Breast pain like pins and needles after breastfeeding may be related to cracked nipples, mastitis, milk distension and other conditions, which need to be combined with the specific cause of the general treatment, drug treatment or surgical treatment.
1. Cracked nipples: mainly associated with incorrect breastfeeding habits, after breastfeeding, the nipple may appear to be a pinprick of pain, along with the symptoms of breast pain. Erythromycin ointment can be applied to cracked nipples to promote wound healing and recovery. At the same time, you should adjust your breastfeeding habits to reduce the stimulation of nipple damage and ensure that cracked nipples recover smoothly.
2. Mastitis: caused by milk stagnation and bacterial infection. After the end of breastfeeding, the lesion can be stimulated by the pinprick pain, accompanied by fever, chills and other symptoms of infection. You should choose penicillin, cefixime and other antibiotics for anti-infection treatment, and if there is abscess formation, you need to perform abscess incision and drainage.
3. Swelling milk: mainly due to the milk can not be completely emptied retention in the breast, resulting in breast pain symptoms. You can empty the breast milk through massage, breast pump, negative pressure suction and other ways to improve the symptoms of breast pain.
After breastfeeding breast stinging like pins and needles can also be caused by other factors, such as trauma, eczema, breast cancer, etc., should be timely medical treatment, under the guidance of the doctor.