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Your Health
Injections Help
Reduce Chronic
Cystic Mastitis
By II. y. BUApEsEN. N D.

Cystic MaSttlS
By n. y. BUNUESEN, " D.
THERE is condition which
may develop in the breasts OF Ger
tain women known as chronlc cyS-
tic mastitiS or cyst formation IN
the breasts.
Before this condition develops
there may BIZ pain IN the breasts
known as mastodynia This pain
al first may be slight, and occur
only before the regular periods,
out as time passes, 1t may become
more severe and finally last for
several weeks. In some instances.
the pain clears up. but in some
cases other conditions known as
sdenosis Of the breast may develop.
The treatment Of painful breasts
with g!andular extracts known as
estrogenic substances has been rec
commended The treatments are
given by injection into muscle
twice a week for several months.
Then they are given, as rule,
twice a month for the next two
months. and then once a month
until a total period Of SIX months
has passed. As a general rule, this
type Of treatment brings a great
deal Of relief, if not a cure
II the condition Of painful
breasts Is allowed 70 continue.
adenosis or so-called 'shotty
breast" may develop. In this con-
dition. there are small Jumps in the
breast like hard pieces Of material
or shot. That is why it IL referred
TO as "shotty breasts.
According 70 Doctor Herbert X.
Hesser Of Kansas, adenosis devel-
OBS because Of some disturbance of
the pituitary gland located at the
base of the brain. The secretions
from the pituitary gland have a
part in regulating the action OF
the ovsrles.
In adenosis, treatment with
estrogenic substance also would
appear 10 have a good result, be-
cause the estrogens affect the
pituitary gland On the other hand.
the condition may be treated with
a substance known as testosterone
propionate, since this material has
the action Of suppresSi"g certain
secretions formed by the pituitary
gland. Doctor Hesser has mad good
results in giving injections Of this
material twice a week for a period
Of six months.
Doctor Hesser also thinks that
treatment with estrogenic sub
stance may be helpful in cystic
disease Of the breast in which sacs
containing fluids or cysts are pres
ent. He mas not found X-ray
treatment Of help for painful
breasts, for adenosls or for cystic
diseases of the breast.
There are some physicians who
believe that cystic disease of the
breast is a forerunner Of the de-
velopment Of breast cancer and for
this reason when chronic cystic
disease is present they advise sur
gical removal Of the breast. How
ever, it would appear that there IL
some division of opinion on this
matter. Other physicians favor
treatment with glandular extracts
in an attempt 10 control the condi-
ion. In each case, the physician will
have to decide what form Of treat
ment will be most successful.
Whenever painful breasts de-
velop, a careful study should be
made at once TO determine, II pos
sible, what is producing the diff
Guilty. In early cases. treatment
with glanduar extracts may be
satisfactory in controlling many
Of these cases In other instances,
operative treatment may be re-
qbired.
Tomorrow DR.. Bundeser will
discuss Relief Of Paralysis.