Can acute mastitis heal on its own?

Most women may experience milk accumulation right after giving birth. Once accumulated, it may cause a series of inflammation in the breasts. So can subacute mastitis be cured? What kind of harm will it cause to the human body if it is not treated? Let’s watch it together.

Women who have just given birth are usually inexperienced in breastfeeding because it is their first time. When breastfeeding, they often let the baby suck the other breast without completely emptying one breast. Such behavior can easily lead to milk accumulation and cause acute mastitis. However, simple milk stasis can be cured through some simple methods to keep the mammary glands unobstructed.

However, female patients with severe conditions may experience aggravated inflammation. The patient will have fever to varying degrees, and the breast will also be swollen. The continuous accumulation of milk will cause pain in the entire breast of the patient. More serious patients will also develop breast cysts. Therefore, active treatment is the only way to enable patients with subacute mastitis to achieve recovery.

Can subacute mastitis be cured?

In clinical medicine, subacute mastitis is not curable. Therefore, once the patient develops subacute mastitis, it is recommended to actively carry out anti-infection treatment. During the anti-infection treatment period, it is important to pay attention to draining milk every day. In general, if the patient is in the early stages of subacute mastitis, the use of antibiotics can achieve very good clinical treatment results. Because the common main pathogen that causes subacute mastitis is Staphylococcus aureus, it is not necessary to wait for the results of bacterial culture and penicillin injection can be used for treatment immediately. It should be noted that if the patient is allergic to penicillin, erythromycin can be used. If the patient's condition does not improve significantly after treatment, an ultrasound examination should be performed to confirm whether a breast cyst has occurred. Generally speaking, if the condition of subacute mastitis develops into subacute breast cyst, surgical treatment is required. During the surgery, cyst incision and drainage must be performed, and the drainage method must be smooth. Anti-infection treatment must also be strengthened so that the patient can be cured.

Medical care for subacute mastitis

1. In the early stages, you can use massage or breast pumping to prevent cysts. The patient or his relatives can use their fingers to gently massage along the position of the nipple, and then apply pressure and push and knead it, so that the milk can only flow into the opening, and then use an automatic breast pump to express milk, which can unblock the blocked mammary ducts. After unblocking, the milk must be drained to avoid recurrence of blockage.

2. If subacute mastitis occurs, you can use Chinese medicine external application. You can apply Chinese medicine to the breast part of the affected limb, which can relieve breast pain. Do not let the baby fall asleep with the nipple in his mouth, and after weaning, you must use a bra to lift the breast, which has a certain protective effect on the breast.

3. When you are not breastfeeding, you must keep your nipples clean. You should often use warm water to clean your nipples. It is okay to breastfeed regularly and make sure to drain all the milk during breastfeeding. If there is too much milk and the baby cannot suck it all out, you need to use an automatic breast pump to drain the milk. If the patient has a fever, breastfeeding cannot be carried out if the body temperature is 39°C.

4. The patient's daily diet must be light and easy to digest, and eat less meat, which can avoid excessive secretion of milk and is bad for breast drainage. Patients should also not eat too much spicy food, as this is not conducive to symptom recovery. In normal times, patients should maintain a stable mentality, eliminate worries, eliminate negative emotions, and pay attention to mental conditioning, otherwise it is very easy to cause breast congestion.