Can mastitis be treated with hot towels?

Whether during or after giving birth, women will go through a long period of pain, because at this time women's body immunity is very low and they are prone to disease. Mastitis is the disease that is most likely to occur in breastfeeding women. Generally, women will experience breast pain and nipple cracking after suffering from mastitis. Can breast pain caused by mastitis be treated with hot towels?

For patients with acute mastitis, most of them are breastfeeding women. Acute mastitis is a purulent infection, which can easily cause fever in patients after the onset of the disease. If you feel breast pain and discomfort, you should first empty the milk in the breast, and then choose some Chinese medicine that can reduce inflammation and relieve pain for external application, which can promote the absorption and disappearance of breast tissue inflammation. At the same time, pay attention to eating a light diet and not spicy food.

When suffering from acute mastitis, local hot compress can help eliminate inflammation and prevent infection, so hot compress is recommended. Especially for breastfeeding women, when stimulated by breast inflammation, it is easy to cause breast pain and discomfort. At this time, local hot compress can effectively relieve the swelling caused by breast inflammation. Of course, hot compress can only temporarily relieve symptoms, and you also need to take anti-inflammatory drugs prescribed by your doctor to treat the disease.

Here is a reminder to female friends who are breastfeeding: when you experience breast pain and discomfort, do not apply hot compresses immediately. Instead, empty the milk first and then apply a hot towel to the breasts. This will help relieve the symptoms. At the same time, inflammation of the breast indicates that an infection has occurred, so you should pay active attention to breast hygiene, wash the nipples with warm water every day, and change the underwear you wear frequently to avoid worsening of the infection.

Finally, patients with acute mastitis should pay attention to rest every day. When one breast is inflamed, breastfeeding with the affected breast should be stopped. For local hot compress, Chinese medicine can be used, such as dandelion, honeysuckle, and vinegar, which can be mashed and mixed, then wrapped with a wider cloth strip, and added appropriately, and then local hot compress can be applied to the affected breast to effectively relieve symptoms.