What causes breast pain?
Many things can cause pain or tenderness in your breasts. Here are some of them:
- Hormone changes during your period
- Water retention, which may happen during your period
- Injury to your breast
- Pregnancy
- Breastfeeding (nursing)
- An infection in the breast
- Breast cancer (not a usual cause of breast pain)
If you have breast pain that lasts for a long time or keeps coming back, it's probably a good idea to talk to your doctor about it.
Source
The Evaluation of Common Breast Problems by M Morrow, M.D. (American Family Physician April 15, 2000, http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000415/2371.html)
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Reviewed/Updated: 01/11
Created: 09/00