Breast pain

Breast pain: engorgement, nipple pain and mastitis.

This review explores current concepts surrounding breastfeeding complications including nipple pain and trauma, breast engorgement, mastitis, and breast abscess. The review discusses possible etiologies, risk factors, incidence, differential diagnosis, and suggested treatment strategies. The evidence that supports these management options is discussed.

Exercise and Breast Pain

After adjuvant therapies, the 5-year survival of breast cancer patients with localized and locoregional breast cancer is estimated to be 98% and 83% respectively 1. Because many patients become longterm survivors, concerns about the mediumand long-term consequences of their treatment regimens have led to multiple quality-of-life (qol) studies that have demonstrated significant emotional, cognit...

The breast pain clinic: a rational approach to classification and treatment of breast pain.

Three hundred and fifty women complaining of breast pain symptoms of sufficient severity to interfere with their normal lifestyle were reviewed in a special breast pain clinic over a 5 year period. Seventy-two patients (21%) had spontaneous resolution of breast pain and they required reassurance only before discharge. Of the remaining 278 patients, accurate classification of breast pain syndrom...

Breast Thermography Safe, effective, pain-free breast cancer screening

Progesterone cream for cyclic breast pain.

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