Fibrocystic Breast Lumps

During your monthly test of your chest is a piece of fear and course follows. Stop, it must not be cancer, it could be breast lumps. The medical term is fibrocystic breast and about seventy percent of women have at some point in life there are most of childbearing age. After menopause, cysts become smaller or may disappear.

* Cyst is closed, usually spherical, membranous sac that develops in human tissues and fluids containing materials or semi-solid (gel like). Some types of cysts are formed when the glands are blocked, but are usually benign.

When large amounts of estrogen are introduced into your system, these pieces may appear from the size of BB to the size of an egg. The introduction may be a hormone replacement therapy or when estrogen stimulates the milk glands causing accumulation of fluid and swell. Sometimes ducks milk has become clogged or does not drain properly.

Because there is no cure for this disease, some doctors recommend other hormonal approach recommended diet without the side effects of hormone therapy and dietary changes. Let's take a look at the nutritional and dietary changes.

* There are other types of tumor or bump and they are benign tumors of soft tissue or non-cancerous tumors. In general, they do not move and therefore can not propagate. However, they can cause serious problems by pressing against vital parts of the body such as nerve or brain. They can occur almost anywhere, within and between muscles, nerves, ligaments and blood vessels. They may or may not cause pain but when a piece is always a health care provider to assess your discovery.

Trim saturated fat and caffeine from your diet because they increase estrogen levels and this stimulus could cause fibrocystic changes. According to Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, women who have eliminated caffeine reduces their symptoms between sixty and seventy-five per cent. Caffeine also includes cola, chocolate and tea.

Boosting your fiber is an excellent addition to fat reduction because fiber absorbs estrogen. Dr P David Rose, MD, D.Sc. Doctorate Naylor Dana Institute Foundation Pan American Health in Valhalla, New York, recommends that women's contribution to 25-30 grams of fiber per day. Where possible avoid eating animal fats and fat-free dairy products.

Get rid of excess fluid, this could be a problem so start by reducing your sodium intake to fifteen hundred milligrams per day is not far from a teaspoon is two thousand milligrams. These are foods that will help reduce water retention, cucumbers, parsley and celery.

The gamma-linolenic acid, evening primrose, will help relieve fibrocystic breasts. Oenothera regulates salt and water balance. Some doctors recommend taking 1,000 mg three times daily for three months. But as always check with your health care provider before beginning or changing your medical and a supplemental plan.

"Vitamin E works for women with fibrocystic breasts," said Dr. Susan M. Lark, MD author "Today, well-being of women" and PMS: Self-Help Book and Menopause and a doctor specialist women's health. Dr. Lark recommends 600 IU of vitamin E along with 50mg B6 not to exceed 100 mg per day according to Dr Bernard Ginsberg MD Santa Monica, CA. Do not try to get this high amount of vitamin E in supplement form. Add to your daily diet safflower oil, almonds, sunflower oil and wheat germ.

Vitamin A is another supplement that relieves breast pain. A study was conducted at the University of Montreal, 12 women with a mid to unrelenting pain were treated with high doses of vitamin A for three months. Nine relief experienced great pain, and 5 had less bumps.

The daily dose of 150,000 IU per day.