What to do with breast lumps after delivery?

Many new mothers lack experience in breastfeeding for the first time, so they are prone to milk duct blockage during breastfeeding after giving birth. The typical symptom of milk duct blockage is the appearance of lumps in the breast. Patients should not take breast lumps lightly. If timely treatment is not taken, the situation will only worsen and even pose a serious threat to health. Below are some ways that the editor has compiled to improve breast lumps.

The reason for milk blockage is that the mammary ducts are blocked when milk is just produced after giving birth. The milk accumulates inside, forming small lumps or lumps, which seriously affect milk supply. Some mothers have milk regurgitation after one or two days of blockage because it is not cleared in time, and the baby has to eat milk powder. Some of them developed mastitis and needed to go to the hospital for injections and medication. What's worse, some people have to undergo surgery due to suppurative infection caused by delayed treatment.

Mothers who have already experienced milk stasis should not worry, they can generally alleviate it by doing some preliminary treatments themselves:

1. In the early stage of milk stasis, wear a bra to improve blood circulation, and apply local cold compress for 3 to 5 minutes to reduce milk secretion. You can continue breastfeeding after the situation improves.

2. When there is a lot of milk, the skin of the entire breast is tight, and it is difficult for the baby to hold the nipple for sucking, you can squeeze out some milk to soften the areola so that the baby can suck most of the areola correctly.

3. Feed your baby on demand and express excess milk in time.

4. For those with ulcerated or cracked nipples, if the pain is severe, you can use a nipple shield to breastfeed, or you can use a breast pump to extract the milk or squeeze it out by hand and then feed it to the baby. At the same time, active treatment should be given, such as mixing cod liver oil and bismuth subcarbonate into an ointment, applying it locally after breast-feeding, and washing it off before breast-feeding.

Patients with mild breast lumps will be able to get relief after self-treatment, but some women whose breast lumps already have symptoms such as pain, redness and swelling need to pay attention, as this indicates that the breast has become infected to a certain extent and may have deteriorated into mastitis, and they need to go to the hospital for treatment.