During a mammogram or ultrasound, a girl may have adipose tissue on her nipples. They are not considered dangerous, since they rarely turn into malignant formations. Most often, a similar problem occurs in women after 45 years. The risk group includes those who have a heavily slagged body and impaired metabolism. Consider what factors increase the risk of developing the disease.
Types of Wen
Fatty acids can form both on the skin and under it. The danger of such formations is that with the late detection of a wen on the nipple, there is a possibility of a decrease in patency in the milk ducts. Unfortunately, benign and malignant formations often occur in the mammary gland. Many patients are concerned about the question of whether a wen can become cancer.
What are the varieties of the described education?
- Myolipoma.
- Angiolipoma.
- Fibrolipoma.
- Lipogranuloma.
Lipoma (another name for such formations) has mature cells of adipose tissue. It is divided into segments. It also has a fibrous membrane that covers the entire wen. In other words, it is called a capsule. In addition to fat cells, there are a huge number of capillaries in angiolipoma. Fibrolipoma is characterized in that it has connective tissue. They repel this nuance when prescribing treatment.
Doctors consider only those wen on the nipples that are not growing harmless. If their size increases, then such a formation must be removed. Often wen appear in the puberty. However, they may not change for several years. With palpation, the formation can be easily felt, but no unpleasant sensations arise. As a rule, the wen begins to increase and bring pain after childbirth or before menopause.
Causes of the appearance of wen
So far, modern doctors can not 100% indicate what, because of what and how a wen on the nipple arises. However, it was found that most patients suffer from a genetic predisposition. Hormonal imbalance can also in some cases lead to the appearance of education.
It must be understood that the hereditary factor and environmental conditions necessarily affect the formation of any etiology. Zhirovik may appear as a result of combining several unfavorable factors at once. Even such trifles as improperly selected underwear and tight clothes influence.
Most common causes
The most common causes of wen on the nipple of a woman include metabolic disorders, uncontrolled intake of drugs that affect the hormonal background, diseases associated with the gastrointestinal tract, problems with the endocrine system and thyroid gland, overweight, diabetes, and chest injuries.
There are also indirect factors affecting the development of entities. These include bad habits, malnutrition, a large number of births with further breastfeeding. Environmental conditions such as bad ecology, radiation, contaminated water also affect the formation of wen.
Wen Spread
Even if a woman has a wen on her nipple, this does not mean that it will not spread further. The smallest formations are also capable of transforming. What is filled with a wen determines the form of the disease. With an increase in the volume of the wen, the surrounding tissues begin to compress more and more. If the size of the formation becomes too large, then a woman may develop necrosis of the glandular tissue.
In the presence of a wen in a person, cancer can also begin. This rarely happens, but there is always a risk of an increase in lipoma and its transformation into a malignant tumor. In this case, the disease will be called liposarcoma.
How to understand that cancer is developing? Discharge from the nipple appears, pain will be felt in the affected breast. One treatment is surgical. If the therapy is incorrect or not all pathological tissues are removed, then there is a risk of the spread of metastases to other organs.
Symptomatology
For the first time after the appearance of a wen near the nipple (or on it), a woman may not feel anything. Education can pull the skin, be sure to be felt. Sealing does not have a clear contour, which is characteristic of diffuse lipoma. Nodal education. What are the main signs of a problem? The wen will not be soldered to other tissues, therefore, when pressed, it will be movable. The consistency is elastic, there is no pain. If the formation becomes malignant, then secondary changes will appear that affect the skin and the nipple itself.
Diagnostics
If there are wen around the nipple, you should definitely consult a doctor. First, the doctor probes the chest to get primary information about the education. If additional information is needed, a mammogram or ultrasound scan is performed. Thus, it is possible to determine all the symptoms, localization of the fat and its size.
If the lipoma is not on the nipple, but inside it or the mammary gland, then a biopsy is prescribed. A tissue sample is carefully examined in the laboratory to study the composition of the cells. With the help of histological examination, you can accurately understand whether the formation is malignant or benign.
Wen treatment
You need to understand that no drug will give the maximum result in the shortest possible time. Lipoma cannot be cured in a couple of days. Moreover, most often the cause of the problem remains undetected, so the selection of conservative treatment options is difficult. This is precisely the problem of neutralizing provoking factors. Treatment with traditional medicine is considered ineffective.
If a woman or a child has one wen on the nipple, and also it is small, then the operation is not performed. In order not to bring to serious complications, should be examined regularly. Once every six months, you need to do an ultrasound and mammogram if the disease is already diagnosed.
If the education has to be removed, the doctor must discuss everything with the patient in advance. Only a few problems lead to surgical intervention: an increase in the size of the wen, soreness, or already directly large sizes of the formation.
If a classical operation is performed, the surgeon dissects the skin, removes the wen and sutures. It happens that the formation is deep in the tissues, as well as in the cavities of the body. In this case, general anesthesia is done.
There is another treatment option: administering a substance that destroys all lipocytes. However, not all doctors support such therapy, since it is difficult to guess how a lipoma will react to it. It must be understood that such medications do not destroy all fat cells, so there is a high probability of a relapse. The same drawback of the puncture aspiration method, when the contents are removed with a needle.
What completely destroys education? An electric current, a laser beam and a radio wave knife are excellent for these purposes. Everyone who is afraid of losing attractiveness should understand that in modern medicine there are treatment methods that minimally damage the skin. They are performed on an outpatient basis. Local anesthesia is mandatory.
Rehabilitation after surgery
If surgical intervention has become a method of treating white wen on the nipple, then it is necessary to go through a rehabilitation period. It is necessary to process the sutures, make sure that there are no secretions from the nipples, take immunomodulating drugs, and also use those funds that restore the immune system.
Sometimes a therapy is prescribed that allows you to adjust your weight and metabolic process. All patients are prescribed an eight-hour sleep, constant stay in the fresh air, limited intake of carbohydrates and fats. You should also pay attention to contraceptive methods, since those that affect the hormonal background are forbidden. Otherwise, relapse may occur.
Preventative measures
Lipoma is not considered too dangerous a disease, but it can lead to liposarcoma. The last disease is cancer, which requires immediate consultation and treatment. As a prevention, experts recommend examining the breasts on their own in the first week after the last day of menstruation. The mammary glands should be felt lying on your back. Next, in the mirror, you need to examine the chest for the presence of bulges and asymmetry. If a woman has a hereditary predisposition, then she should carefully monitor her condition. Otherwise, you can bring the disease to serious complications, which are difficult to get rid of.