Patient's question:
I am a 30-year-old woman with a seven-year-old child. I stopped breastfeeding when my child was one year old. A couple of years ago, I experienced breast tenderness before my period, which went away after the period. Recently, I have been experiencing breast tenderness even when I'm not near my period.Doctor's answer:
1. Regular check-ups; to enable early detection and timely treatment.2. Adhere to medication; this condition is a severe endocrine disorder, and the affected tissues have poor sensitivity to medication. The disappearance of tumors is slow, and treatment duration is long. In some cases, oral medication may take six months to a year to become effective.
3. Complete surgical removal; the best treatment for localized lesions is to remove the large focal lesions, which can often achieve definite therapeutic effects. If there is a clear tendency toward malignancy or if biopsy confirms pre-cancerous lesions, a simple mastectomy should be performed to ensure safety. Additionally, when patients experience galactorrhea, it is important to differentiate it from hyperprolactinemia or hypomenorrheic galactorrhea syndrome to avoid misdiagnosis.