What are the white spots on nipples?

Breasts are something women are proud of because they show off a woman's beautiful image, make her feminine characteristics more obvious, and attract more attention from the opposite sex. However, breasts are also very fragile and prone to disease problems, which bring many inconveniences to women's lives. For example, why are more and more women developing white spots on their nipples?

The white spots on the nipples are called white blisters in traditional Chinese medicine. It is a problem that every breastfeeding mother often encounters. Its appearance can cause breast pain during breastfeeding and even the occurrence of acute mastitis.

There are three types of white spots on the nipples:

One is nipple ulcer caused by nipple fissure. Generally, there is no congestion in the breast, but the mother will feel severe nipple pain.

The other type is small white bubbles in the nipple. There is a nearly transparent membrane on the nipple hole that blocks the milk, so the milk cannot come out or cannot come out smoothly. There will be congestion in the breast. When the baby eats, the nipple and the nerves in the breast will feel pain.

Another type is a fat-like substance formed by dehydrated milk. This situation is more common after milk stasis or mastitis, because the milk is swollen for a long time and the milk is dehydrated. When we are doing milk unblocking, we can see small particles squeezed out of the nipple, sometimes it is a "milk dry strip" of a certain length.

In fact, the small white bubbles and spots on the nipples that mothers encounter are inseparable from the baby's sucking method and the mother's breastfeeding posture. Breastfeeding mothers know that there are differences between babies feeding from bottles and sucking from breasts. Although both methods seem acceptable, mothers’ nipples and mammary glands are often harmed invisibly.

suggestion:

The first is to use bottles to feed your baby as little as possible. When your baby starts to suckle after being exposed to the bottle, you must pay attention to the correct suckling posture.

Second, mothers need to learn and master several breastfeeding positions. Although the baby's mouth can cover the mother's areola 360 degrees, the real force is still applied to the baby's chin. By exerting force through the chin, the tongue wraps around the areola to squeeze and stimulate lactation, so the mammary gland where the baby's chin is pointed is the most unobstructed. Therefore, mothers can change different breastfeeding postures to reduce breast engorgement and nipple damage caused by white bubbles and white spots.