Mastitis, while nursing Pain and Swelling Caused By Breast, here's the solution

Kemlamet. Ever heard of this before? This disease is an infection of the breast tissue that causes pain, swelling and redness of the breast. Generally the symptoms are accompanied by fever and chills.

Mastitis disease is generally attack women who are breastfeeding, or also called mastitis lactation. That happened in the first three months after childbirth (postpartum), or it can occur during breastfeeding. Nonetheless, a mother can still continue to breastfeed her baby during mastitis. In addition to breastfeeding women, sometimes mastitis also affects women who are not breastfeeding.

The symptoms that usually arises is:

•     Breasts feel tender or warm to the touch
•     Swelling of the breast
•     Pain or burning sensation while breastfeeding
•     Skin redness
•     Fever
•     Lactation mastitis tends to affect only one breast

The cause of mastitis is a bacteria that enters the breast through the nipple skin is cracked or milk duct openings through the hole in the nipple. Bacteria on the surface of the skin and enters the baby's mouth milk ducts and proliferate, causing pain and swelling of the breast due to an infection.

To prevent the occurrence of mastitis this, you should do proper maintenance on your breasts, as well as doing the right treatment if infected.

1.     Antibiotics. Treatment with antibiotics usually takes 10-14 days. For 24 to 48 hours after antibiotic treatment, the symptoms began to diminish. However, they still need to be taken to prevent recurrence.
2.     Self-care. Rest, keep feeding and drinking extra fluids to help the body cope with a breast infection.
3.     Adjust feeding techniques. Make sure that the breast is completely empty the breast during breastfeeding and the baby is in the correct position. Doctors can teach a good breastfeeding techniques.

Check back to the doctor, if mastitis has not been cured after taking antibiotics. Consult whether it is cancer or mastitis usual, because inflammatory breast cancer may also cause redness and swelling of the initial symptoms are similar to mastitis.