Breast tension

Breast tension is a constellation of symptoms involving the breasts including:

Breast pain (also called mastalgia)^[1]
Breast engorgement

It can be a side effect of estrogen-containing drugs used for hormone replacement therapy during menopause.^[2]

References

^ Sommers, Marilyn Sawyer (2022-09-30). Davis's Diseases & Disorders: A Nursing Therapeutics Manual. F.A. Davis. p. 692. ISBN 978-1-7196-4840-0.
^ Wren, B. G. (2020-07-26). Progress in the Management of the Menopause: Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on the Menopause, Sydney, Australia. CRC Press. p. 261. ISBN 978-1-000-14452-9.

v t e Breast disease
Inflammation	Mastitis Nonpuerperal mastitis Granulomatous mastitis Subareolar abscess
Physiological changes and conditions	Adipomastia (lipomastia, pseudogynecomastia) Amastia Anisomastia Breast atrophy Breast engorgement Breast hypertrophy Duct ectasia of breast Chronic cystic mastitis Dense breast tissue Gynecomastia Mammoplasia Micromastia
Nipple	Cracked nipples Inverted nipple Nipple discharge Galactorrhea Nipple pigmentation
Masses	Breast cyst Breast hematoma Breast lump Galactocele Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia
Other	Amazia Fat necrosis Pain Ptosis Tension

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