Well, Breast Calcification Can Experience

Jakarta, far people already know a lot about the calcification of bone. But it seems only a few know that breast can have calcification. What cause?

On breast self examination (Realize), women can not feel the presence of calcification in the breast. This condition must be detected with the help of mamograf.

There are two types of breast calcification, makrokalsifikasi and mikrokalsifikasi. Both are usually benign, although mikrokalsifikasi can be a symptom of cancer.

Reported by LIVESTRONG on Saturday (13/12/2010), here are some causes of breast calcification:

1. The presence of breast lumps or cysts
Growth in non-cancerous lumps can lead to the formation of breast calcification. One of them is because most breast cysts caffeine.

Women can identify breast cysts with touch and feel a lump in the breast that is easy to move.

Another cause is fibroadenoma, which is a benign tumor that can occur in the breast.

2. The presence of calcification in other body parts
If someone had calcification in the area of the body, then he at risk of developing breast calcification. For example, dermal calcification (calcification of the skin) or vascular calcification (calcification of blood vessels), can also cause breast calcifications.

3. Damage to breast tissue
Conditions that damage the breast tissue can cause calcification of the breast. For example, women who undergo radiation therapy for breast cancer and injury to the breast such as hard-hit by a blunt object.

4. Hardening of the breast line
Or duct ectasia mammary duct ectasia is a widening and hardening of the breast tract due to aging and damage. This condition causes the breast line clogged because of the viscous fluid.

Duct ectasia usually occurs in women in their 40s and 50s years. This condition often has no symptoms, but usually cause the breasts become flabby (nipple discharge). This viscous fluid accumulation can cause calcification in the breast.

5. The presence of infection in breast
Certain infections such as mastitis can cause calcification of the breast. Mastitis usually occurs in women who are breastfeeding within the first three months of birth.

Symptoms of mastitis is usually women who experience swelling, redness and warm breasts, fever and chills. But although mastitis is not comfortable for the mother, these conditions do not interfere with breastfeeding.

6. Cell secretion
In the human body, cells release fragments into the surrounding fluid, called the extracellular fluid (fluid which is discarded). Sometimes the fragments are secreted by cells in the breast can cause calcification.

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