The process of lactation in a young mother is often associated with such difficulties as severe hot flashes and stagnant milk in the chest. Timely untreated stasis can lead to the development of inflammation in the duct, and with the addition of staphylococcal or streptococcal infection develop into purulent mastitis.
Mastitis is an inflammation in the mammary glands, which affects the breast tissue of women at any age, but it is nursing mothers that are most affected by this disease.
Signs of mastitis in HBV
To suspect development of a mastitis the feeding woman can, if on the eve of it signs of a local lactostasis have appeared. In the swollen chest, not emptied to the end, the milk stagnates, clogging the ducts. On the site of stagnation, a consolidation is formed, solid and painful. Pumping, gentle massage and proper application of the baby to the breast should lead to resorption of the seal. But, if, despite all efforts, there is no relief, the woman's condition worsens, we can talk about the initial stage of mastitis. Most likely, through the cracks in the nipples in the milk ducts, the infection penetrated, which led to the development of inflammation.
The first signs of mastitis in breastfeeding are chest pain, redness and denseness of the painful area. The woman has a fever, a "febrile" condition begins. At this stage milk is excreted normally, and the process of feeding is not difficult.
Progressing inflammation in mastitis causes signs of generalized lactostasis. The consolidation in the chest increases, forming a painful infiltration, which compresses the ducts and hampers the flow of milk. Increase and symptoms of intoxication in women: chills, fever, weakness.
Running mastitis pours out into the heaviest form - purulent. Signs of purulent mastitis with HS are pronounced even externally: cyanotic or red skin of the breast, altered form of the mammary gland, severe swelling in the place of the abscess. The condition of a woman is severe: body temperature can reach critical levels, the symptoms of intoxication lead to weakness and inability to engage in an infant.
To the touch, the purulent focus of inflammation is softened, but it may not have clear boundaries, but be distributed to different segments of the breast. With such a process, speech about feeding the baby with breast milk does not go.
In severe cases, a woman may be recommended medication suppression of lactation, but more often after a cure, a return to breastfeeding is possible.
When the first signs of mastitis appear, do not self-medicate. It is better to consult a doctor as soon as possible - this will avoid the severe forms of the disease and preserve lactation. Everyone knows that there is nothing more useful for a baby than mother's milk.