1, a sign of breast health
What is a normal areola like?
The areola is about 3-4cm in diameter and varies in color. It is rose red in adolescence and dark brown in pregnancy and lactation. Different female individuals have different areola sizes and colors. In addition to the different periods in which women live and the different colors of areola, there are also some factors, such as skin color, which will also affect the color of areola. For example, after a woman is pregnant, the color of the areola will become darker, and some women will also become darker because of the changes of estrogen in the body in certain periods. These are normal physiological phenomena. If you want to judge the hidden danger of the disease from the color of the areola, you must first understand the color change of your areola and rule out the difference caused by skin color.
Be on your guard when you find three changes in areola.
1. The nipple and areola are dark in color, accompanied by itching around the nipple and areola. During breast examination, one or both breasts can be found to have proliferative lesions or cystic proliferative lesions.
2. The simple color of nipple and areola deepens and becomes dark brown or dark brown, and even small nodules can be found around areola glands to form protrusions. At this time, there was no lesion when the breast was examined. This may be caused by the decline of liver function caused by liver disease, because estrogen can not be ruled out normally in the liver.
3. The areola darkens with small nodules. Women's ovaries suffer from a benign tumor, which increases the amount of estrogen secreted by the ovaries, leading to the deepening of the color of nipples and areola, and many small nodules can appear around the areola glands.
Tips: If you find that your areola has undergone similar changes, you must go to the hospital for breast-related examinations in time. If you are sick, you should find it early and treat it early.
2. Women's health issues
1. mastitis
Acute mastitis is an acute purulent infection of the breast caused by pathogenic bacteria invading and growing in the breast, which is common in lactating women, especially primiparas. Because the nipple of the new mother is not clean or damaged when breastfeeding, bacteria may take the opportunity to invade and cause infection. At the same time, if the nipple of the new mother is too small, invaginated or the breastfeeding posture is incorrect, the newborn will suck less, which will easily lead to milk deposition, and may also lead to the proliferation and infection of invasive bacteria; In addition, new mothers are also prone to mastitis when their babies often sleep with nipples or when their babies suffer from stomatitis and suck milk.
To prevent mastitis, early massage and breast pumping are the key. At the same time, keep nipples clean during lactation, wash nipples with warm water, breastfeed regularly, and drain milk as much as possible every time; It is not advisable to let the baby sleep with the nipple, and hold up the breast with a bra after breastfeeding; Diet should be light, easy to digest, avoid spicy.
2. Breast hyperplasia
Breast hyperplasia is closely related to endocrine disorders and estrogen and progesterone imbalance. There is generally no need to take medicine, because mammary gland hyperplasia is closely related to mood. Patients should pay attention to less anger, maintain a lively and cheerful mood, and eat less salty before menstruation. Some beauty agencies claim that massage can treat hyperplasia of mammary glands, and there is no medical basis. At best, it can only improve the skin and appearance of the breast. On the contrary, if you use hormone-containing beauty products for breast enhancement, it may aggravate your condition.
3. Cervical diseases
As long as women who have sex, more than 80% have different degrees of cervical diseases. Therefore, young mothers, especially those who have a history of sexual life for more than 3 years, have a history of abortion, and often or irregularly take contraceptives, it is best to go to gynecology for TCT smear examination regularly to find cervical lesions in advance. If there are symptoms such as abnormal leucorrhea, pruritus vulvae, lower abdominal pain, backache, irregular menstruation, etc., you should also go to the gynecology department to check the cervix in time.
4. Uterine fibroids
Uterine leiomyoma, also known as uterine leiomyoma, is a common benign tumor in female reproductive organs, which is common in women of childbearing age. According to the survey of women's diseases jointly conducted by Health Times and 39 Health Net, the results show that the age of diagnosis of hysteromyoma is 71.08% between 20 and 30 years old; 3 1-35 years old is 2 1.3 1%. The main pathogenic factors are vigorous ovarian function and long-term estrogen stimulation. In addition, family inheritance, age and chromosomal mutation are also important causes of uterine fibroids.
Other mothers were found to have uterine fibroids during pregnancy. Some obstetricians and gynecologists said that if uterine fibroids are found at the same time of pregnancy, it is best to let nature take its course, but pay attention to timely check-ups. If it is predicted that the enlargement of tumor will affect the birth canal and uterine contraction, then after 3 months of pregnancy, small subserous myoma can be removed, but large intramural myoma is not suitable.