Areola swelling during lactation

When a mother is breastfeeding, she must pay attention to the health of her breasts, because if there is a problem with a woman's breasts, the baby's diet will be seriously disturbed. In addition, sometimes a woman may feel pain in her areola due to incontinence, or even swell up her areola, which is likely related to infection. So, can she still breastfeed if her areola is swollen during breastfeeding?

The problem of swollen and painful nipples and areola during breastfeeding has troubled many breastfeeding mothers. This is a great torment for them. If they cannot quickly and effectively take certain methods to alleviate the problem, the impact will be even greater. Therefore, the following is a detailed introduction for breastfeeding mothers about what solutions should be taken for swollen and painful nipples or areola during breastfeeding.

What to do if nipple and areola are swollen and painful during breastfeeding

Lumps caused by milk stasis should be considered. The causes of milk stasis include: nipple hypoplasia (too small or inverted) interfering with breastfeeding; too much milk or the baby sucking too little milk, resulting in the milk not being completely emptied; milk duct blockage affecting milk discharge. You can use hot water for hot compresses and local massage. After breastfeeding your baby, you can use a breast pump to help you express milk and try to express as much milk as possible. If the lump does not subside, or fever or unbearable pain occurs, you need to go to the hospital and receive timely treatment under the guidance of a doctor.

Acute mastitis is also considered. Treatment: If the nipple is cracked or damaged, breastfeeding should be suspended and replaced with a breast pump to drain the milk as much as possible. Locally apply analgesic ointments, such as hops, cod liver oil bismuth, to promote the healing of the wound. When a milk cyst appears, massage can be applied after hot compress, and gentle massage can be performed from the periphery of the breast toward the nipple to keep the mammary ducts unobstructed to promote milk discharge. For inflammatory nodules, 60 ml of 0.25% procaine plus 100,000-200,000 U of penicillin can be used to seal the area around it. Apply cold compresses in the early stage and hot compresses in the later stage. Use systemic antibiotics as soon as possible.

After introducing these methods, mothers should pay special attention to protecting breastfeeding health and breast health during lactation. We should pay attention to understanding these issues so that we can provide targeted treatment and solutions to avoid various impacts on our health.