What are the symptoms of mastitis

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Mastitis usually occurs in the postpartum lactation women, especially in the postpartum 3-4 weeks or so, which has a serious impact on the maternal and the baby. Mastitis is an acute suppurative infection of the breast. If we pay attention to preventive measures after giving birth, we can avoid it. After I gave birth, my breast began to itch, And there are obvious lumps around the breast, a little touch on the pain, and later in the care of the family, the treatment was good. So some pregnant women are particularly worried that they will also suffer from mastitis. Now I will introduce to you what are the symptoms of mastitis

What are the symptoms of mastitis

In the early stage, the symptoms of simple mastitis are breast swelling and pain. There is some fever around the breast, and the breast will have tenderness. Because of the retention of milk, the milk return is not smooth, leading to the local breast will appear unclear induration. Early treatment, mastitis can dissipate.

The symptoms of suppurative mastitis are local skin redness, swelling, pain, induration is very obvious, a little touch will aggravate the pain, the patient is also accompanied by fever, headache, no strength, heart beating fast and other obvious symptoms, at the same time, armpit swelling with pain.

Abscess formation of mastitis is the most serious period, the mass near the breast is particularly obvious, the abscess will break out and discharge pus from the nipple, resulting in the formation of breast abscess, at this time should be prohibited breast-feeding. Patients should pay more attention to rest, clean nipple, promote milk excretion.

matters needing attention

Want to prohibit the occurrence of mastitis, in the last two months of pregnancy to wipe the nipple and areola with water, in order to strengthen the nipple resistance. When feeding a child, breast-feeding should be carried out correctly, such as taking turns feeding both breasts.