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Anyone experienced nipple soreness post menopause?

Women's Health | Last Active: Jan 7 8:40pm | Replies (78)
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@mamamimi

I just found this blog by doing a search because I’m having the same issues and I kind of wondered if it didn’t have anything to do with my vaccination in April. I got the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. My last official period was October 2018. I did have one period June of 2020 but was told that was only because I started synthetic hormones one month prior. No periods since. I’m 50. I could always tell when I ovulated and about five days ago I almost guarantee I was ovulating. Haven’t felt that in a few years. And then three days ago my nipples have gotten very sore and very sensitive. I’m not concerned but putting this out there in case there is a correlation with the vaccines. I’m not planning to see my gynecologist until October. Unless something gets worse. Just interested to hear what others are experiencing.

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Amanda Roe | @amandajro | Aug 21, 2021

Hello @mamamimi and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Your experiences tell me you are quite in tune with your body. There is a chance, according to this artcile, that your HRT may not suppress ovulation, therefore, causing a spike in progesterone levels which could account for your nipple soreness.
- Incidence of ovulation in perimenopausal women before and during hormone replacement therapy:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8605779/#:~:text=These%20findings%20reveal%20that%20HRT,in%20perimenopausal%20women%20using%20HRT.

From the article:
These findings reveal that HRT with the higher dose Prempak-C does not suppress ovulation and that an elevated FSH does not always indicate the absence of ovulation. They also show that neither age nor regularity of menstrual cycles can be used to predict the need for contraception in perimenopausal women using HRT.

Did your doctor mention this being something you may experience?

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