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Article: Breast Pain Isn't Just A Menstrual Complaint, Says Harvard Women's Health Watch
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- U.S. Newswire
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- June 22, 2005
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BOSTON, June 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Although menopause eliminates
the breast pain and swelling associated with menstrual periods, that
doesn't mean that breast pain disappears forever, reports the July
issue of "Harvard Women's Health Watch."
Breast pain unrelated to the hormonal changes of the menstrual
cycle can raise fears of breast cancer-at any age. Fortunately,
cancer is seldom the cause. "Harvard Women's Health Watch" says that
noncyclical breast pain is more likely a symptom of one of these
conditions:
-- Infection of the breast or an abscess, which can also cause
fever and breast swelling, redness, and tenderness.
-- Injury. Any trauma to the breast can cause localized pain that ...