How to deal with mastitis lumps?

Mastitis is a common clinical disease, especially many women are more likely to suffer from mastitis after giving birth. If there are lumps in mastitis, it is generally considered to be acute mastitis and treatment must be timely. The treatment of the lumps should be combined with the condition of the disease, and the lumps can be removed surgically.

1. When a breastfeeding mother suffers from acute mastitis and has lumps, it is not recommended to have surgery to remove them, as this will directly affect breastfeeding. Even without surgery, the condition can generally be relieved through various treatments, such as local physical therapy and hot compresses, which are conducive to the early dissipation of inflammation. For those with obvious edema, 25% magnesium sulfate hot compresses can be used. It can also be treated with Traditional Chinese Medicine: mainly focusing on soothing the liver, clearing heat, resolving stagnation and promoting lactation. These methods will not affect normal breastfeeding.

2. Breastfeeding mothers should pay attention to suspend breastfeeding before the inflammation subsides to avoid affecting the health of the baby. If only one side is affected, the other side can breastfeed normally, and measures should be taken on the affected side that cannot breastfeed to promote smooth milk discharge (such as using a breast pump to extract milk, etc.) to remove factors that cause milk congestion. To prevent the inflammation from getting worse and the pain from getting worse. After the pain is relieved, you can perform breast massage appropriately, which can also help promote the disappearance of the lumps.

3. Diet therapy is also indispensable in helping to eliminate mastitis lumps. There are many medicinal diet therapies that are very effective in reducing swelling and relieving pain in mastitis, such as licorice tangerine soup, which is simple to make and uses 30g of tangerine peel. Licorice 6g. Just boil the two ingredients in water and drink it, it will relieve gas and relieve pain. Suitable for acute mastitis. It is even more effective for those with acute mastitis in the early stages. The tofu soup with big sedge is also good. Prepare 15-30g of big sedge, 2-3 pieces of tofu, and an appropriate amount of salt. Put the big flying grass and tofu into the pot, add 600mL of water and stew until 200mL of water is left, then add salt to taste. This food therapy has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying and promoting lactation, and is especially suitable for acute suppurative mastitis.