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Treatment of Fibrocystic Breast Disease

By Mark on Friday, September 10th, 2010 | No Comments

The treatment of fibrocystic breast changes is two pronged. The first focus is control of symptoms and the second is correcting the hormonal problems that cause the condition. Treatment of Symptoms There is a certain amount of pain and inflammation associated with fibrocystic breast disease. Drugs such as acetaminophen have been found to be useful [...]

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Causes and Types of Fibrocystic Breast Disease

By Mark on Friday, September 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Image via Wikipedia Fibrocystic disease of the breast is a condition that is seen in a large percentage of women from ages 30 to 50, in which the breast becomes painful and lumpy, especially during menses. What is the Cause and How Does this Condition Develop? To understand the causes and the pathology of fibrocystic [...]

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Fibrocystic Breast Disease – Symptoms, Cause, Frequency and Diagnosis

By Mark on Friday, September 10th, 2010 | No Comments

What is it: The breast contains a lot of glandular tissue. Between the ages 30 to 50, many women complain of pain and lumpiness in the breasts usually associated with menses. Physical (clinical) examination and imaging tests, like ultrasound, may show no abnormality. This condition is historically called fibrocystic breast disease. This condition is not [...]

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Fibrocystic Breast Disease and Breast Cancer

By Mark on Friday, September 10th, 2010 | 1 Comment

The most important thing to understand about fibrocystic breast is that this condition is not the same as breast cancer, though both tend to cause lumpiness in the breast. So what are the differences? Breast cancer or carcinoma of the breast is a dangerous pathology in which a cancerous tumor forms in the breast. This [...]

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Diagnosis of Fibrocystic Breast Disease – Mammography, Ultrasound

By Mark on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 | No Comments

A) Self examination: the woman is asked to regularly examine her own breasts to look for any new changes within them. She is specifically asked to watch out for new lumps or masses in her breasts. She has also to look for changes in the pre-existing lumpiness in her breasts. Any painful areas or those [...]

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Fibrocystic Breast Disease Prevention – A Natural Approach

By Mark on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Fibrocystic disease of the breast is the result of many physiological changes that take place in a woman’s breast over a long period of time. These changes include fibrosis or scar tissue formation, cystic changes (fluid filled vesicles or sacs within the breast) and inflammatory changes including the accumulation of fluid within the breast. This [...]

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Causes and Types of Fibrocystic Breast Disease

By Mark on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 | No Comments

Image via Wikipedia Fibrocystic disease of the breast (FBD) is a condition that is seen in a large percentage of women from ages 30 to 50, in which the breast becomes painful and lumpy, especially during menses. Other names that have been applied to FBD include mammary dysplasia, chronic cystic mastitis, diffuse cystic mastopathy, benign [...]

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