Mastitis is a common disease in women and can be divided into acute purulent mastitis, parareolar fistula, plasmacytic mastitis, etc. depending on the cause. Acute septic mastitis often occurs during lactation, especially within 1 to 2 months after delivery, so it is also called acute lactation or puerperal septic mastitis, which is called “canker sore” in Chinese medicine. The incidence of acute mastitis in primiparous women is as high as 2% to 4%, which is one times more than mastitis in menstruating women. How to care for mastitis during lactation? 1, breast hygiene care breast hygiene is very important, first of all, do not let the baby sleep with the breast, must pay attention to personal hygiene, keep the breast clean, prevent bacterial infection, wash your hands before each breastfeeding,
And scrub the nipples with a clean, hot, wet towel. If your nipples are cracked or tingling, you can feed them a few times, or you can squeeze the milk into a bottle and feed the baby. In addition, we must pay attention to the baby’s oral hygiene,
If there is any disease in the mouth, in addition to treatment, breastfeeding should be used instead. From 6 months after pregnancy, scrub the nipples and areolas with clean water or neutral soap and water every day, or dip cotton balls in white wine (75% alcohol can also be used) to coat the nipples and areolas to improve local resistance and exercise their toughness. The clothes should be replaced more diligently Washing bras is best done by hand scrubbing, choose soap or soap, do not use enzymatic laundry detergent. Especially for pregnant and lactating women. 2, psychological care The puerperium is a special period of maternal emotional sensitivity and vulnerability, when the maternal breastfeeding skills can not be correctly grasped, feel the difficulty of breastfeeding, nipple cracking and other situations that give up breastfeeding,
At this time, it is easy to cause mood swings, sleep deprivation, anxiety about the baby’s health, depression, forming a vicious circle. We should provide more care and comfort to the mother, guide her to breastfeed correctly and overcome the fear of breastfeeding. Place her in a comfortable and quiet environment,
Reduce adverse stimuli, get enough rest to ensure nutrition, get enough sleep, and keep a relaxed mood to help milk flow, secretion and excretion. 3, early inflammation care Early inflammation, redness, swelling, heat, pain, need to suspend breastfeeding. Should be hot compresses 5 ~ 10m in for self-massage breast milking method, one hand with a hot towel to hold the breast, the other hand on the upper side of the breast,
Massage in a clockwise direction, if there is a lump on the breast, the technique can be heavier. While self-massaging, you can squeeze the breast slightly to squeeze out the milk from the nipple, after several repetitions,
After several repetitions, the milk ducts will be smooth. Generally massage once a day, 15 ~ 20 m in each time, before massage can be applied to the breast local lubricant to avoid damage to the skin. 4, diet care diet should be light and nutritious, eat more cool products,
Such as tomatoes, green vegetables, loofah, cucumber, chrysanthemum, fresh lotus root, water chestnuts, kelp, adzuki bean soup, mung bean soup, etc., eat less stimulating food, avoid greasy, spicy, such as onions, ginger, garlic, etc.. You can always eat some kelp, kelp has a soft and loose effect, eaten cold or stewed chicken, can prevent acute mastitis. You can use 1 pig’s foot, 25g of yellow cauliflower, stewed and eaten without garnish, once a day. It is used for those who have not become pus in the early stage of mastitis. Or double flower apricot honey drink, cold fishy grass, etc.