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Pain chart This chart is intended to help you and your GP or nurse to see when your breast pain occurs. Record the amount of breast pain you experience each day by shading in each box as shown. For example, if you get severe breast pain on the fifth day of the month then shade in completely the square under 5.
Overview. Breast pain (mastalgia) is very common. It affects most women at sometime in their life. It can cause worry but breast pain is not usually a symptom of breast cancer. The level of breast pain is different for each woman. It can range from being a mild discomfort to being severe enough to affect a woman’s quality of life.
9 lut 2023 · Breast pain (mastalgia) can be described as tenderness, throbbing, sharp, stabbing, burning pain or tightness in the breast tissue. The pain may be constant or it may occur only occasionally, and it can occur in men, women and transgender people.
your GP may ask you to fill in a simple pain chart (such as the one on pages 12–13). If your GP thinks you may have non-cyclical breast pain or chest wall pain, they may ask you to lean forward during the examination. This is to help them assess if the pain is inside your breast or in the chest wall.
1 lis 2022 · Mastalgia is a medical term used for breast pain, 1 of the most common complaints among women of 15 to 40 years of age (child-bearing age). Approximately two-thirds of women during their reproductive lives suffer from this condition and seek medical help.
Breast pain is a common breast symptom. Pain in the breasts can be related to the breast tissue itself or to the muscles, ribs, heart and lungs within the chest wall. Pain in the breast tissue is poorly understood, despite scientific studies.
There are 3 types of breast pain: Cyclical breast pain – pain related to a woman’s periods (menstrual cycle) Non-cyclical breast pain – lasting pain in the breast that’s not related to periods. Chest wall pain – pain that feels as though it’s in the breast but is coming from somewhere else.
