Treatment principles for acute mastitis and breast abscess

If female friends suffer from acute mastitis and breast abscess, they must seek timely treatment, otherwise it may easily cause irreversible damage to the health of the breast. The principles of treating acute mastitis and breast cysts are to pay attention to good hygiene and dietary arrangements.

1. Get enough rest, clean your nipples, express the milk, lift your breasts, stop breastfeeding on the affected side, and express the milk with a breast pump. Appropriate use of lactation-reducing drugs can be used, such as oral administration of diethylstilbestrol 1 mg once, 3 times a day, or bromocriptine 2.5 mg once, 3 times a day.

2. Apply local hot compress, or wash 60 grams each of fresh dandelion and honeysuckle leaves, add a little vinegar or wine, and mash them for external application. Support your breasts with wide bands or a bra.

3. 60-80 ml of 0.25% procaine is used for retrobreast sealing to reduce inflammation. Choose broad-spectrum antibiotics orally or intravenously. One million units of penicillin can be dissolved in 20 ml of normal saline and injected around the inflammatory mass.

4. For patients with localized early inflammation, the main treatments are intramuscular injection of blue, streptomycin and local physical therapy. For patients with widespread inflammation and obvious systemic poisoning symptoms, if large doses of intravenous penicillin or erythromycin are ineffective, "C" drug can be used for treatment. Transfuse fresh blood when necessary. Give oral Chinese medicine for clearing heat and detoxifying. If an abscess has formed, it should be incised and drained. The incision should be radial to the nipple, avoiding the areola. For retromammary abscess or deep abscess under the breast, an arc-shaped incision can be made at the sternotomy fold under the breast.

5. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine.