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My breast have been tender and seem a little swollen and and what looks like popped blood vessels but they come when ever i put pressure on them ( laying down) made the first one and then i was rubbing them and it made more. .. ?

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Cyclic hormone: variations can cause this response, contraceptive hormones can cause, pregnancy can cause. Caffeine and xanthines (tea), can cause. See your doctor if persists or mass noted

Dr Anyanwu and another doctor agreed

Answered 10/24/2017

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