Explore the topic of breast pain with Dr. Neha Choudhary, an expert in Breast Cancer Oncology at Narayana Hospital, Howrah.

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Understanding and Managing Breast Pain: Causes, Tips, and Self-Care by Dr. Neha Choudhary

[Music] hello everyone this is Dr Niha Chri um I am a consultant breast surgeon at Nar Health Kolkata so I'll be talking about a topic which is a huge huge problem among women which is breast pain or Nostalgia a significant number of women come to my op and talk about breast pain that they are facing and a lot of them are really worried that is this some kind of a breast cancer or something to worry about so I want to explain to you what exactly is mastalgia or breast pain usually most commonly isolated breast pain that is pain in the breast without any other sign or symptom that is there is no lump no discharge in the breast nipple no changes in the skin of breast no Lums in the armpit just pain in the breast and heaviness of the breast is usually something you don't need to worry about it is not a red flag sign it is not a sign of cancer mastalgia or cyclical mastalgia as we call it which means that your pain is maximum just before your periods start and as your periods are over the pain goes away again just when your next period is about to come the pain starts building up the pain is also there accompanied by a little bit of heaviness of breast some tingling sensation in the breast a kind of a discomfort this is known as cyclical mastalgia it is usually nothing to worry about it's because of some kind of hormonal disbalance lifestyle issues and it can be managed a lot of women once they understand that this pain is not a red flag sign it's not a dangerous sign that is usually enough for for their pain to cool away and just reassurance works well apart from that however breast support or a good breast support helps so wear a good well-fitting brow not too tight but something which gives you a good support try to avoid too much of caffeine that is too much of coffee your tea your chocolates Cola try to maybe give do some kind of a rela relaxation technique like maybe do some yoga or some exercise in the morning sleep on time eat healthy food do some uh massage to the breast and usually these kind of conser conservative techniques uh you can maybe give some hot compress to the painful areas if it is too painful take uh paracetamol take some over-the-counter uh analgesics and usually it is manageable you do not need to worry about it you not need to keep going to the doctor for it once you have gone to a doctor and ruled out that there's no lump nothing worryful in the breast be assured and stop worrying about it thank [Music] you

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