My breast pains a lot. My left breast in particular has swelling. I have a lot of pimples as well. I am not married. I am 23. Please help me.

Question

Pain in the breasts could be due to cyclical mastalgia, fibrocystic disease, hormonal changes due to OC pills or pregnancy, granulomatous mastitis, abscess, cysts and rarely cancer. The treatment would depend upon the cause. Most common cause is cyclical mastalgia due to fibrocystic changes, which usually resolve with time. Treatment may be given if severe pain. Swelling of the breast could be due to weight gain, hormonal changes due to OC pills or pregnancy or underlying lumps due to fibrocystic disease or fibroadenoma or phylloides tumor or rarely cancer. Better to see a breast surgeon who would examine you, ask for an ultrasound and SOS core biopsy if needed. If you want to further discuss your symptoms, feel free to contact me directly.

Nikhilesh Borkar · Accepted Answer

Pain in the breasts could be due to cyclical mastalgia, fibrocystic disease, hormonal changes due to OC pills or pregnancy, granulomatous mastitis, abscess, cysts and rarely cancer. The treatment would depend upon the cause. Most common cause is cyclical mastalgia due to fibrocystic changes, which usually resolve with time. Treatment may be given if severe pain. Swelling of the breast could be due to weight gain, hormonal changes due to OC pills or pregnancy or underlying lumps due to fibrocystic disease or fibroadenoma or phylloides tumor or rarely cancer. Better to see a breast surgeon who would examine you, ask for an ultrasound and SOS core biopsy if needed. If you want to further discuss your symptoms, feel free to contact me directly.