Symptoms of mastitis

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Mastitis refers to the acute suppurative infection of the breast, is a common disease in the puerperium, is one of the causes of postpartum fever, the most common in lactating women, especially primipara. Therefore, in order to avoid the harm of mastitis, we should pay attention to its prevention. Symptoms of mastitis? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Symptoms of mastitis

First: the initial stage: the initial stage often has the nipple rupture, when breast-feeding feels the nipple tingling, accompanied by milk stasis is not smooth or caking, sometimes there may be one or two milk tube obstruction. Then the breast local swelling pain, caking or with or without, accompanied by tenderness, skin color is not red or slightly red, skin is not hot or slightly hot. General symptoms are not obvious, or accompanied by fever, chest tightness, headache, irritability, easy to lose temper, loss of appetite.

Second: purulent stage: the breast mass does not disappear or gradually increases, local pain aggravates, or has pulsatile pain, very persistent severe pain, accompanied by obvious tenderness, red skin, hot skin, and strong heat does not subside, thirsty, nausea and anorexia, ipsilateral axillary lymph node swelling tenderness. On the 10th day or so, the center of the breast mass becomes soft gradually. According to it, there should be wave motion, local swelling, fever and obvious tenderness. There is pus in puncture and aspiration. Sometimes the pus can flow out of the mammary orifice, which aggravates the systemic symptoms.

Third: after ulceration stage: when the acute abscess matures, it can break out the pus by itself, or the pus can be discharged by surgical incision. If the pus is unobstructed, the local swelling and pain will be reduced, the fever and fear of cold symptoms will disappear, and the sore will gradually heal. If the abscess is not smooth after ulceration, the swelling does not disappear, the pain does not decrease, and the body heat does not subside, the bag pus may be formed, or the pus may spread to other mammary collaterals, and the cyst and carbuncle may be formed. There are also ulcers after the milk spilled from the sore, long treatment, the formation of milk leakage.

matters needing attention

1. Prevent milk deposition, keep the local breast clean and maternal physical and mental health. In the last two months of pregnancy, it is necessary to prepare for breast-feeding. 2. Keep your breasts clean. Lactation can be washed with gauze dipped in warm water before lactation. After lactation, clean the breast and nipple with warm water. Do not use soap and alcohol and other chemical products to scrub the nipple, otherwise it will make the nipple local defense ability decline, nipple dryness lead to bacterial infection.