The hardness of the chest on the fifth day after delivery may be caused by breast milk stagnation, mastitis, mammary abscess, etc. It can be dealt with by baby sucking, hot massage, medication and surgical incision and drainage.
1. Breast milk stagnation: On the fifth day after delivery, the baby drinks less milk and produces more milk, which is stagnant in the breasts and gives rise to the symptom of hardness of the breasts. Let the baby suckle more milk or use the breast pump to empty both breasts, hot compresses or massage the breast to dredge the mammary ducts, the breast is no longer milk stagnation, the symptoms of hardness of the chest will also be relieved.
2. Mastitis: the fifth day after the milk for a long time or nipple is not good clean care, there are bacteria invasion of the breast and infection, triggered by mastitis after the symptoms of hardening of the chest, can be in the doctor’s guidance of anti-inflammatory antibacterial treatment, such as erythromycin ointment, indomethacin and other anti-inflammatory pain, inflammation cure hardening of the chest after the politics of will also be relieved.
3. Breast abscess: Mastitis is not treated in time to form a breast abscess will also have the symptom of hardness of the chest, to go to the hospital through surgical incision and drainage treatment, and then use anti-inflammatory drugs, such as penicillin, cephalosporin drugs.
In addition, the specific use of the above drugs need to be under the guidance of the doctor. The symptoms of hardness of chest on the fifth day after delivery are more serious, and it is recommended to go to the hospital in time for treatment.