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Menopause is the physiological cessation of menstrual cycles associated with advancing age. It normally occurs in women between the ages of 45 and 55, when the body begins to slow and stop the production of eggs, estrogen and progesterone production decreases, and menstruation diminishes, eventually stopping altogether.

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Estrogen and Breast Cysts?

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can vaginal estrogen cause breast cysts? I am getting conflicting info.

I was prescribed vaginal estrogen for severe dryness and losing the ability to stratch.
It took 6 weeks for there to be any improvement and in the 7th week I woke up with 3 cysts in my breast. My doctor says it is not the cause of my cysts and to keep using it........ but I am not so sure. The pharmacist says that yes estrogen can cause cysts and she reccomends I discontinue.
I do know if I stop using it my sex life is pretty much over, but as much as I don't want that to happen I don't want to go through the rest of my life with ginormous lumps in my breast either. thoughts? opinions? I have posted on various health boards and never got any replies so I hope to hear from somebody here.
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I have been on oral bioidentical estrogen for almost 4 weeks and found a small lump last week. Now it appears to be gone. I had a clear mammogram so I am thinking it also might have been a cyst. Mayby the estrogen. I don't want to stop using the estrogen either. Do your cysts get bigger and smaller during your cycle?
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My cycle doesn't seem to have much effect on them, but squashing them in the mammogram sure did. The mammo was really painful for me and the pain didn't stop when the mammo was over. By the time I got home the lump was twice as big and by the next morning it was so big you could see if bulging against the skin. It got the size of a jumbo chicken egg.
I was in pain for 5 days till it started shrinking back down. It did get a bit bigger again near when my period was due but only once. My period is due again in a few days and the lump is still small this time.
I have an appoinment coming up with a surgeon to see if he recommends having it aspirated or not. Meanwhile I have developed another lump in the other breast and so I have stopped the estrogen because I'm afraid it is the cause.
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