Post-Mastectomy Pain: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

什么是 Post-Mastectomy?

Post mastectomy pain is chronic pain resulting after breast cancer surgery.  Any pain that occurs past the healing period is considered chronic pain.  There should be some pain resulting after a major surgery, but chronic pain can occur.  Studies have shown that 50 percent of women had pain 2 to 3 years after breast cancer surgery.  Post mastectomy surgery may result in nerve damage causing for pain and sensitivity around the chest.  This could cause for allodynia, which is when a non painful stimuli causes pain.  Post mastectomy surgery could cause for swelling of breast, tenderness and hardness, or infection.   

Conditions that Cause Post-Mastectomy Pain 

1. Any type of breast surgeries such as mastectomy, lumpectomy, and axillary lymph node dissection
2. Abnormal nerve growths, also known as neuromas, in the area of the surgery

Post-Mastectomy Pain Symptoms

1. Sensations such as burning, shooting, or stabbing
2. Aching or throbbing pain
3. Phantom breast pain

Post-Mastectomy Pain Treatment

ASTR 款待 post-mastectomy pain 以温和、有效和自然的方式解决肌肉失衡、疤痕组织、触发点，  筋膜受限、炎症、姿势、身体力学，这些通常是疼痛的根源。 ASTR 采用整体方法来解决疼痛的根本原因，而不仅仅是症状。 ASTR 治疗可以在家中进行 post-mastectomy pain.