What to do if you have a fever due to mastitis

Many women have various gynecological diseases. Gynecological diseases generally occur in women's private parts and chests, and are mainly manifested in irregular menstruation and breast pain. Breast pain is likely due to mastitis. If you pay attention to seeing a doctor during mastitis, it can still be cured. Once breast cancer occurs seriously, you may need to remove the breast. So, what should you do if you have a fever during mastitis?

When women experience mastitis and fever during lactation, it is usually caused by inflammation, such as suppurative mastitis. Now this article will introduce you to the relevant information about fever caused by mastitis during lactation.

Purulent mastitis is the main cause of mastitis fever during lactation. It is mainly caused by the invasion of Staphylococcus and Streptococcus through the opening of the mammary duct at the nipple and small wounds on the breast or nipple. The general symptoms are: chills, fever, swollen axillary lymph nodes, redness of the areola and surrounding skin, a feeling of warmth in the breast, and pain when touched.

Pain, fever, redness and swelling, the symptoms caused by lactation mastitis, are very disturbing to lactating women. So, how do women deal with the problem of fever caused by lactation mastitis? First of all, women should keep their nipples clean and empty their milk regularly to avoid bacterial infection and suppuration. Once eczema or injury occurs or if they suffer from stasis mastitis, they should pay special attention to disinfection to effectively prevent bacterial invasion.

Secondly, in the early stages of mastitis, women will experience redness, swelling and pain in the breasts and bacterial infection. At this time, antibiotics should be used to treat the condition in time to avoid fever and worsening of the condition. During treatment, try to drain the stagnant milk, or use a cold towel to wet compress and massage the breasts under the guidance of the midwife. Again, when the symptoms of mastitis during lactation develop further and swelling occurs, surgical incision and drainage of the pus should be performed. What we need to remind you here is that you should pay attention to the results of the treatment, because even if the pus is drained through surgery, the milk ducts can easily become blocked after surgery, causing inflammation to reoccur.

Mastitis during lactation can cause fever, which is undoubtedly a double whammy for women who have just given birth and are weak and have not yet recovered. In addition to enduring the pain, fever, redness and swelling caused by mastitis during lactation, it may also cause other complications. Therefore, ladies, please follow the tips in this article to maintain good hygiene and seek medical attention as soon as possible when symptoms of mastitis appear to avoid delaying the disease.