Understanding Benign Breast Disease (BBD)

Understanding Benign Breast Disease (BBD)

What Is Benign Breast Disease?

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Benign breast disease (BBD) means a breast disorder that is not cancerous and is usually not life threatening. A malignant disease is cancerous. Benign does not mean the disease is painless or that tissue damage does not occur from abnormal growth that crushes healthy tissue. Types of benign breast disease include:

Early breast cancer is usually painless.

• Mastalgia, breast pain from hormonal changes
• Fibrocystic breast disease
• Mastitis from infections, such as thrush in nursing mothers
• Sclerosing adenosis, hardened breast glands
• Fatty necrosis, scar tissue that replaces injured breast fat
• Galactorrhea, abnormal milk production
• Noncancerous breast tumors
• Gynecomastia, female breast growth in males

This booklet concentrates on female benign breast disease. If you are male, please read Lawley Pharmaceutical’s Understanding Gynecomastia booklet, available from our Web site at:
www.understandinggynecomastia.com

Further Information
What is benign breast disease? | Normal Breast Structure | How do I find breast disease? | When should I be concerned?
What are the signs and symptoms of breast cancer? | What causes benign breast disease? | Who develops benign breast disease? How dangerous is benign breast disease? | How is benign breast disease treated? | What can I expect at my doctor's visit?

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