Posted on 01/30/2008 1:29:53 PM PST by Mr. Brightside
Breast disorders in men
From Harvard Health Publications
Men like Senator John Kerry and General Colin Powell are increasingly forthright about prostate cancer, but most guys are reluctant to own up to “women’s problems” like breast disease. But men have breasts, too.
Hormones and the male breast
Breast enlargement is never welcome in men. Fortunately, though, gynecomastia, enlargement of the male breast, is usually benign and is often reversible.
Some men have prominent breasts simply because they are overweight. But true gynecomastia is caused by an enlargement of the breast’s glandular tissues, not by an excess of fat.
Benign breast enlargement
Gynecomastia is quite common during adolescence; up to 70% of boys experience it at the time of puberty, but it is usually mild and short-lived. It is much less common in adulthood, occurring in less than 1% of men. The breast enlargement is usually mild and painless, but about a third of men complain of tenderness.
Jogger’s nipple
Irritation of the nipple is more common than enlargement of the breast itself. Pain, redness, and even bleeding of the male nipple are fairly common complications of intense, prolonged exercise — hence the common names “jogger’s” and “marathoner’s” nipple. The cause is not running itself but the mechanical irritation of the runner’s shirt rubbing up and down against his chest, especially in hot, humid weather.
Male breast cancer
About 2,030 American men will develop breast cancer this year — actually quite a small number next to the 178,480 cases that will be diagnosed in American women. Still, the incidence of male breast cancer has risen 25% since the early 1980s, and about 450 men will die from the disease this year.
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I can understand why that would be the case..... The Bro was never a big seller....
Excessive Scotch intake causes men to have huge hooters. That’s what happened to poor Teddy.
A thread that calls for NO pictures
LOL!!!!!!!
Haven’t seen this one.LOL
This can be devastating to young men/boys. I have a friend whose Son had one enlarged breast. His girlfriend had placed her hand under his shirt, and he pulled away, embarrassed. She wanted to know why, and after much prodding, he showed her. She told him it wasn’t anything he should be ashamed about, but he wouldn’t hear it.
The next day at school she mentioned it to one of her girlfriends, and she spread it around that he was a hermaphrodite.
He got made fun of and threatened. That night he shot himself in the head.
He was a really good kid, only 15 years old. My 13 year old Daughter, at the time, had a crush on him, and was inconsolable for several weeks.
We all miss him very much.
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