The bone of contention: what to do with sensitive breasts

Do not panic, finding that the sensitivity of your chest raised, and you feel pain when walking and training. This is not necessarily related to breast disease: in the breast tissue affected by many factors, including hormones that are used drugs, smoking, and even coffee. You can easily find out by yourself what the cause sensitivity changes, as well as reduce your discomfort.

If it is associated with PMS:

PMS symptoms are varied and include a variety of manifestations, bloating, weight gain, cramps, headaches, irritability, and increased sensitivity of the breast. The fabric on the chest is particularly sensitive to an increase in the amount of estrogen - even for two weeks from the beginning of the cycle. The intensity of the pain may vary from month to month. If you manage to stop the cycle, using an oral contraceptive or progesterone, PMS symptoms are alleviated or disappear entirely.

In addition to contraception, you can try to consume vysokonatrievuyu food and limit alcohol. It should also be drunk as much water as possible, taking vitamins - especially calcium, vitamin E, vitamin D, thiamine, magnesium, omega-3 and drinking green tea antioxidants.

If it is related to contraception:

There is nothing unusual in the fact that you experience discomfort, taking birth control pills. But that does not mean you have to just accept it. It is important to know that these side effects - a temporary phenomenon, and if they do not disappear after two or three months, it is necessary to switch to another type of tablets. The fact that, due to a drug you feel pain, does not mean that others, too, will lead to it - there are many different combinations of estrogen and progesterone, and each a different effect on the body.

If it is associated with nicotine or caffeine:

Women who consume excessive amounts of caffeine or nicotine often note an increase breast tenderness. The fact is that these substances stimulate the tissue and lead to mild pain, especially in the days before menstruation. In such cases, the best solution will be to reduce the number of cigarettes and drinking coffee or even a complete rejection of them to get rid of the symptoms.

If it is related to pregnancy or post-childbirth:

The size of your breasts will increase in two or three times during pregnancy and should attend a special bra to adjust to this. In addition, when you are breastfeeding, it is likely to increase by another breast size, as well as its sensitivity. To get rid of pain, doctors recommend a warm lanolin cream and a hot shower.

If it is related to training:

If you usually do not wear a sports bra workout using your everyday, delicate and sensitive tissue in the breasts will be in constant motion, which results in discomfort. In addition, if you are not constantly train in a special underwear, fibrous ligaments and adipose tissue will weaken, and thus to carry out the entire breast sagging.

If it is due to cysts:

Many women may have benign fibrocystic disease and not even know about it. According to statistics, 60% of the exposed women, and as a prevention and treatment of commonly used supports bra, vitamins C, E, B6 and A and analgesics such as Tylenol.

If it is connected with the wrong bra:

Sherry Ross mammolog physician and author of "She-ology", states that 80% of women wear the wrong size clothes, but in Western cultures from 10 to 25% of women do not wear it at all. Fitting bra helps to cope with the problems that arise because of these errors:

Bad breast support leads to increased sensitivity regardless of its size.

If you hard to find the right size underwear, you can refer to specialists or to see our guide to choosing a bra.