. The result will begin to show itself after this time.
Compress with garlic. For 100 grams of butter, squeeze the juice from one large clove of garlic. After that, rub the chest with the mixture and wrap yourself in a cotton cloth for the whole night. This cure for mastopathy is very effective.
Propolis. The product must be dissolved in a water bath to a semi-liquid state. Apply the resulting hot mixture to a napkin and wait until it has completely cooled to room temperature. Attach to the chest, and wear warm woolen clothes on top to enhance the effect of the compress.
Kalanchoe and honey. There is nothing difficult in preparing the mixture, you just need to mix the ground Kalanchoe plant and honey in a 1: 1 ratio. For several months, consume one tablespoon in the morning on an empty stomach and in the evening before bedtime.
Garlic oil for mastopathy. To prepare the mixture, you need to crush 50 grams of garlic and pour it with 100 grams of sunflower oil. This mixture must be refrigerated. Use the remedy for a month, 3 minutes before meals, a teaspoon. Take at least three times a day, you can also use a teaspoon of lemon juice at the same time.
Ointment from celandine. Celandine is necessary, when it blooms, twist in a meat grinder. After that, it is necessary to squeeze the juice from the celandine. This mixture can be stored inrefrigerator for a year, nothing will happen to it. In order to get an ointment, you need to take half a glass of celandine juice and half a glass of butter or lard and melt it. After that, you need to mix the oil and juice until a homogeneous mixture is obtained. The oil plays the role of a thickener, since after it reaches room temperature, a homogeneous ointment will be obtained, which will need to be applied to the chest for 2-3 hours, and polyethylene and a bra must be put on top. The procedure should be repeated every 2-3 days for a month. For prevention, you can be treated like this once a quarter.
Beet treatment. It is necessary to grind 200 grams of red beets, heat the resulting mixture in a water bath, and then add two tablespoons of 12 percent vinegar. Mix the resulting mixture and put it on the chest, but it is forbidden to compress it. Put a compress on top. It is necessary to leave it all night, after which in the morning you need to remove the compress and wrap yourself with a woolen scarf. Treatment should be carried out for ten procedures.
Cabbage with mastopathy. Very often, with mastopathy, cabbage saves. For treatment with this method, it is necessary to take a cabbage leaf, grease it on one side with oil, sprinkle with a small amount of s alt and attach it to the sore chest. On top of the cabbage, you need to attach a towel, put on a bra and go to bed. You can remove the compress only in the morning.
In the morning, chest pain disappears, all cabbage juices are completely absorbed into the skin, and the leaf becomes so light that it even shines through. It is necessary to continue treatment forall week every day. This method of treating mastopathy is the most effective of folk remedies.
Folk remedies for mastopathy are much cheaper than various medical remedies, and at the same time they are very effective. Repeatedly this disease was treated with folk remedies. Nevertheless, a consultation with a mammologist is necessary.
Why can't I start the disease
One of the most common breast diseases is mastopathy. The signs of this disease are obvious, and sometimes you can determine it yourself. As a rule, if you suspect this disease, you should immediately consult a doctor for treatment. Very often, it is mastopathy that can become the cause of breast cancer, reviews of those who have been ill confirm this.
It is necessary to treat this disease in any case, in order to prevent the possibility of manifestation of various additional diseases and complications. Do not neglect the symptoms of the disease, immediately contact the clinic at the first manifestations in order to prevent the development of the disease. Only under the supervision of highly qualified specialists will it be possible to completely cure this disease.
