Itchy skin during breastfeeding

Women who are breastfeeding usually need to protect themselves well. Many women experience symptoms of itchy skin during breastfeeding. Don’t take it lightly and seek timely treatment. When itching symptoms occur, it is best not to scratch with your hands, as it can easily lead to skin infection. There are many reasons for itchy skin during breastfeeding, and it is necessary to find out the cause and provide targeted treatment.

What to do if your skin itches all over your body during breastfeeding?

1. Heat rash

Causes and symptoms: One of the causes of itchy skin during breastfeeding is prickly heat. Heat rash is caused by postpartum confinement, inability to take a bath, and excessive sweating during the hot and stuffy period, which leads to microbial infection. Light brown or discolored oval patches appear in the wrinkles of the armpits, neck, torso, etc. where sweat is easily accumulated, and sometimes merge into one large area. The itching sensation is obvious when sweating, but it is not easy to detect at other times.

Treatment: Keep the skin ventilated and dry, and use antimicrobial topical medications.

2. Prickly heat is the common name for sweat gland inflammation

Causes and symptoms: One of the causes of itchy skin during breastfeeding is prickly heat. The traditional confinement habit of not catching cold affects the mother's sweating function. When the sweat glands' sweating function is blocked, inflammation is likely to occur. Small, itchy red papules usually appear on the trunk where sweating occurs easily, and the condition will be more serious on the back due to prolonged confinement in bed.

Treatment: When you sweat a lot, wipe it clean with a towel and maintain a suitable room temperature, and the condition will improve easily.

3. Unexplained papules

Causes and symptoms: One of the reasons for itchy skin during lactation is unexplained papules. The cause of the disease is still unclear. The general symptoms are small red rashes on the belly, especially near the stretch marks, which gradually merge into one and slowly spread to the thighs.

Treatment: It will disappear naturally within 1-3 months after delivery

4. Urticaria

Causes and symptoms: One of the causes of itchy skin during breastfeeding is urticaria. There are many causes of urticaria, including eating rice wine, taking medicines and stress. It usually manifests as a red lump like a mosquito bite that slowly merges into a large area. Treatment: Oral medication is required to control the condition, it is a chronic disease and usually takes half a year or more to improve.

Constant itching of the skin is a nuisance to normal people, and it is even more unbearable for breastfeeding mothers who are recuperating and recovering. Mothers who suffer from itchy skin during breastfeeding can refer to the introduction in this article to determine the cause of their itchy skin, and then carry out targeted treatment. I believe that the itchy skin will be relieved or eliminated soon.