How to treat lactation mastitis?

Mastitis is caused by an infection of the breast. The harm caused by mastitis is quite serious. Generally, at the beginning, it is just swelling, pain, and redness of the breast. If it continues to develop, the symptoms will worsen, making the breast swell more and the pain more severe. Mastitis is most likely to occur in breastfeeding women and can occur at any time during the breastfeeding period. Therefore, the treatment of mastitis is very important for breastfeeding women. So, how to treat breastfeeding mastitis?

1. The early treatment of mastitis focuses on lactation, seizing the early favorable treatment opportunity and controlling the development of the disease. The treatment with traditional Chinese medicine generally focuses on soothing the liver and clearing heat, promoting lactation and reducing swelling. The method of massage to promote lactation is to use both hands to massage from the base of the breast, slowly squeezing and pushing towards the nipple. The degree of massage force should be based on the patient's tolerance. While massaging, you can gently pinch the nipple several times to expand the milk network in the nipple. This method can promote smooth discharge of milk. Treatment of mastitis during lactation For chronic mastitis with a course of more than 6-10 days, intravenous penicillin-like drugs can be added for systemic anti-inflammatory treatment, which can usually be cured within 1-2 weeks.

2. The focus of mid-term treatment of tumors is to dissipate the tumors and avoid suppuration and infection. Many patients lose the favorable opportunity for early cure and form inflammatory tumors, which is often related to the early use of large doses of antibiotics. Traditional Chinese medicine mainly focuses on soothing the liver and clearing heat, promoting blood circulation, reducing swelling and dispersing nodules. Hot compress can be used as auxiliary treatment, and local hot compress can have anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. If the local swelling is obvious, you can use 25% magnesium sulfate hot compress. At the same time, the patient should massage along the base of the breast to the nipple for 8 to 10 minutes every 3 to 4 hours, and try to squeeze out the milk or use a breast pump to express it. In the early stage of mastitis, breastfeeding does not need to be stopped if the symptoms are mild.

3. The condition is more serious in the later stages, and the focus is on draining pus and promoting healing. Patients with mastitis during lactation who develop abscesses undergo surgical incision and drainage, and all are cured within 2 weeks after drainage. To drain the pus, you should go to the hospital for surgical incision and drainage. The incision method and location should be selected based on the location of the abscess and the cosmetic effect. Small abscesses should be flushed using puncture and suction, and medications should continue to be used after surgery to strengthen anti-infection and promote rapid wound healing.

The above already has a good introduction on how to treat lactation mastitis. The occurrence of lactation mastitis is a disease that affects everyone's health. Mastitis can be acute or chronic. The acute one occurs suddenly, while the chronic one is difficult to detect. Both are difficult to treat. Therefore, in order to prevent the occurrence of mastitis, we must also learn how to treat it.