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Most people have lumpy, bumpy boobs.
The fancy medical term for this is fibrocystic breast changes, and it refers to breast tissue that's particularly lumpy, with little fluid-filled cysts. It used to be called fibrocystic breast disease, but it's actually something that affects more than half of women at some point, so doctors dropped the word "disease," Dr. Sandhya Pruthi, an internist specializing in breast cancer prevention research at the Mayo Clinic, tells BuzzFeed Life.
You'll probably notice more lumps, breast pain, and tenderness as you approach your period, and it's most common between the ages of 20 and 50 (it usually calms down after menopause). Basically, it's totally normal and nothing to worry about. But if the pain gets worse or you notice new lumps that feel hard, irregular, and immovable, check it out with your doctor.
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Coffee can make your boobs more sensitive.
There is some evidence that caffeine may increase breast pain and tenderness, especially in people with fibrocystic breast changes, Dr. Elisa Port, chief of breast surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center and the co-director of the Dubin Breast Center at Mount Sinai, tells BuzzFeed Life. But dedicated coffee drinkers might choose a little boob pain over living life uncaffeinated. So basically, do with that what you will.
Your workout could give you boob pain.
That achy breast pain might actually be muscle soreness behind your boob, says Pruthi. So if you've been doing lots of pushups or chest exercises, it could be your pectoral muscles that are really hurting.
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