What should I do if I still have hard lumps in my breasts after breastfeeding?

If you have hard lumps in your breasts after breastfeeding, you may have milk distention, mastitis, fibroids, breast hyperplasia and other conditions, which should be treated conservatively or surgically in conjunction with the specific cause.
1. The reason for this is that there is a lot of milk trapped in the breasts after the end of breastfeeding, and the formation of breast lumps can lead to the development of a bloated breast. You can empty the breast milk by massaging and applying hot compresses or sucking on a breast pump.
2. Mastitis: This is a condition that occurs when bacteria invade the breasts and cause lesions and lumps to form. Choose sensitive antibiotic drugs to fight infection and promote the inflammation to subside. If an abscess is formed, surgical incision and drainage is needed to remove the pus and ensure the recovery of the inflammatory lesion.
3. Fibroid: It is a common benign tumor lesion of the breast, which may appear as a hard lump inside the breast and may cause breast pain. Generally, hot compresses and physiotherapy are used. For patients with serious conditions, surgical excision of the lesion can be considered after the end of the breastfeeding period.
4. Breast hyperplasia: Some patients with breast hyperplasia may have breast lumps, accompanied by cyclic pain, with conservative treatment measures, patients need to maintain emotional stability, pay attention to regular work and rest, reasonable diet, symptomatic use of free pills, breast fetish elimination and other medications, to promote symptomatic subsidence.
In addition, breast cancer, breast trauma may also appear similar clinical manifestations, so the occurrence of hard lumps in the chest should be timely medical care, clear cause, under the guidance of the doctor for treatment.