What are nodular sensitive breasts?
Nodular sensitive breasts used to be termed fibrocystic breast disease or condition. Now this term is used less frequently as we recognize that is is not a disease but instead a normal response to hormonal changes due to the menstrual cycle. In some women, hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle have a more pronounced effect on breast tissue. Tissue which supports the milk glands may thicken and milk ducts may swell, forming fluid-filled sacs called cysts. These “cystic changes” are most often tender and moveable. They can vary in size and shape and can occur singly but are more often multiple and in both breasts. They often occur in the outer area of the breast near the armpit, but may be found throughout the breast. The cyclic tenderness and increased lumpiness often reaches a peak one week to a few days before a period, and then decreases once a woman’s menstrual flow has begun. A breast exam done a few days after a period is over usually reveals that the fluid-filled cysts have
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