Patient's question:
I have been weaned for three years since I was a child. When squeezing the nipple with my hand, a little milky white milk appears.Doctor's answer:
During non-pregnancy and non-lactation periods, fluid leakage from the nipple is referred to as galactorrhea. Galactorrhea is one of the common symptoms of breast diseases. Pathological fluid leakage often occurs in a single breast through a single milk duct, although it can occasionally occur in multiple milk ducts on both sides. The nature of the leakage can be bloody, non-blood, or mixed. The common diseases associated with it include intraductal papilloma, fibrocystic hyperplasia, ductal dilation, and breast cancer, among others. In your case, blood tests to measure prolactin levels are also necessary to help diagnose whether you have hyperprolactinemia. If needed, ductography or breast ductoscopy, which allows direct visualization of ductal lesions, can significantly aid in determining the nature of breast duct diseases. This is particularly crucial in distinguishing the nature of nipple discharge, as breast ductoscopy often plays a decisive role in improving preoperative diagnostic rates and holds significant importance for the early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.