The most common type of breast pain is related to our hormones during a monthly cycle. During the second half of the cycle, the breasts swell and become more lumpy and tender. Women with large breasts may have non cyclic breast pain related primarily to the size of their breast, it is  accompanied by neck, shoulder and back pain.

The cause of non cyclic breast pain is likely to be anatomical rather than hormonal, triggered by breast cysts, breast trauma, prior breast surgery or other factors localized to the breast.

Breast pain is a common problem in younger women who are still having periods, it is less common in older women. The pain can be in one breast or in both, it may come and go each month, or it may last for several weeks.

Many women fear that they have breast cancer when they have pain in the breast. However, less than 10% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have pain. It is important that all breast pain be checked by a doctor to find the cause of the pain.

The most common cause of breast pain during menopause is hormonal change, due to this, women may develop breast pain. Most often the pain can be attributed to harmless causes such as puberty or pregnancy. It can also be a recurrent problem for women with cyclical pain associated with the menstrual cycle.

Cancer also is a major concern for most women, it is rarely the cause of isolated breast pain.Other causes are injury to your breast, pregnancy, breast-feeding (nursing) or infection in the breast.

Breast pain is common in women, and occasionally occurs in men. It is important to determine whether the pain is due to normal physiological changes related to hormonal fluctuation or to a pathological process such as breast cancer.

Breast pain is usually mild,  for breast pain most women seek medical evaluation. The risk of cancer in a woman presenting with breast pain as her only symptom is extremely low and suitable reassurance can usually be given.

Breast pain is a common problem in younger women, there are many things can cause pain or tenderness in your breasts. Here are some of them:

Fibrocystic breast disease, Normal hormonal fluctuations, Water retention, which may happen during your period, Breast-feeding (nursing),  An infection in the breast, Breast cancer, Pregnancy and a big contributor to exacerbating breast pain is  stress.

Almost all women have tender, painful breasts at some time in their life. If you have breast pain, you are probably worrying that it might be breast cancer, this is very unlikely. Breast pain is very common, about 70% of women have it at some time.

In most cases the pain develops in the days just before a period. In some cases the pain is not related to periods. The pain is often mild but in some women it is more severe and can affect quality of life.

Pain and discomfort are the main symptoms of angina. Angina is often described as pressure, squeezing, burning or tightness in the chest. It usually starts in the chest behind the breast bone.

Other symptoms are pressure, heaviness, tightening and squeezing, it is stabbing pain, numbness, chest tightness, breathlessness or choking feeling, it may spread to the left shoulder, arm, and hand or to the neck, throat and jaw.

Back pain during pregnancy isn’t something that would alarm most women. It is estimated that about 50 to 80 % of women suffer back pain during the course of their pregnancy.

Upper back pain occurs frequently in the third trimester of pregnancy.  We commented that upper back pain commonly occurs during all stages of pregnancy, due to weight gain and breast enlargement.

Heart pain is a pressure, squeezing or dull ache felt in the center of the chest.  Often the individual will not call it a pain, just a pressure or tightness, and may demonstrate it by holding a fist over their breast bone.

It may radiate to the neck, teeth, arms, back or, more infrequently, upper mid abdomen. It can lasts less than 15 min or more, the more the pain longer it lasts, (over 30 min.) the more likely it has progressed to a heart attack with damage or death of heart muscle.