What are the symptoms of milk accumulation?

Mothers must pay attention to breast protection during breastfeeding, because various breast diseases are likely to occur during this process. Therefore, they should develop good breastfeeding habits, especially for mothers with more milk. If they find that their breasts are swollen, they should use a breast pump or other methods to suck out the milk in time to avoid harm to breast health. So, if milk accumulation occurs during lactation, what symptoms will appear?

Symptoms of milk accumulation:

Because you are currently breastfeeding, you cannot rule out the possibility of mastitis. It is recommended that you visit the hospital's surgery department and, if necessary, have a breast color ultrasound to assist in the diagnosis. Normally, you can do radial massage along the direction of the nipple to facilitate milk secretion and keep the milk ducts unobstructed.

Suggestions: In addition, the navel infection may be omphalitis or umbilical skin infection. It is recommended to apply some Levnol gauze wet compress to reduce swelling. It is recommended to go to the surgery department and follow the doctor's advice for treatment.

If a woman secretes too much milk during breastfeeding and the baby cannot finish it, it will cause milk congestion and milk accumulation symptoms, which are generally manifested as lumps, swelling, pain in the breast. In severe cases, fever symptoms will occur, leading to mastitis. It is recommended to apply local hot compress with a towel, and take anti-inflammatory drugs for treatment, and avoid pressing the affected breast when sleeping.

It may be acute mastitis, which is caused by milk stasis and bacterial infection, resulting in breast pain, discomfort and swelling. It can be treated with antibiotics. You cannot breastfeed during the treatment period, as breastfeeding may affect the child.

Suggestions: The body temperature is relatively high now, so it is necessary to use antipyretic drugs first. Baifuning tablets may have a certain effect.

Those who cannot breastfeed now need to suspend breastfeeding. Existing acute mastitis is mostly caused by bacterial infection, which leads to milk congestion, breast pain, and affects breastfeeding. Now there is fever, so antipyretic drugs are needed first.

Suggestions: It is recommended to use intravenous infusion of antibiotics for treatment. You can also use some dandelion, wild chrysanthemum, Zhejiang Fritillary, Coix seed, etc. which have certain effects.