The birth of a baby is a major victory for the mother-to-be, but it is only the beginning of a long parenting journey, and the next step is to face the difficulties of parenting, which will require the mother to do her best. But don’t worry, with our escort, we are holding a sharp weapon, so let’s overcome the difficulties on the bumpy road of breastfeeding together for the sake of our children. The most important thing that we fear during the whole breastfeeding period is mastitis, and many mothers suffer from it, and even choose to wean themselves from it because they can’t bear the torture. The first thing that we need to do is to have a comprehensive understanding of the culprits that cause mastitis during breastfeeding. First of all, let’s get to know the culprits that cause inflammation, Staphylococcus aureus. The “Staphylococcus aureus” is like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, waiting for the right opportunity. Once the conditions are right, they immediately reveal their evil nature and invade the body to cause infection, but fortunately it is also a “paper tiger” and can be beaten back with the most common penicillin and cephalosporin antibiotics. The causes of mastitis are milk stagnation, nipple entrapment, nipple cracking, and congenital duct irregularities that prevent the milk from emptying sufficiently. Milk itself is a playground for bacteria to multiply. Fresh milk will have a shelf life because the small amount of bacteria in it will multiply in the milk. The same is true for human milk. The lax breasts during lactation, the sloughed up dilated milk ducts and sinuses of the milk ducts raise a breeding ground for bacteria, and the rich nutrients in the milk provide the right raw materials for it, so the golden glucosamine starts to build its invading army on a large scale. Postpartum Immunity Decline Mothers who have just given birth have undoubtedly experienced a physical battle. Those with good immunity still have a fighting chance against bacteria, and generally the inflammation is relatively mild and can even be absorbed on its own. Those with poor immunity tend to lose their armor in this battle, and the bacterial forces gain the upper hand, spreading the infection throughout the body. The first month of postpartum breastfeeding Due to the lack of experience of new mothers, nipples are often sucked by babies or nipples are not sufficiently clean, 85% of breastfeeding abscesses occur during this period Weaning period Some mothers do not have mastitis during the entire breastfeeding period, but at the end of the breastfeeding period “late” is lost, this period of excessive breast rise Full We can’t ignore breast problems during the weaning period. We have the winning strategy: prevention, avoiding milk stagnation, regular breastfeeding, keeping nipples clean, preventing nipple damage and bacterial infection. If the symptoms improve, no further treatment is usually needed, but remember that you still need to empty the milk at the same time. Abscess formation: a lump appears on the breast, the local skin breaks down and even pus flows, although the symptoms of generalized fever and weakness may not be obvious, but it is often more difficult to deal with. At this point, antibiotics alone are no longer able to fight against it and some external interventions are needed: fine needle aspiration or incision to drain the pus. Finally, I have to nag you about a few common misconceptions: when mastitis is in its acute stage, do not massage with hot compresses. It is very correct to use hot compresses and massage to make the ducts of the breast dilate for milk secretion while breastfeeding. If the breast is already red, swollen and painful, the hot compress and massage will only help to spread the inflammation to a wider and deeper area. I often see pregnant women’s breasts covered with a variety of vegetables and fruits, from cabbage leaves to potato slices to dough, each time I was amazed that I could not think of only see, encountered several cases of mastitis patients due to the delay in the best time for treatment and the spread of abscesses had to be incised to drain the pus, the incision could not heal for months, the shape of the breast was destroyed. The first thing you need to do is to find out early and deal with it, don’t believe in the folk remedies of the “experienced” or lactationist.