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Is It Common To Have Bad Pain In The Breast?
Breast pain is any discomfort or pain in the breast.
Alternative Names
Pain - breast; Mastalgia; Mastodynia; Breast tenderness
Considerations
There are many possible causes for breast pain. For example, hormone level changes from menstruation or pregnancy often cause breast tenderness. Some amount of swelling and tenderness just before your period is normal.
Although many women who have pain in one or both breasts may fear
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