What’s wrong with breastfeeding nipple pain?

Nipple pain during breastfeeding is mostly due to cracked nipples caused by incorrect breastfeeding posture or breastfeeding habits, resulting in nipple pain and discomfort. At this time, you should develop good breastfeeding habits and posture, and in the nipple local application of erythromycin ointment, before and after breastfeeding in a timely manner to wash the nipple, to keep the nipple clean. In addition, if there is a combination of milk stagnation, it is easy to form acute mastitis, which is an acute suppurative infection of the breast, manifested as redness and swelling of the breast, accompanied by severe pain, when the pain spread to the nipple, nipple pain and pus overflow can also occur. In this case, cephalosporin antibiotics should be given to fight infection, and immediately go to the breast surgery or general surgery department of regular hospitals for surgical treatment, and the surgical method is mostly based on incision and drainage of breast abscesses. When breastfeeding nipple pain must be timely medical treatment, and actively cooperate with specialists for treatment, to avoid further aggravation of the disease.