Early symptoms and pictures of mastitis

Mastitis is a common disease. To put it simply, mastitis is an inflammation of the breast. Mastitis usually occurs in women. Many women have suffered from mastitis. So I would like to ask what are the symptoms of mastitis? What are the best treatments for mastitis? What are the folk remedies for treating mastitis? The following editor will explain to you.

Symptoms of mastitis

1. Breast swelling and pain

People with mastitis often experience symptoms such as breast swelling and breast pain in the early stages. Until when you press the breast lightly, you can feel the pain significantly increased, and you will also find lumps of varying sizes.

2. Nipple discharge

If you have been breastfeeding for a long time but there is leakage of moisturizing lotion, you should be alert to mastitis! When nipple discharge is accompanied by dark brown, thick, light green or dark red liquid, you should go to the hospital immediately for further examination.

3. High fever and chills

Mastitis continues to develop, and mastitis patients may experience chills, high fever, accelerated pulse rate and other symptoms. In addition, the breasts are significantly swollen and painful, and some skin is red and itchy.

4. Cyst

If mastitis is not treated in time, the condition will become more serious, causing necrosis, vaporization and other infection of the breast tissue, and then cysts will form. In addition to slowly rupturing outwards, superficial cysts can also penetrate shallowly into the loose tissue between the breast and muscle, forming retromammary cysts, and ultimately causing more serious adverse effects.

5. Breast deformation

When we have mastitis, we will find that the skin in the lumpy area of ​​the breast will bulge, and some skin will appear orange peel, and a series of changes such as edema, discoloration, eczema, etc. will continue to occur.

The appearance of breast inflammation is horrible for girls. In this case, we should do a good job of breast health in daily life and take the initiative to prevent it.

The best treatment for mastitis

1. Systemic use of antibiotics: To prevent more serious infections and sepsis, antibiotics are used based on bacterial culture and drug sensitivity tests, and intravenous antibiotics are given when necessary.

2. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment: Heat-clearing and fire-removing agents, treatment of early-stage mastitis. The initial stage is characterized by milk stasis and internal heat. The treatment principle is to remove toxins, clear heat and detoxify, promote lactation and reduce swelling. Anti-swelling medicine: You can take Trichosanthes and Burdock Soup (9g each of cooked burdock, raw gardenia, honeysuckle tea, and lotus forsythia, 12g each of whole kudzu vine (crushed) and dandelion flower, 4.5g each of orange peel and orange leaf, 6g of Scutellaria baicalensis, and 9g of Phellodendron chinense. Decoction in water, one dose per day). For those with swelling and pain, add frankincense, myrrh and white peony root.