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Mastalgia: Introduction

Mastalgia: Generalized breast pain or tenderness. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Mastalgia is available below.

Symptoms of Mastalgia

• Painful breasts
• Tender breasts
• Breast tenderness affecting both breasts
• Mastalgia related to menstruation
• Mastalgia unrelated to menstruation - some types are not caused by menstrual cycles
• more symptoms...»

Read more about symptoms of Mastalgia

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Mastalgia:

• Menopause: Related Home Testing:
  • Home Menopause Tests
  • Home FSH Hormone Tests
  • Home Osteoporosis Testing
• Vaginal Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Vaginal Infection Tests
  • Home Vaginal PH Tests
  • Home Yeast Infection Tests
  • Home Candida Kits
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Test Kits
  • Home Bladder Test Kits
• Breast Cancer: Related Home Tests:
  • Home Breast Cancer Test Kits
  • Home Breast Lump Detection
• more tests...»

Disease Topics Related To Mastalgia

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Mastalgia:

• Breast abscess
• Fat necrosis
• Fibroadenoma
• Intraductal carcinoma of breast
• Mastitis
• Intertrigo
• Paget's disease
• more related diseases...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Mastalgia

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Wrongly Diagnosed with Mastalgia?

• Misdiagnosis of Mastalgia
• Failure to diagnose Mastalgia
• Hidden causes of Mastalgia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Mastalgia

Mastalgia: Medical Mistakes

• Breast Cancer -- Health Mistakes
• Women's Health Mistakes:
  • Womens Health -- Health Mistakes
  • Contraception -- Health Mistakes
  • Fertility -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Mastalgia: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Mastalgia:

• Mom & Baby
• Pregnancy
• Womens Health
• more product offers...»

Mastalgia: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health: diseases that are commonly undiagnosed:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • PCOS -- Undiagnosed
  • Chlamydia -- Undiagnosed
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cervical Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Breast Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Mastalgia

Rare type of breast cancer without a lump: There is a less common form of breast cancer called inflammatory breast cancer. Its symptoms can be an inflammation of the breast tissue, such as with a breast rash with redness and warmth, but not necessarily a physical breast lump. This type of breast cancer should be considered as an uncommon possibility for certain types of breast symptoms....read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Mastalgia

Mastalgia: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Pregnancy & Fertility Health Specialists:
  • Maternal & Fetal Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Womens Health Specialists:
  • Gynecological Oncology
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Mastalgia

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Mastalgia:

• Womens Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Mastalgia, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Mastalgia: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health -- rare types of diseases:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • PCOS -- Rare Types
  • Chlamydia -- Rare Types
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cervical Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Breast Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Rare Types
  • more ...»
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Mastalgia

• Premenstrual syndrome
• Fibrocystic breasts
• Other causes of breast pain
• Breast fat necrosis
• Periductal mastitis
• more causes...»

See full list of 17 causes of Mastalgia

More information about causes of Mastalgia:

• Underlying causes of Mastalgia
• Mastalgia as a symptom

Latest Treatments for Mastalgia

• Oral rehydration
• IV fluids
• Anxiolytics
• Nutritional support
• N-acetylcysteine
• more treatments...»

See full list of 6 latest treatments for Mastalgia

News Archives for Mastalgia

Medical news articles related to Mastalgia include:

• Non-White Women More Prone to Breast Cancer Pain
• Advice Helps Prevent Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Videos for Mastalgia

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Patient Surveys for Mastalgia

• Patient Profile Survey
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• Survey about the symptoms of your Mastalgia
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Mastalgia: Broader Related Topics

• Breast conditions
• more types...»

Types of Mastalgia

Stories from Users Related to Mastalgia

• Excruciating breast pain for 1 1/2 years
• Breast pain burning itching
• armpit/breast pain speading
• Breast pain and horrible armpit odor. It smells rancid & sour.
• Breast pain!!!!
• pain in breasts
• Had breast lump removed woke up with head pain.
• breast pain
• Breast Swelling, Back Pain, Spotting, Neg Pregnancy Tests
• chronic ear/neck/breast/back pain
• Severe Breast Pain 1 1/2 years
• armpit/breast pain speading
• breast pain
• Pain in the right breast

Related forums and medical stories:

• Breast Conditions (46)
  • breasts won't stop growing
  • Excruciating breast pain for 1 1/2 years
  • Fibroadenoma of the breast
  • Mastitis????
  • Nipple Problem
  • More user stories

User Interactive Forums

Read about other experiences, ask a question about Mastalgia, or answer someone else's question, on our message boards:

• I can not get a diagnosis. Please help.
• Tell us your medical story.
• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for this?
• See all the forums.

Definitions of Mastalgia:

Pain in the breast - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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