Nipple discharge and its Homoeopathic Medicine
A nipple discharge when spontaneous, persistent and unrelated to lactation is considered abnormal.
Any significant nipple discharge must be thoroughly evaluated with the following information:
Nature of discharge (milky, serous or bloody)
Unilateral or bilateral
From a single duct or multiple ducts
Association of any mass in the breast
History of any drug intake
Premenopausal or post menopausal
Nipple discharge may be due benign conditions or due to breast cancer (20%)
Common cause of nipple discharge
Physiological ( lactation)
Pregnancy
Oral contraceptives
Inappropriate
Intraductal cancer
Malignancy
Infective
Fibrocystic disease
Diagnosis
Careful history taking, clinical examination and mammography should be done for woman aged 35years.
Ductoscopy is used to visualise the individual discharging duct and biopsy can be taken under local anesthesia.
Treatment
The treatment of breast carcinoma is within the domain of general surgeon.
Homoeopathic Medicine for Nipple Discharge
Silicea
Borax
Sabina
Phytolacca
The selection of homoeopathic remedies based on symptom similarities and doses according to the Susceptibility of patient.
Don't take homoeopathic medicine without any prescription / without any advise of physician.
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