Breast tissue: What is it like | Breast Lumps

Network nodes are the best in the area outside the upper breast (quadrant) button next to the armpit, where the most prominent. Usually, it feels solid and just a little strand, perhaps a little bumpy or nodular. Adipose tissue, however, is soft and, for example, increases in the region under the breast. Especially the fat content depends on the individual's body type: For women who give a lot to the scale, the breast is fat.

Agency often feel somewhat uneven, wavy or even complicated, can improve in the second half cycle and sensitive to pain. This is cyclical breast pain is often called mastalgia (root word "pole" is derived from the Greek and means breast, breast).

A painful feeling of tension in both breasts not only include menstrual bleeding can also be done at first, though definite signs of pregnancy. Pain in the breast without reference to the doctors call cycle is not mastalgia. Is chest pain, mastalgia, Mastodynia: Better too much than too little time to see a doctor, especially if also noted changes in the breast. This also applies to men.

Before menopause, women should always be possible to examine their breasts in the first half of the cycle, because the fabric was loose and better "durchtastbar".

Taking birth control pills that mimic the cycle, or after menopause you should always choose the same date may be a month to study - only as a guide, not to forget altogether. Of course, it also depends on appropriate technology. Help give a female doctor (see "Other symptoms, diagnosis").

Women examine their breasts themselves, tend to have more sense of the changes in the network. That's according to a recent study, the main advantage of self-examination. It is also important to compare the nature of the right and left together and notice the difference newly created pages.

Palpable nodes are usually greater than one-half to one centimeter.