Why Does It Hurt a Little When I Press on My Breast Nipple?

When there is pain when squeezing the nipple, it may be caused by nipple injury, cystic hyperplasia of the mammary glands, or acute mastitis. It is necessary to go to the hospital for timely examination to confirm the cause of the disease and then carry out targeted treatment. Cystic hyperplasia of the mammary glands and acute mastitis are mostly breast diseases, and they are often accompanied by breast swelling. Therefore, a breast ultrasound examination should be performed to determine the cause before treatment. Nipple injuries usually recover by themselves after treatment.

Due to excessive force when squeezing the nipple, local nipple injury occurs, resulting in acute inflammatory changes, manifesting as nipple redness, swelling, and pain.

Squeezing the nipple can increase the level of estrogen in the body, which can induce acute episodes of cystic hyperplasia of the mammary glands. The symptoms include aggravated breast tenderness that can spread to the nipple, causing nipple pain.

It mostly occurs in breastfeeding women as an acute suppurative infection of the breast. Clinical manifestations include redness, swelling, heat, and pain in the breast, with nipple discharge of pus. Therefore, squeezing the nipple can increase the local tension of the nipple, causing nipple pain. If nipple pain caused by nipple injury can be excluded, a breast ultrasound examination should be performed promptly to determine breast lesions and reasonable treatment should be carried out under the guidance of a specialist physician.