How to correctly nurse acute mastitis

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Recently, I just gave birth to a baby. My baby is breastfeeding, but I have very little breast milk. Sometimes my baby is not enough to eat, and I will add some milk powder to my baby. These days, I feel that my breast is tingling and there are many lumps. Sometimes it was very painful. I didn't have such symptoms before, and I didn't know what was going on. Because I was worried, I went to the hospital for an examination. The examination result came out, said I suffer from acute mastitis, I want to ask how to correctly care for acute mastitis?

How to correctly nurse acute mastitis

1. Early massage and sucking are the key. The patient can use fingers to gently massage along the direction of the nipple, press and massage to make the milk flow to the opening, and use the breast suction device to suck the milk, so as to smooth the blocked breast orifice. After suction, the milk should be emptied as far as possible to avoid accumulation. Diet should be light, easy to digest, avoid spicy. It is necessary to persuade patients to relieve their worries, eliminate their bad emotions and pay attention to mental adjustment.

2. The chest position was fully exposed. First, spread talcum powder or apply a little paraffin oil on the affected breast, and then gently push the breast tube to the nipple with both hands for 50-100 times. Kneading and pressing method: apply the small thenar or large thenar on the palm of the hand to the affected part, apply light kneading technique to the swelling and pain area, and knead and press repeatedly for several times where there is a hard lump until the lump is soft.

3. Kneading, kneading and holding: with five fingers of the right hand, grasp the breast of the affected side, apply kneading technique, one grasp and one release, and repeat the operation for 10-15 times. Gently pull the nipple with the left hand several times to expand the nipple part of the milk pipeline. Oscillation method: the right hand thenar force, from the breast swelling, along the breast root to the nipple direction for high-speed oscillation push, repeated 3-5 times. The effect is better when there is slight heat sensation in local area.

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Acute mastitis refers to the acute suppurative infection of the breast tissue, which often occurs in primipara. It is caused by the chapped breast and the obstruction of the mammary duct opening, resulting in the accumulation of floating juice. The onset of the disease is acute. At the beginning, the breast swells and aches, and the skin is not red or reddish. Then the local induration gradually increases, and the pain intensifies, accompanied by fever.