Q What is the best management for female suffering from breast pain?
Breast pain can be cyclical or non-cyclical. Cyclical breast pain is often related to hormonal changes in females body that take place at various stages, like before or during menstruation, during pregnancy, and at menopausal age. This type of pain does not require any management as it is very normal and subsides on its own. But if the pain has any other cause, then the cause need to be explored for proper management of breast pain. However, here are some general guidelines to manage breast pain: 1. Always wear good fitting bra. You can wear sports bra during exercise, to give good support. 2. In some random small studies it is shown that reduction in fat and caffiene in your diet will help to improve breast pain. 3. Stress may worsen the problem of breast pain. Try to be calm and stress free to reduce the amount of pain. 4. You can take any over the counter pain relieving medicine or pain killer prescribed by a doctor to reduce cyclical breast pain, if it is severe. 5. Cyclical breast pain can also be treated with oral contraceptive hormonal pills. These should be started only after a gynaecologists advice. But it is to be remembered that breast pain only be effectively managed, if its cause is found out for which an examination and detailed medical history is a must.