The duration/prognosis of a breast sting
The prognosis of breast pricks varies depending on the underlying disease. Chest twinges due to a heart attack occur over several minutes and cause severe pain, the prognosis after a heart attack always includes the risk of having a heart attack again. If the stinging in the chest is caused by a wrong posture, it usually occurs only briefly, but several times a day. The prognosis is good if the tension is counteracted with sport and the correct posture.
Course of the disease when pricking in the breast
Depending on the cause, the course of stitches in the breast is different. In the case of diseases that can be traced back to the heart, lungs and esophagus, the course of the disease is often chronic. Even if the stabbing in the chest stops (e.g. after a heart attack), patients are still suffering from heart disease for the rest of their lives and require drug therapy. Acute diseases that trigger a chest twinge have a shorter course of disease. A pneumothorax is usually healed after a few days, a pneumonia after about two weeks.
How contagious is this?
Stinging in the chest is not contagious, because the diseases that cause stinging in the chest are not transmitted by contagious pathogens. Chest pricks are usually caused by problems affecting the heart, cardiovascular system, lungs or esophagus and are not contagious. Contagious are pneumonia or infection with Coxsackie-B viruses (can cause Bornholm disease, see above).Since these diseases can (but do not have to) cause stinging in the breast, a stinging in the breast is thus at most indirectly contagious.
Prick in the nipple
In nursing mothers, nipple injury from sucking the baby is the most likely cause of nipple stinging. This stinging must not only occur during breastfeeding if it is caused by an injured nipple, but can also occur during a breastfeeding break. Another possibility is an inflammation of the nipple, which can also occur in non-nursing women.
Some women are very sensitive to cold and sometimes have a sting in their nipples when they are cold. Unfortunately, a piercing in the nipple can also be an indication of breast cancer. If the stinging lasts for a long time, blood or wound secretion flows out of the nipple, or if a hardening in the breast is palpable, it is imperative to consult a gynecologist.