What are the treatments for mastitis?

When I first started puberty, my mom made me pay attention to women's diseases. To prevent girls from getting sick, we must first maintain hygiene, so I change and wash my underwear every day; I also pay special attention to my diet. I told my childhood friend that she said I was pretentious and had mysophobia, but she never cared. But she regrets it now because she got mastitis while she was breastfeeding. Every day is painful and I really want to help her, but I don’t know how. What are the methods for treating mastitis? What is the best treatment?

Hello! Mastitis is a common clinical disease, especially common in women during lactation. Generally speaking, if you have mastitis and the symptoms are not very serious, you can continue breastfeeding, but if they are serious, you should stop breastfeeding. To treat mastitis, start by cleaning the breasts.

Pay attention to cleanliness: stop breastfeeding, clean the nipple and areola, and promote milk discharge (using a breast pump or sucking). Those who need incision and drainage should stop breastfeeding. This is the first prerequisite for treating mastitis.

Use milk-reducing medicine: Stop breastfeeding on the affected side and use a breast pump to express milk. Appropriate lactation drugs can be used, such as oral administration of 1 mg of ethinyl estradiol 3 times a day, or 2.5 mg of bromocriptine 3 times a day.

Antibiotics: Systemic antibiotics. To prevent and treat severe infection and sepsis, antibiotics are selected based on bacterial culture and drug sensitivity, and intravenous antibiotics are given when necessary.

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment: heat-clearing and detoxifying agents. In the initial stage of treatment of early mastitis, the main manifestations are milk stasis and internal heat and toxicity. The treatment principles are detoxification, clearing heat, promoting lactation and reducing swelling.

Oral medicine: You can take Trichosanthes and Burdock Soup (Trichosanthes, Burdock Fructus, Radix Trichosanthis, Baical Skullcap Root, Tangerine Peel, Gardenia Jasmine, Honeysuckle, Bupleurum, Forsythia suspensa, Pangolin and Lophatherum gracile, add tangerine leaves and Chuanxiong for Qi stagnation). For swelling and pain, add frankincense, myrrh, and red spoon.

If it is swollen, apply hot water at night. If the condition is particularly serious, it is recommended that you stop breastfeeding, otherwise it will be bad for both you and your baby. At the same time, go to the hospital and consult the doctor for specific treatment methods. I wish you a speedy recovery!