Nipple pain in adolescents is common and normal. Pain in the nipples in an older man deserves investigation.
A great deal depends on whether the pain is in the nipples itself, the tissue beneath or the ribs. If you suffer from arthritis, the ribs can be painful where they join the breast bone. Pressing on the rib through the nipples will trigger this pain.
If it is in the tissue under the nipples you may have a chronic infection which can result in a cyst. These are often tender and painful. Pain at the nipples itself may be from infection or constant rubbing against clothes. Any discharge from the nipples should be taken seriously as infections, and sometimes growths within the breast tissue, can show themselves this way.
Muscular pains within the muscles below the breast and overlying the ribs can be painful from inflammation especially if you suffer from arthritis.
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Posted by ls123
my doctor has diagnosed me with low testostrone. could this be a condition of that?