Breastfeeding, breast lumps, pain when pressed

If the symptoms become more severe, surgical treatment including cyst puncture or incision drainage is needed to alleviate the symptoms. During breastfeeding, milk accumulates and causes lumps in the breasts, which can be very painful. If the lump continues to develop without treatment, it may lead to more serious symptoms. Therefore, timely treatment and care are very important. Let’s take a look at what to do if you have lumps and pain in your breasts during breastfeeding?

Hot compress: After boiling and soaking the cotton towel, apply heat as much as possible without damaging the skin, and apply heat to the breasts. Be sure to apply heat to all areas with lumps. In addition, you can gently massage them while applying heat to soften the lumps in the breasts and relieve the feeling of swelling.

Massage: After taking the towel, you can do massage. When massaging, you can use your middle thumb, ring finger and the tip of your right ring finger to rub the impacted area at the same time. The lump may still be a little hard, but that’s okay, again. Soak the towel in boiling water, apply heat again, and massage at the same time. Repeat the above three steps, and you will feel a slight change around the lump.

Let the baby suck the nipple: In addition to applying hot compresses and massage, you should also pay attention to cleaning the nipple and let the baby suck. The baby's sucking can stimulate the breasts better, which can also accelerate the smoothness of the mammary glands. It can immediately relieve the discomfort of breast swelling in mothers, and it is also beneficial to the secretion of milk, allowing children to drink milk healthily.

In addition, if it is accompanied by systemic infection and fever symptoms, some oral antibiotics will be needed. During this treatment period, you can breastfeed normally; if the lump cannot disappear after this treatment,