WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

*Dr. Ban Sami Abd Alqader, Besmah M. Ali and Najim Al-Khalidy

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Both men and women sometimes experience breast discomfort. While it is often minor and self-limited, 15% of afflicted women need medical attention. It's essential to evaluate breast pain to ascertain if it's brought on by pathological processes like breast cancer or typically physiological changes connected to hormone fluctuations. Objectives: The goal of the research is to determine if breast discomfort is brought on by hormonal or pathological changes when considered in conjunction with the patients' risk factors. Methods: 250 Iraqi women who were hospitalised to Al Yarmouk Teaching Hospital participated in a prospective research survey. The women were diagnosed using a triple clinical evaluation, cytology analysis, and imaging examination. Breast discomfort was a common Early Detection Clinic for Cancer complaint. Their demographic data, which was relevant to the present study, was gathered from the hospital's statistics unit's medical records. Results: 250 individuals were included in the trial, and their average age was 37.11. 12.58 was the typical first menstrual period age, while 46.15 was the typical menopausal age. Ninety-nine percent of the 250 patients—19 out of them post-menopausal—who reported with mastalgia had benign tumours, with the acceptance that one (0.4%) of them was malignant. This was based on the demographics and reproductive information of all participants. In addition, 150 (60%) cases were free of any illnesses, with 8 (3.2%) cases having intraductal papillomas, 25 (10%) having fibroadenomas, 12 (4.8%) having simple cysts, 12 (4.8%) having ductasia, 9 (3.6%) having fat necrosis, and 1 (0.4%) having invasive ductal carcinoma as the malignant diagnosis (normal). Conclusion: In this research, it was discovered that among the majority of women who experience breast pain as a significant complaint and as a cause to visit the clinic, there is a connection between breast discomfort and breast tumour. It was determined that benign tumours are prevalent in the majority of people with breast discomfort.