What should breastfeeding mothers do if their breasts are sore and inflamed after giving birth?

  Modern people get married late and have children late, work pressure is high, and a variety of network misguided information, resulting in many postpartum breastfeeding mothers swollen and inflamed breasts can not be properly treated.  First of all, it is still relatively common to recognize this breast swelling and inflammation, and about 10-33% of women will suffer from lactation mastitis after giving birth, which is much higher than the incidence of breast cancer and is harmful in the short term. However, because of the simple history of lactational mastitis, most of them are basically cured by weaning plus antibiotic treatment when general treatment is ineffective, and abscesses are formed by incision and drainage, so it has not attracted the attention of most clinicians and research institutions, and throughout the Chinese literature there is a wide range of topical medications, physical, manipulation, and drugs that have been shown to be effective; while foreign Lactational mastitis has only a Pubmed search of In fact, there are more effective, reasonable and economical treatment measures for most lactational mastitis.  First of all, should I wean?  Breast milk is the best natural food for infants and young children. It is the most suitable for the nutritional needs of infants and young children up to 6 months old and can strengthen their ability to resist diseases. Breastfeeding is a scientific parenting method promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to ensure the healthy growth of babies around the world. In 2002, Lancet published a meta-analysis of 47 epidemiological studies in 30 countries, which showed that every additional 12 months of breastfeeding reduced breast cancer by 4.3%, regardless of whether you are a relative or a beggar. This is the only measure that clearly reduces the risk of breast cancer.  So the answer is clear: breastfeed as much as possible.  There are also mothers who are worried, isn’t it inflammatory and won’t it be a problem for children to eat it?  I often say this to these patients: you need to know the structure of the breast, bilateral breasts, 1 breast has 15-20 lobules, which is the milk production base, 15-20 delivery ducts to the nipple, now one or 2 ducts are blocked, you go to weaning is the same as breaking the function of the other 28-38 ducts, it is really not worth it, and the ducts are blocked, the milk can not come out, the child can not naturally suck, it is also There is no impact. So in general, children will not have a problem eating, or worry about the milk bacteria culture.  There are also people who say that the abscess is very dangerous!  Abscess incision and drainage, pain, long-term drug changes, resulting in increased burden on the patient’s family pain, tissue damage, tissue fibrosis is not easy to heal, scarring, abscess drainage after the development of breast fistula long-term non-healing.   For patients with breastfeeding breast abscess, no breast milk, no hot compresses, no massage, no hospitalization, no antibiotics for most patients, no incision and drainage of abscesses, and maximum protection of the mother’s breast are, in my opinion, the most suitable treatment methods for patients with breastfeeding breast abscess at present.