How to deal with lumps after milking

Lumps appear after expressing breast milk. This is something that many people have encountered. The main reason is that there are lumps in the breast or milk that is not expressed in time and is retained in the mammary gland, resulting in scarring. If you find similar conditions, you can choose professional treatment methods to control and reduce the symptoms of lumps. What should I do if there are lumps after expressing breast milk?

What should I do if there is a lump in my breast milk?

1. Applying a hot cotton towel can relieve pain. If there is a lump in the breast and it is particularly painful, you can use a hot cotton towel to heat the area with the lump, which can help unblock the mammary gland and relieve pain.

2. Shower your breasts with boiling water and massage them. Shower the breasts with hot water, gently massage the breasts, and shake the breasts up and down, which is beneficial to the discharge of milk and thus beneficial to the patency of the mammary glands.

3. Use a manual breast pump to extract the milk. If you have milk lumps, you can buy a manual breast pump to suck them out. It may be slightly painful when sucking, but just bear with it. If the milk lumps are not very serious, a manual breast pump can usually clear them and remove the lumps.

What is the reason for lumps when expressing breast milk?

1. Breast pain caused by diseases near the breast. The human body is a system of interconnected entities, and a change in one location usually causes changes in nearby locations. Diseases such as pneumonia and costochondritis can easily cause breast pain and discomfort.

2. Regular breast pain caused by menstrual physiology. The menstrual cycle affects the changes in human hormones, which also affects the comfort level of the breasts. The pain caused by this physiology is normal, and most young women suffer from pain. The pain can be relieved by drinking brown sugar water, massaging the lower abdomen, etc.

Many pregnant women secrete enough milk right after giving birth, so that the baby can have sufficient digestion, improve resistance, and reduce various possible diseases. However, some parents have lumps in their breast milk after expressing breast milk, so they are very worried that it is due to bacterial infection and are afraid to raise babies. In this case, everyone should treat it in time and remove the lumps in the breast.