Tuesday, September 25, 2007

What Causes Breast Tenderness During Menstruation?

Breast tenderness is common breast symptom a woman should have. It is not usually a assign of breast cancer but pain or discomfort in the breast that comes due to menstruation or pregnancy.

Breast tenderness during menstruation is normal in every woman. It is been caused by various factors, as unbalanced level of estrogen hormones is the main cause of breast tenderness during menstruation in the sense that during the cycle, progesterone and estrogen levels vary in different ways.

In a normal situation, if the estrogen is down, the progesterone will be up and the breast increases in size but hormone imbalance alters this cycle making the breast to increase the more and to cause more pains too. This means that breast tenderness and pains occurs when the estrogen levels increases more than that of progesterone.

In some women the pain may not be there and may be mild in others, no matter how it comes, no very well that body differs from others, you will not use what you are feeling to compare with what others are feeling just bear in mind that as a woman’s breast gets swell and becomes tender and painful during menstruation, another woman’s breast becomes mild and no pain or discomfort.

Conclusively, to avoid this symptom, maintaining a healthy hormone level is very important since the most common cause of breast tenderness during menstruation is unbalanced amount of estrogen hormone. The question that will arise in your mind now is how on earth should I maintain this hormone. Check out our next article to actually know how this should be maintained.

Friday, September 21, 2007

What Are Changes That Occur To The Breast During Menstruation

The word menstruation can be defined as the physiologic discharge that comes through the vagina of blood from the uterus; it is controlled by a hormone and normally reoccurs approximately in four weeks interval if there is absence of pregnancy during the reproductive period of every woman. It is also a monthly flow of blood which comprises two third of blood that includes the unfertilized egg.

Breast tenderness is can be defined as soreness, discomfort, swelling pain that occurs in the breast, which is normal during menstrual periods. It can also be experience during pregnancy and breast feeding. Though comes with much discomfort but comes to normal at the end of the menstrual period.

In every month, a woman experiences the fluctuation in hormones that make up the cycle. These hormones are responsible for the changes your body such as pain, tenderness and swelling of breast before menstruation. A change in breast texture is also experienced during menstruation thereby making the breast to feel lumpy in most women. This can be turn to worst if not given necessary attention by taking time to study your body and understand the breast tenderness so as to deal with it effectively.

In most cases, while some women experience breast pain and discomfort before or after their menstruation, some start theirs during ovulation and this pain continues till their period starts again. However it comes, it is common and usual for a woman’s breast to feel sensitive before menstruation.

My advise to you if your breast pain becomes unbearable before or after menstruation, see your doctor because birth control pills are prescribed a times to help to reduce this tenderness or some drugs like paracetamol or Ibrofen may be of a great help.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

What Are The Normal Things While Your Breast Develops

Human females are said to be the only females who develop full breast long before they are to nurse their baby making breast development to be vital in all part of reproduction in the life of human females.

As a woman, you breast must undergo many changes especially during menstruation and finally when you gets to menopause age. But before then your breast develops to states through out your life as a woman. For instance, before you were born, continues to puberty state and again during the childbearing age, finally at you menopause age.

Notwithstanding, note that all kinds of development and changes that take place are related to age and are normal provided that no deadly disease is been formed at the process. The phases of these developments are lobule, which takes place between 10-25yrs, glandular, which is under the influence of menstruation and occurs between 13-45yrs of age and shrinkage of the milk ducts which begins from the age of 35.

In other words, when you notice that your two breasts are not equal maybe one is bigger than the other; you need not to panic for it is completely normal to have one of your breasts different in size from the other. Most women do entertain fear when this type of thing is been noticed, anyway you can see your doctor otherwise it is natural and there is nothing to worry about that.

Finally, as a young woman or girl, you may notice that as soon as your breasts starts to grow, it will be very tender, itch a lot and hurts too. What you are experiencing is normal, in the sense that the hormone that causes your breasts to start budding and the new tissue is very tender at the initial. All you need to do is to get yourself a bra which will help to reduce the pain for it may last for a period of one year.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

When Does My Breast Development Begin?

As a young woman or a girl, breast development may begin at your early age or late age that is between 13 years or there about। In this aspect age does not matter, what matters is that as a girl and woman to be the process has already started।

The proper state of breast development starts 5 to 6 weeks of fetal development with the thickening of mammary ridge, which extends to the groin and makes the solid columns of the cells to form from each breast bud with each column becoming a separate sweat gland। And in each of this breast bud, there is separate duct leading to the nipple. The column becomes hollow by the final month of development and by the time a female infant nipples and beginning of milk duct have already formed.

As soon as a girl or young woman approaches adolescence, the first and immediate outward signs of breast development begin to appear। Your breast as a girl or young woman begins to enlarge as soon as your ovaries begin to secrete fat in the connective tissue and the duct system also begins to grow. In other words, breast changes are also accompanied by the appearance of pubic hair and hair under the arms.

Immediately menstruation and ovulation begins, breast development comes to maturity with the formation of some glands (secretary) at the end of the milk duct। The growth and maturity of the breast including the duct system continues with the development of many glands and this varies greatly from every girl or young woman.

Conclusively, breast development varies from a girl or young woman to the other, you should not adhere to your friend’s advice or feelings using such to compare to your own feelings. All you need to do is to study and listen to your own body and comply with any changes noticed.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Breast Development Joy and Issues

It is always an exciting time that comes with worries for a teenager to see her breast growing. Worries in the sense that you will be wondering, what people will say and how big the breast will finally look like. To the extent that some teenagers put on several cloths to make sure that the breast did not show as soon as it came out but that is for a short time.

In every life, there is a time of puberty and in this time, the development of tender breasts occurs. So breast development can be said to be the first sign of puberty in a girl and young woman. You may have a teenager or young woman that develops breast at her early age i.e. 7-8yrs and some that develop at the age of 13 and there about. The age does not matter because it all depends on the biological trait which informs a teenager’s or young woman’s body to produce some high level of female hormones. Breast sizes vary among females, some are big while some are small and the shape too, no matter the sizes or shapes they are all normal and healthy.

The breast undergoes 5 stages of growth within 5 to 6 years and reaches full maturity at the age of 17 to 18 years. There is no muscle tissue in the breast that is why no amount of exercise makes it bigger or smaller. The breast is made up of fat and connective tissue, milk glands and ducts. In a young woman and teenager, the breast tissue is dense and firm, and then becomes softer and fatty with age.

It is normal of a teenager and young woman to develop or have breast since a woman’s breast produces milk for her baby and often breast is viewed as a symbol of sexual attractiveness and femininity.

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