Patient: I just had a baby for a month, I was breastfeeding, but now I have lumps in my breasts and no breast milk, even after taking a lot of herbal medicine. What is it? How should I treat it?
Xie Ling, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Qinghai Women’s and Children’s Hospital: According to the situation you have provided, I consider:
1 check whether your breasts have red skin, pain, swelling, and high local skin temperature, if so, it should be considered as acute mastitis, go to the local hospital as soon as possible. Xie Ling, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Qinghai Red Cross Hospital
2 If you do not have the above symptoms, you can use the following methods to see if they are effective.
1) Apply a hot wet towel to the breast lump and massage it repeatedly to soften the lump and then suck the milk away with a breast pump.
(2) You can also use a comb to scrape along the breast ducts towards the nipple after the hot towel is applied,
3. Drink more food with soup.
4. Try to let the child suck on the nipple more often to stimulate the breast to secrete milk. If the above methods do not work, it is recommended to go to the local hospital for further treatment.