Breast hyperplasia and nodules can cause back and arm pain

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2025-05-01 19:24:44 Views: 60 times

Mammary gland hyperplasia generally refers to hyperplasia of mammary glands. Mammary gland hyperplasia belongs to a kind of breast nodules. Patients will not cause back and arm pain, need to judge according to the actual situation, details are as follows:

Breast hyperplasia and nodules can cause back and arm pain

For hyperplasia of mammary glands, in mild cases, generally does not cause back and arm pain. But if excessive hyperplasia of mammary gland tissue, can lead to local congestion, edema, easy to press or pull to local nerve endings, thus causing shoulder and back pain phenomenon, in medicine known as referred to pain or reflex pain.

For benign breast nodules, in the case of small volume, generally does not appear back, arm pain phenomenon. But for malignant breast nodules, cancer cells continue to proliferate, bone metastasis occurs, can lead to back and arm pain.



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