Can I apply hot compress to my mastitis? Experts answer your questions

Many patients with mastitis have the habit of applying hot compresses. This is often mentioned in daily life. The main effect of hot compresses is to promote blood circulation. Experts say that hot compresses can indeed relieve mastitis to a certain extent, but they can never achieve a cure.

1. When acute mastitis has not formed an abscess, the main treatment is injection or oral administration of anti-inflammatory drugs, combined with hot compresses, etc. to promote its dissipation. Once an abscess is formed, surgical incision and drainage are required. Guidance: Based on your description and the above analysis, your situation should not have formed an abscess yet. You should continue anti-inflammatory treatment until the swelling and pain disappear. Suspend breastfeeding during the treatment, and express the milk or use a breast pump to express it every day. You can resume breastfeeding after recovery. Avoid tension, anxiety and other emotions, as pain stimulation can lead to reduced milk secretion.

2. The magnesium sulfate used for hot compress for mastitis needs to be magnesium sulfate powder. Guidance: Generally, it is necessary to mix at a ratio of 50%. At the same time, the water temperature should not be too low, generally maintained at around 40-50 degrees. After preparing the magnesium sulfate, you can wet it with a towel and apply it to the affected area.

3. This is all I have to say about whether hot compress can be used to treat acute mastitis. If you have any other questions about this, you can consult relevant experts. Warm reminder: During the recovery process, patients with this disease must maintain a regular daily routine and combine work and rest so that they can recover their health as soon as possible.

4. Mastitis: It mostly occurs after childbirth, due to milk duct obstruction, milk accumulation, direct bacterial invasion, or bacteria invading the milk duct from the cracks of the nipple or areola and infecting the mammary lobules along the lymphatic drainage ducts. At the onset of the disease, there are often symptoms of systemic poisoning such as high fever and chills. The affected breast increases in size, becomes locally hard, the skin becomes red, and there is tenderness and throbbing pain. If the area becomes soft within a short period of time, it means an abscess has formed and the axillary lymph nodes on the affected side are often swollen. The clinical manifestations of an abscess are related to the depth of its location. When the location is shallow, there will be local redness, swelling and protrusion in the early stage. However, the local manifestations of a deep abscess are often not obvious in the early stage, and local pain and systemic symptoms are the main symptoms. The abscess can be single or multiple; it can form sequentially or simultaneously; sometimes it ruptures on its own or is discharged through the nipple, or it can invade the loose tissue in the retromammary space to form a retromammary abscess. Guidance: It is recommended to apply warm water to the affected area for 15-20 minutes. 2-3 times a day is enough.