The main causes of acute mastitis

Subacute mastitis is one of the most common diseases among women today. It is common in the 3-4 weeks of breastfeeding after childbirth, especially in first-time mothers. So, what is the cause of subacute mastitis? What are the symptoms? What are the main causes of subacute mastitis? Let's have a simple understanding of this issue. I hope the following points will be helpful to everyone!

Milk stasis: The deposited milk is conducive to the growth and reproduction of bacteria and causes infection. There are three reasons: 1. The nipple is sunken or too small, which hinders the baby from sucking; 2. Excessive milk secretion or the baby sucks less milk, resulting in milk stasis; 3. The mammary duct is blocked, affecting milk discharge.

The landing of germs. Most of the pathogens are Staphylococcus aureus, which invade the breast essence along the lymphatic vessels from the damaged nipple, or directly invade through the milk ducts to cause subacute suppurative infection of the breast.

Subacute breast disease: In the early stage of the disease, there is breast pain and tender lumps. With the development of inflammation, patients have systemic symptoms such as chills, high fever, rapid pulse, swelling of the affected breast, throbbing pain, and significantly aggravated symptoms of local redness, swelling, heat, and pain, and cysts often form in a short period of time.

Subacute mastitis mainly occurs in primiparous women. During lactation, it is mainly due to improper breastfeeding methods that cause milk stasis. The peak period is two to four weeks after giving birth. Because breast milk is the best culture medium for bacteria, milk stasis is very easy for secondary bacteria to grow and multiply. Therefore, patients will experience breast pain, swelling and pain, and may also experience fever, and even chills and fatigue.

More severe mastitis can also cause breast cysts, so surgical treatment may be necessary if necessary. When subacute mastitis is diagnosed in the early stage, anti-infection treatment should be actively chosen, using broad-spectrum penicillin sodium intravenously. And be sure to stop breastfeeding, and the milk needs to be drained every day. In addition, if the breast or nipple skin is damaged, it is easy to cause secondary infection and lead to mastitis.