
handle: 10183/163865
Breast pain is a common problem in the setting of both primary care and specialized breast treatment clinics. For the majority of women, breast pain is a self-limiting condition that requires no treatment other than reassurance. Nevertheless, in a few cases, severe, prolonged cyclical or noncyclical breast pain may affect social, sexual, and work aspects of the patient's life. Firstly, when confronted with patients complaining of breast pain, physicians must determine whether it is of mammary or extramammary source. If the problem originates from the breast itself, further management depends on its nature, severity, and duration. In average, only 3 per cent of patients complaining from breast pain require pharmacological treatment. In this study, we reviewed the main aspects of breast pain, its etiology, and its pharmacological treatment.
Mastalgia ou dor mamária é um sintoma comum tanto em clínicas especializadas quanto na atenção primária. Na maioria dos casos é condição auto-limitada que não requer outro tratamento senão esclarecimento e tranqüilização. Em poucos casos, no entanto, mastalgia severa, prolongada, cíclica ou não, pode levar a distúrbios social, sexual e profissional sérios para a paciente. Primeiramente, o clínico deve estabelecer se a patologia é de fato de origem mamária, ou extramamária, para após quantificar tal queixa e estabelecer tratamento farmacológico, ou não. Em média, apenas 3% das pacientes com mastalgia requerem tratamento medicamentoso. Neste estudo, fez-se revisão das principais causas de dor mamária e dos tratamentos farmacológicos mais importantes disponíveis no momento.
Mastalgia, R, Breast pain, dor mamária, Medicine
Mastalgia, R, Breast pain, dor mamária, Medicine
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