What are the symptoms of chronic mastitis?

Chronic mastitis is more likely to occur among women, but in most cases it is difficult to detect in time. In fact, in order to solve this problem, we need to let everyone know more about the symptoms of the disease, so that it will be easier to detect abnormalities in themselves and it will also help with self-examination. Next, the editor will lead everyone to understand the specific clinical reactions that may occur.

1. Tuberculous lumps The incidence of breast tuberculosis is low, and the lumps of patients are mostly located in the upper outer quadrant of the breast and are mostly unilateral. The most common hyperplastic masses are cystic hyperplasia and lobular hyperplasia of the breast.

2. In the early stages of chronic mastitis, the patient's breasts will become swollen and painful. It is worse during breastfeeding, milk secretion is poor, and there may or may not be breast lumps. The skin is slightly red or not red, or is accompanied by general discomfort. Poor appetite, chest tightness and irritability and other symptoms. The early symptoms of mastitis are often not taken seriously. Maybe you think it's just a normal reaction during breastfeeding. Treatment can be easily delayed.

3. Breast cysts are mostly isolated masses. The size is like a soybean or a ping-pong ball, with a diameter of more than 5 cm. It is spherical and smooth in surface. The breast cyst has a clear boundary with the surrounding tissue, is movable, soft and elastic. This is not due to milk accumulation caused by incomplete breastfeeding. If you are not careful during this period, cysts can easily form.

4. Inflammatory lumps appear. In patients with acute mastitis, the lumps often soften and form abscesses as the disease progresses. The lumps in patients with chronic mastitis are hard and tough, movable and have clear boundaries with the surrounding tissues. The treatment of cystic mastitis will be very troublesome. Once it occurs during this period, try not to insist on breastfeeding your child, otherwise it will have a bad effect on the child.

This article describes the symptoms of chronic mastitis in great detail, so the editor would like to remind all women to read it carefully and check whether their breasts have similar reactions. In addition, in daily life, we should pay attention to protecting our breasts and avoid wearing overly tight underwear. This can reduce the incidence of the disease to a certain extent.