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Causes and symptoms of fibroadenomatosis

The main cause of dairy fibroadenomatosisgland is a violation of the balance of sex hormones, which is observed in diseases of the thyroid gland, ovarian diseases, liver diseases, endocrine system. Risk factors are stress, refusal from breastfeeding, sexual dissatisfaction. The first symptom of the disease is soreness in the mammary glands. Small cysts appear in them, which can not be detected by probing (diffuse form). With a nodular form, single and clearly defined formations can be palpated. Fibro-adenomatosis of the breast is not dangerous, but it can reduce the quality of life. This disease can not degenerate into breast cancer. However, in some cases fibroadenomatosis is the background for cancer development, since both these diseases have some common risk factors. If you suspect a disease, you need to undergo an examination with specialists - a mammologist, an oncologist and a gynecologist. Also it is necessary to undergo examination of the thyroid gland, organs of the abdominal cavity (including liver, ovaries).

It is possible to assign a study of the level of hormones - estrogens, prolactin, progesterone.

Treatment of fibroadenomatosis

If fibroadenomatosis is detected at an early stage andhas uncomplicated diffuse form, it is treated with drugs that contribute to the restoration of hormonal balance. The drugs are selected depending on the underlying cause that caused this imbalance: medications that regulate the thyroid gland, contraceptives, normalizing the menstrual cycle, and drugs that protect the mammary gland from the action of a large number of estrogens can be prescribed. Patients are prescribed vitamins, drugs that improve liver function.

For the period of treatment should stop smoking.

In fibroadenomatosis, you must follow a diet. It is necessary to exclude the use of coffee, strong tea. It is recommended to consume vitamin-containing plant foods. Surgical intervention in fibroadenomatosis is carried out with suspicion of malignant neoplasm in the mammary gland. Focal disease does not necessarily develop into a life-threatening cancer, but under certain conditions the risk of cancer is significantly increased. The removal of multiple cysts by surgery is unsuccessful: in this case, the formation in the mammary gland can multiply.