Oct 09
31
HRT Patients With Sore Breasts Beware
You’ve probably all seen wide news coverage on this because of what a strong link it was supposed to be, the link I’m speaking of is between breast cancer incidence and the taking of HRT, or Hormone Replacement Therapy, which is a hormone (estrogen) therapy given to women that are pre menopausal and menopausal, to help replenish their estrogen levels. It was found that there was a strong correlation between taking these hormones and developing breast cancer, so doctors largely stopped HRT, except in patients that needed it for a medical reason that was fairly serious, by and large, and even then, not without a lot of warnings.
Since the stopping of HRT, there has been a fairly significant decrease in the occurrence of breast cancer, which only further proves the suspected link between the two, however, in women who still have undergone this hormone therapy, there is new evidence that suggests what may foretell and even stronger likelihood of them developing breast cancer from taking the HRT.
Women with sore breasts who experience this once they start the hormone therapy, are nearly twice as likely to develop breast cancer as women who do not experience this type of breast soreness. Because of this, now doctors know and are aware that they should be asking the right questions of their patients, and stopping the HRT if there are additional dangers that they think may point to a patient’s larger likelihood of cancer development.
We all experience breast soreness at one point or another. It’s often caused by hormonal fluctuations within our body, the ebb and flow of estrogens and male dominant hormones in our body often make our breasts inflate and deflate, and often can make them tender to the touch because of this tissue expansion.
I’ve often experience a larger breast when I’m about to go on my period, and often will also experience and accompanying soreness or tenderness. This is quite common, however, in the case of HRT, soreness can somehow indicate a stronger likelihood of breast cancer, which may be due to the subsequent irregular growth of cells in the breast tissue, most likely attributed to the hormones they are being given.
