Female friends need to know about the symptoms of breast abscess!

When a woman's breast is infected, it is easy to develop a disease called breast abscess. The symptoms will vary depending on the severity of the disease. Some patients will feel pain when touching their breasts, while others will feel more severe pain.

1. Manifestations of breast abscess

As the infection multiplies, a red, tender lump will form in the breast, and the axillary glands and supraclavicular lymph nodes on the affected breast will also become tender and feverish. Women who breastfeed their babies are more likely to develop this disease.

2. Treatment follows the following principles

(I) General treatment: Stop breastfeeding in the affected breast and use a breast pump to remove all the milk; hot compresses or physical therapy can help dissipate early inflammation.

(ii) For local application, use 25% MgSO4 wet compress or the Chinese medicine dandelion for external application.

(III) Systemic antibiotics: Effective drugs against Gram-positive cocci, such as penicillin, cephalosporin, etc.

4. Timely incision and drainage after abscess formation

3. Famous recipes

1. 12 grams of roasted Astragalus, 9 grams each of honeysuckle and angelica, and 3 grams of licorice. Decoction in water can treat breast ulcers that do not heal for a long time.

2. Take an appropriate amount of Pusuocao, boil it in water and use it to wash the affected area, or mash it into a paste and apply it externally.

3. Take an appropriate amount of yellow flower grass, 15 grams of realgar, 60 grams of dandelion, and 15 grams of selfheal, mash them and apply them on the affected breast; or boil them with one and a half bowls of water until half a bowl remains, take one dose per day.

IV. Treatment with Chinese medicine

1. The breasts are swollen and painful, the skin is slightly red, and the milk is not flowing smoothly, accompanied by chills and fever, headache, chest tightness, thin yellow tongue coating, and a stringy and rapid pulse. You can take Niuhuang Jiedu Pills, Yinqiao Jiedu Pills combined with Sini San or Chaihu Shugan Pills, etc. Apply golden ointment and jade dew ointment externally.

2. The chills and fever persist, the breast becomes diffusely red and swollen, and the pain is severe. Then the center of the lump becomes soft and feels fluctuating when pressed. The tongue coating is thick and yellow, and the pulse is stringy and rapid. You can take Ruchuang Pills, Lianqiao Baidu Pills, Qingwei Huanglian Pills, etc. Apply golden ointment and Sanhuang ointment externally.

3. The abscess ruptures, pus is discharged, the fever subsides, the body becomes cool, the swelling and pain are reduced, and only a wound remains. Pale complexion, red tongue with thin white coating, deep and fine pulse. You can use Bazhen Pills or Ginseng Yangrong Pills and take them together with Sichao Pills. Apply externally the Quji Shengji Powder and Shengji Yuhong Ointment.