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Breast Lumps and Pain Breast changes are common. From the time a girl begins to develop breasts and begins menstruating and throughout life, women may experience various kinds of breast pain and other breast changes. Causes of pain and lumps can include
- fibrocystic breast disease,
- premenstrual syndrome, cyclic mastalgia,
- normal hormonal fluctuations,
- onset of puberty or menopause,
- pregnancy,
- breastfeeding (nursing),
- estrogen therapy,
- chest wall tenderness (costochondritis),
- injury to the breast (trauma, after breast surgery),
- shingles (pain is only in 1 breast, usually accompanied by a rash),
- use of certain medications such as digoxin (Lanoxin), methyldopa (Aldomet), spironolactone (Aldactone), oxymetholone (Anadrol), and chlorpromazine (Thorazine),
- an infection in the breast (breast abscess, mastitis), and
- breast cancer.
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