What should I do if my mother has a fever?

Breastfeeding mothers may experience milk refusal when feeding their babies. At the beginning, they may not care much about this situation, thinking that it can be unblocked after waiting for a while or giving it to the baby for feeding. In fact, if the blockage cannot be unblocked for a long time, it will cause fever and breast pain. As an expectant mother, you must seek treatment in time and take corresponding protective measures. In addition, many postpartum women have breast vascular nasal congestion to a certain degree, which may also lead to purulent infection.

What should a postpartum woman do if she has milk retention and fever?

1. Milk retention refers to the condition in which the milk ducts of postpartum women are blocked to a certain degree, resulting in the accumulation of old milk, which turns into heat over time. Excessive heat causes the flesh to rot, which turns into pus, thus causing a series of symptoms such as breast pain and milk retention, commonly known as "milk retention". The peak period for milk retention is 3-45 days after delivery, and more than 75% of mothers experience "milk retention" and "repeated milk retention" during this period. This symptom will affect the health of the mother and is not conducive to the development of the baby.

2. In this case, it should be milk accumulation. You should check the specific amount of milk accumulation and see if there is any abnormal pain or breast swelling. If this problem is serious, you should take medication in time, or have surgery to extract the milk and treat inflammation.

3. If you have a fever, you should pay attention to anti-inflammation. You can use a breast pump to squeeze out the accumulated milk properly, otherwise there will be inflammation. You can let the child drink milk from another time that is not inflamed, and consult a doctor for reasonable treatment.

What is the reason for maternal milk retention?

1. Mommy’s qi and blood are weak, and the source of energy is insufficient.

Milk is produced by the mother's Qi and blood. If the mother's Qi and blood are weak, and the childbirth causes blood loss and Qi loss, or if the spleen and stomach are weak, Qi and blood are insufficient to produce milk, resulting in less milk after delivery, or the milk is unstable and cannot be discharged in time.

2. The mother's liver is out of balance and milk stagnation occurs.

If the parturient is depressed, or has endocrine disorders after childbirth, unstable emotions, liver depression and qi stagnation, poor blood circulation, blocked meridians, blocked milk channels, and blocked milk flow, the milk cannot be secreted and the milk is less and less, and stagnant;

3. Too much milk.

Mothers with a lot of milk will still have a lot of milk after feeding their babies, which will accumulate in the breasts. This often causes swelling and pain, high local skin temperature, pain when pressed, and slowly lumps with unclear boundaries will appear.

It is actually normal for women to experience milk retention during lactation. As long as the cause is found and treated in time, a lot of pain can be reduced, so female friends must pay attention to it. The above is the introduction about "What to do if a postpartum woman has milk retention and fever?" Female friends should take good care of their breasts while feeding their babies.