‘Stimulates the breasts’

Congenital Abnormalities

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Inverted nipples – the nipple should be in principle out to stabbing, or at least do so where the nipple is hard. Some women and men a nipple from birth are withdrawn, the nipple is inside is repealed. This is a benign disorder, which women alone can sometimes cause problems when they wish to breastfeed. If a nipple is always the normal form and had suddenly become withdrawn, a woman (but also a man) is always about the minors. More than two nipples – extra nipples (polythelie) come to 1% of the population in the form of one or two pink spots on the milk list, usually below the normal nipples, sometimes far into the armpit, which often are a mole since. Even entire extra breasts are possible (polymastie).

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Abnormalities in the Breast

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Non-congenital abnormalities
Inflammation: a woman’s breasts may become inflamed after a serious injury or bruising, or infection with a bacterium. More often happens that a milk gland in one of the two breasts inflamed when a woman breastfeeding (mastitis puerperalis). The intense inflammation can be painful with high fever, pain and abscess formation.

Cysts: These are fluid-filled cavities in the chest, which can be painful and can feel like a lump.
Fibroadenoma: these are benign lumps in the breast, which can be painful.
Fibrocystic breast changes is an exception where the coarser structure of the breast, sometimes with pain.
NB. If you feel a lump, it is necessary to go to the doctor to go to a malignant disease should be excluded. The prospects are better as a tumor is detected earlier. Time loss worsens the odds.

Malignant abnormalities
In the Western world, approximately one in nine women during her lifetime breast cancer (medical term: breast cancer) develop.
A special form of breast cancer was initially confined to the breast skin, this is Paget’s disease of the nipple called. In eczema of the nipple eczema not responding to treatment, especially if it is unilateral, this must be considered.

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Functions of the Breast

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

  • Breastfeeding baby

The main function of the milk glands in the female breast is feeding the baby with milk. During lactation the milk flowing from the milk glands corridors through milk to the nipple. Milk production is influenced by the hormone prolactin. This hormone prepares the breasts during pregnancy even before the new job they will have given birth: the influence of prolactin, the quantity of milk in the breast tissue is greater. When a baby sucks the nipple, or sometimes even when the mother hears her baby cry, the hormone oxytocin is released into the body of the mother. This squeezes the muscle surrounding the milk glands to contract, allowing the milk to the nipple forthcoming. Both small and large breasts tend to produce enough breast. The interaction between mother and baby adjusts the amount of milk produced per day, usually just to the needs of the baby.

  • Sexual function

Many men find attractive and female breasts may become sexually aroused by seeing or touching of breasts. There are therefore special clothes and underwear designed to emphasize the breasts. Bikini models are also popular by the fact that these men excited. Women may also be sexually aroused by the fact that their partner during sexual contact stimulates the breasts. These facts could explain that during the evolution of female breasts developed.

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