Symptoms and treatment of acute mastitis

Acute mastitis is a common acute purulent infection of the breast, with bacterial infection and milk accumulation as triggering factors, and there are differences in symptomatology due to the different course of the disease. In the clinic, the course of acute mastitis is divided into three periods, specifically the initial stage of acute simple mastitis, acute suppuration, abscess formation period, because of the characteristics of the rapid development of the disease, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital in a timely manner, the use of physical, pharmaceutical, surgical treatment: a. Symptom performance: 1. Acute simple mastitis initial stage: if the patient’s breast area appears distended pain, local skin temperature rise and there are obvious hard nodes when touched, it is considered that it may be the initial stage of acute mastitis. The patient may be able to take the right approach to intervene in the condition under the guidance of the doctor, the inflammation can subside and the prognosis is better; 2. Acute suppurative stage: the main symptoms are inflammatory reactions such as obvious redness, swelling, heat and pain in the breast area, accompanied clinically by hard lumps with strong pressure and pain, as well as systemic symptoms such as fever, headache and weakness, and the presence of a rapid heartbeat cannot be ruled out in some patients with serious conditions; 3. 3, abscess formation stage: patients in the above-mentioned stage of the disease process is not timely treatment, it is possible to develop to the abscess formation stage, at this time, the patient’s breast area hard nodes have a sense of fluctuation, and hard nodes can be broken, once the pus flow into the loose tissue in front of the breast muscle, it is easy to form a breast abscess; 4, other: in addition to the above symptoms, acute mastitis can also be complicated by breast fistula, sepsis, bacteraemia and other diseases, patients There are facial redness, high fever, depression, pus flowing from the breast and other discomforts. The first thing that you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into. The first thing you need to do is to apply a cold compress to reduce swelling and pain, and then switch to a hot compress after the situation has stabilized to promote blood circulation in the affected area and accelerate the absorption of inflammatory exudates, thus promoting the recovery of the patient. The patients with acute mastitis triggered by the accumulation of milk should, with the help of professionals, massage to unblock the milk ducts and promote the discharge of milk to promote the role of inflammation; 2, drug therapy: the main clinical application of antibiotic therapy, including amoxicillin, ampicillin, cefradine and other penicillin, erythromycin, cephalosporins anti-inflammatory anti-swelling; 3, surgical treatment: breast abscess has formed If you are a patient, you should also use surgery to cut and drain, and pay attention to good wound skin care and regular drug changes after surgery. In addition, it should be noted that during the treatment of mastitis patients, it is recommended to temporarily stop breastfeeding and use a breast pump to suck out the milk.