Symptoms usually get better after you go through menopause. If you take birth control pills, you may have fewer symptoms. If you are on hormone therapy, you may have more symptoms.
Symptoms are usually worse right before your menstrual period and improve after your period starts.
Symptoms can include:
Pain or discomfort in both breasts The pain commonly comes and goes with the period, but can last through the whole month Breasts that feel full, swollen, and heavy Pain or discomfort under the arms Thick or lumpy breasts You may have a lump in the same area of the breast that becomes larger before each period and shrinks afterward. This type of lump moves when it is pushed with your fingers. It does not feel stuck or fixed to the tissue around it. This lump is common with fibrocystic breasts.
You may have discharge from the nipple. If the discharge is clear, red, or bloody, talk to your health care provider right away.
What are the symptoms of Chronic cystic mastitis ?
Symptoms usually get better after you go through menopause. If you take birth control pills, you may have fewer symptoms. If you are on hormone therapy, you may have more symptoms.
Symptoms are usually worse right before your menstrual period and improve after your period starts.
Symptoms can include:
Pain or discomfort in both breasts The pain commonly comes and goes with the period, but can last through the whole month Breasts that feel full, swollen, and heavy Pain or discomfort under the arms Thick or lumpy breasts You may have a lump in the same area of the breast that becomes larger before each period and shrinks afterward. This type of lump moves when it is pushed with your fingers. It does not feel stuck or fixed to the tissue around it. This lump is common with fibrocystic breasts.
You may have discharge from the nipple. If the discharge is clear, red, or bloody, talk to your health care provider right away.