Nipples swell: why and what does this mean?

During life, the female body experiences a large number of hormonal changes. Hormonal mechanisms can be upsetting, which sometimes leads to the most unexpected manifestations. Let's consider, in what cases changes in mammary glands and nipples are possible.

Soreness and swelling of the breast and nipples can occur during puberty in girls. Nipples swell with the onset of menstruation, this symptom may be a component of premenstrual syndrome. This is due to an increase in the level of progesterone, and on the background of the allocation of pain amines and histamine to swelling, pain can also join. The gestagens prepare the body for conception and pregnancy, but at the same time they affect the water-salt balance by retaining water.

At young girls at wrong wear of linen as a result of a friction about a fabric of clothes also nipples swell and blush. Simple hygienic measures neutralize this effect. It is more difficult, if there is a predisposition to eczema, then the delicate nipple tissues injured by friction can suffer from a skin disease with rash bubbles.

Unfortunately, with excessive proliferation of connective tissue in the mammary glands (mastopathy), there are also unpleasant sensations, nipples swell before menstruation, and then all the time. For a long time a woman can not pay attention to this, and the disease continues up to the apparent deformities of the mammary glands.

With a not very competent selection of hormonal contraceptives or their long-term admission, changes are possible, also leading to the fact that the nipples swell and ache a bit, and the vagina is marked by dryness of the mucous membranes. Drugs for infertility can have their own specific influences, which are better discussed with the doctor. Hormonal imbalance is possible with some antidepressants.

In some somatic diseases, swelling of the breast and nipples may be in men. This condition is called gynecomastia, and more often it is observed in liver diseases accompanied by a change in the basic metabolism. In women, persistent metabolic imbalances are more often associated with inflammatory diseases of the genital organs, endocrine disorders, and breast cancer. In such cases, it is possible to determine why nipples swell, only with a more detailed examination. Any asymmetrical enlargements of the glands or nipples, the emergence of excretions from them, should be guarded. If palpation of both glands reveals seals with clear or fuzzy boundaries, then a mammogram is required.

During pregnancy, the whole organism is rebuilt. In the photo, the swollen nipples are visible as part of the increase in the entire breast. In the early stages of unpleasant sensations can become harbingers of the coming pregnancy. After delivery, hygienic care is necessary to avoid infection of the injured nipples while feeding the baby. And in children of any sex during the newborn period, swelling of the nipples is possible because of the excess in the blood of the mother hormones. This condition quickly passes without consequences.