What causes breast swelling & tenderness in young women? – Dr. Nanda Rajaneesh

Tenderness in the breast and the swelling of the breast in a young woman is mainly because of something called mastalgia associated with fibrocystic disease of the breast which is a very common entity these days. This happens because of a hormonal imbalance this type of hormonal imbalance come s because of nutritional deficiency, infection in the breast or ingestion of the external hormone which is becoming very common nowadays because a lot of preserved foods, chemical in the foods, lot of hormones used in the milk products leading to the hormonal imbalance. So this is a common entity in every woman who is suffering from breast tenderness and subsequently it will lead to fibrocystic disease, that is cyst formation in the breast, nodular formation in the breast and that is also becoming a high risk factor for breast cancer. So it is important to know why these women are having pain which could be related to hormonal imbalance and they need to be evaluated for nutritional deficiency first.