Fibrocystic Breast Symptoms
n fibrocystic breast condition round lumps that move freely and are either firm or soft are produced. Symptoms include tender nodular cysts, pain, and premenstrual breast discomfort. However, the condition can often be asymptomatic (without symptoms), only discovered when pressure is accidentally placed on the cysts.
In this condition, the cysts become filled with fluid and fibrous tissue surrounds the cysts and thickens like a scar. The pressure causes pain. Fluid is reabsorbed by the breast tissue when a hormone imbalance or abnormal milk production occurs. The milk-producing glands multiply and carry milk into the supporting fibrous tissue, resulting in fibrocystic disease of the breast. As a woman ages, it becomes more difficult for the lymph system to absorb this fluid completely. Fluid is trapped and results in cysts and inflammation of the breast. These cysts are benign.
Most women with fibrocysts do not have an increased risk for breast cancer. A cyst is tender and moves freely – it feels like an eyeball behind the lid. A cancerous growth usually does not move freely, is most often not tender, and does not go away.
Symptoms characteristically affect both breasts, with multiple cysts of varying sizes giving each breast a nodular consistency.
The size of the cysts typically fluctuate depending on hormonal changes in the body.
In this condition, the cysts become filled with fluid and fibrous tissue surrounds the cysts and thickens like a scar. The pressure causes pain. Fluid is reabsorbed by the breast tissue when a hormone imbalance or abnormal milk production occurs. The milk-producing glands multiply and carry milk into the supporting fibrous tissue, resulting in fibrocystic disease of the breast. As a woman ages, it becomes more difficult for the lymph system to absorb this fluid completely. Fluid is trapped and results in cysts and inflammation of the breast. These cysts are benign.
Most women with fibrocysts do not have an increased risk for breast cancer. A cyst is tender and moves freely – it feels like an eyeball behind the lid. A cancerous growth usually does not move freely, is most often not tender, and does not go away.
Symptoms characteristically affect both breasts, with multiple cysts of varying sizes giving each breast a nodular consistency.
The size of the cysts typically fluctuate depending on hormonal changes in the body.