What is mastitis
The breast, the second face of a woman, is a woman’s secret weapon and the most tender organ on her body, but it is also the organ most threatened by disease. It is also a common breast disease that causes a lot of harm to women.
Young women should be more aware of mastitis. The most important thing to do is to prevent mastitis in your life. What about mastitis? As a professional breast doctor, I will now give you an introduction.
Mastitis causes
Mastitis is mainly due to the following causes.
1, the breast is squeezed, collision. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on this. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things.
2, underwear is too tight, unclean. If a girl’s breasts are too full and she wears a bra that is too tight or often wears tight clothes, and her underwear is not cleaned regularly, it is likely to lead to mastitis.
3, the nipple is not clean or have damage. When the nipples are poorly sanitized, or are rubbed or scratched, or if the nipples are sunken in, or if there are boils on the nipples, it is very easy to contract mastitis.
4. a previous history of mastitis during lactation and narrowing or occlusion of the lumen of the milk duct due to inflammatory hyperplasia.
5. It can also be due to congenital nipple dysplasia, such as malformation and depression, which makes it difficult to clean the area and leads to blockage of the milk ducts.
6, may also be due to middle-aged and elderly women with declining ovarian function, declining estrogen levels, atrophy of the milk ducts, degenerative changes in the duct walls, and the accumulation of secretions in the ducts, which leads to ductal obstruction.
From the above we can see that mastitis is related to our unhealthy daily living habits. It is important for women to pay attention to the details of life in order to help prevent mastitis.
Mastitis symptoms
The mastitis has a rapid onset and can be accompanied by fever, chills, redness and pain in the sick side of the breast, hard lumps, and finally abscesses. The symptoms of mastitis are mainly the following.
1, early stage: acute mastitis at the beginning of the patient’s breast swelling, pain, more so when breastfeeding, poor milk secretion, breast lumps with or without, skin slightly red or not red, or accompanied by general discomfort, poor appetite, chest tightness and irritability.
2, septic phase: local breast hardening, lumps gradually increase, at this time can be accompanied by high fever, chills, general weakness, dry stool, accelerated pulse, enlarged ipsilateral lymph nodes, increased white blood cells, often in 4-5 days to form an abscess, breast throbbing pain, local skin redness and swelling, the central lump becomes soft, pressed with a sense of fluctuation, if the deep breast abscess, the whole breast swelling, pain, high fever, but local Sometimes several pus cavities can exist in one breast at the same time or successively.
3. Late stage of ulceration: superficial abscesses often penetrate the skin and form ulcers or milk spills from the incision to form milk leaks. Deeper abscesses can penetrate the fat between the breast and the pectoralis major muscle to form posterior breast abscesses, and septic sepsis can occur in severe cases.
Diet for mastitis
The most important thing to do is to eat every day, and according to research, about one-third of disease onset is related to diet. The food is reasonable, both for prevention of disease, but also for the disease has a certain auxiliary treatment effect. So what do you need to pay attention to in your mastitis diet? What do you eat and what can’t you eat with mastitis? I will continue to give you an introduction to each of the following.
What to eat with mastitis
1, kelp
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2, nuts, seeds food
Seeds, nuts food including lecithin-containing soybeans, peanuts, etc., rich in protein almonds, walnuts, sesame seeds, etc., which contains a large number of antioxidants, which can play a role in the anti-cancer effect. Moreover, nuts and seeds food can increase the body’s intake of vitamin E, and the intake of rich vitamin E can make the breast tissue more elastic.
3, fish and seafood
Yellow fish, snapper, loach, scallops, octopus, squid, sea cucumber, oysters, as well as kelp, sea artemisia, etc., rich in essential trace elements, have a unique role in protecting the breast.
4, milk and dairy products
Milk and dairy products are rich in calcium, which is beneficial to breast health.
5.Fruits of various colors
Grapes, kiwi, lemons, strawberries, oranges, figs, etc., allow women to take in a variety of vitamins while getting substances to fight breast cancer.
6.Vegetables
A reasonable combination of vegetables and staple foods is not only good for health, but also helpful for maintaining breast health if the daily diet ensures adequate intake of vegetables, more tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower, pumpkin, garlic, onions, asparagus, cucumber, loofah, radish and some green leafy vegetables, etc.
7, cereals
A study found that women of childbearing age consume more whole grains in their diet to keep estrogen at appropriate levels in the blood circulation and avoid high estrogen levels that can cause many breast diseases.
Cereals such as wheat (flour), corn and some mixed grains are often consumed for breast health. Wheat contains a large amount of soluble and insoluble fiber, soluble fiber helps the body to lower cholesterol; insoluble fiber helps prevent cancer, corn is the best food for breast enhancement by nutrition experts.
8.Soy
Increase soy food is very beneficial to breast health. Because, soy and processed from soy foods contain isoflavones, this substance can reduce estrogen levels in women’s bodies, reducing breast discomfort. If you eat two meals a day containing soy foods, such as tofu, soy milk, etc., will be very beneficial to breast health.
9, edible mushrooms
Silver fungus, black fungus, shiitake mushroom, monkey head mushroom, poria and other foods are natural biological response regulators that can enhance the body’s immune system and have a strong anti-cancer effect. Studies have shown that eating more edible mushrooms can add to women’s breast health.
What can not eat mastitis
1, avoid dry heat, spicy stimulating food. The main reason for mastitis is because of the fire and heat in the breast, which is a yang, hot and real evidence. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get the best out of your own home.
2, avoid hot, greasy food. Including fatty meat, fried doughnuts, fried twists and other fried pastries.
3, avoid eating hairy food. The so-called hairy food, is particularly prone to induce certain diseases (especially old diseases) or aggravate the disease has been issued food. Such as pork, dog meat, mutton, sea crab, etc.
4, eat less fatty foods, to prevent obesity try to avoid the use of drugs containing estrogen, do not eat estrogen-fed chicken, beef. Because these can make the breast hyperplasia, or make breast hyperplasia aggravated.
5, salt and fast food. Salt and other foods with high amounts of sodium will keep more body fluid in women’s bodies and increase breast discomfort. Therefore, women should try to eat foods that are lower in salt and eat less canned and saltier cooked foods. Fast food is often higher in salt as well. It should be noted that the fried food in fast food contains very high calories, will accelerate the body estrogen production, making breast enlargement more serious, should also try to eat less.
6, coffee. Excessive intake of coffee, cola and other stimulating beverages tend to increase the body fluid in the breast tissue, aggravating the swelling of the breasts and making them feel uncomfortable.
Mastitis Prevention
In life we should not only pay attention to mastitis diet, but also mastitis prevention, mastitis prevention work should be done from the following aspects.
The actual fact is that you will be able to get a lot more than just a couple of minutes to get a lot more than just a couple of minutes. If you have too much milk, you can use a breast pump or squeeze and massage with your hands to make the milk drain and prevent stagnation.
If there are nipple abrasions, chaps or purulent infections in other parts of the body, they should be treated promptly; if they have become purulent, they should be incised and drained. In addition, you can also combine with traditional Chinese medicine to dredge the liver and breast, clear heat and detoxify the method of treatment, the effect will be better.
3.Postpartum diet should pay attention to the intake of protein, multivitamins and trace elements. Drink more water, feel relaxed and ensure sufficient sleep.
4, lactation stasis milk caused by acute mastitis early to actively treat. The rupture of the nipple with the infection is treated promptly.
5, the course of the disease more than 10 days, the breast skin bright red, strong heat does not subside, pain aggravated, the central hard lumps become soft, pressed with a sense of fluctuation, then the pus has been septic. It should be drained in time so as not to cause the change of the transmitting sac.
6, women at the end of pregnancy should be 75% alcohol rubbing nipples, or wash with warm water, to enhance the flexibility and resistance of the skin of the breast. Squeeze out the fat plugs in the milk ducts. If the nipple is invaginated, the nipple needs to be squeezed out by hand before pregnancy and massaged and pulled to correct it.
The above is the diet for mastitis, I hope it will help you. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who have been in the business for a long time.