Can I take cephalosporin for breast pain?

Some women may feel nipple pain during pregnancy. Most people think that this is mainly due to milk swelling, but this is not the case. If a woman has breast pain, she must take it seriously because it is very likely to be mastitis. In the early stages of mastitis, cephalosporin anti-inflammatory drugs can be used as an auxiliary treatment, but you must pay attention to timely treatment.

Guidance: If you don’t know if there is local redness, swelling, heat or pain, you can do local physical therapy and continue to take anti-inflammatory drugs. It is best to go to the hospital’s breast surgery department for examination to confirm the diagnosis before treatment.

Cephalosporins are a class of antibiotics that are widely used in clinical practice. They are favored by clinicians because of their broad antibacterial spectrum, strong antibacterial activity, and low toxic side effects. However, with the widespread use of this type of drug, many adverse reactions have also surfaced.

When acute mastitis reaches the stage of abscess formation, timely incision and drainage are required. The size and position of the incision should be based on the principle of ensuring smooth drainage of pus. Because breast abscesses are often multi-chambered, it is necessary to use fingers to separate the connective tissue partitions of multiple abscess cavities so that drainage can be unobstructed.

Abscesses deep in the breast are mainly characterized by high fever and chills. The local redness and swelling are not obvious, and there is no fluctuation. A puncture and pus extraction test can be done first, and then an incision can be made after the presence of pus is confirmed. It is best not to wait for breast abscess to rupture on its own, because the abscess cavities are often multiple or occur one after another, and the spontaneous rupture cannot be drained completely. Generally speaking, as long as the pus is drained and the fever subsides, suppurative mastitis will enter the wound healing period. The dressing will be changed every other day, and the wound will usually heal within a month.

Acute suppurative mastitis can be prevented and should be prevented. It is an indispensable part of women's health care during the postpartum period. Understanding the causes of acute mastitis makes prevention easier. The key is two things: preventing milk stasis and keeping the breast area clean and the mother's physical and mental health.

In the last two months of pregnancy, you should be prepared to breastfeed. First of all, keep both breasts clean and wash the nipples frequently with clean water or 3% boric acid water. Be careful not to use soap-based cleansing products to clean your breasts, because during pregnancy, the secretions of the sebaceous glands and apocrine glands on the breasts will increase, and these substances can acidify the skin surface and thus play a protective role. If you often use soap to wash off the protective layer, or even wash away the oil that protects the breast skin from lubrication, it is easy for the breast surface to become damaged and cracked, making it easy for bacteria to invade and cause infection.