MASTITIS
Disease information
MASTITIS
Mastitis
.
Inflammation and
infection
of the chest of
a
woman whom it
has
given to light recently.
It happens in 1% of the cases and is more frequent in the women who give the chest to their
children
.
Complications.
If one does not treat, can cause abscesses.
Prognosis.
Observation of the symptoms.
File and physical examination by
a
doctor
.
Analysis of blood and culture of milk.
To call to the
doctor
if.
It happens the following thing during the treatment: the fever goes off until 38, 3º.
It
has
symptoms of an
abscess
:
a
located affluent zone, with progressive reddening, pain, sensitivity and fluctuation (when it tightens it, seems
a
swollen globe)
Causes.
Infection
by
bacteria
that introduce in the chests of the
mother
through the nose or throat of the baby.
Estreptococos estafilococos the most
common
germs are aureus and beta - hemoli'ticos.
Signs and symptoms.
The symptoms can be presented / displayed at any time,
but
they generally appear 3 or 4 weeks after the childbirth.
The most usual symptoms include:
Fever.
Sensible Pecho (s) inflamed, warms up.
Factors of risk.
Abrasion
of the
nipple
.
Blockade of the galactóforos conduits to take too tight sujetadores, to sleep mouth down or to distance excessively the takings.
The use of sacaleches electrical or manual.
Prevention.
Lávese the nipples before the takings.
Lávese the hands before touching the chests.
Take comfortable, nontight sujetadores.
If
a
nipple
is cracked, applies to cream of lanolina or another topical medicine recommended by its
doctor
.
It does not sleep mouth down.
Diagnosis and treatment.
Sanitary precautions.
Lávese the nipples before the takings.
Lávese the hands before touching the chests.
Take comfortable, nontight sujetadores.
If
a
nipple
is cracked, applies to cream of lanolina or another topical medicine recommended by its
doctor
.
It does not sleep mouth down.
Treatment.
The treatment is
doctor
.
If abceso is developed it can be necessary to open it surgically (to see abcesos)
General measures.
Every time applies to the inflamed chest ice in
a
plastic
stock market covered with
a
towel of 3 to 6 times to the day during to 20 15 minutes.
During the hour after feeding the baby it does not use the ice bags
but
compresas I warm up.
Continue feeding the boy even
though
its chests are infected.
Use the first affected chest, to cause complete draining.
If an
abscess
forms, lets use the affected chest.
Sírvase of sacaleches to drain the chest infected with regularity.
Use the other chest normally.
Medication.
Antibiotics to fight infección. Termine to take them although disappear the symptoms.
Analgesic. For the slight annoyances, it can buy
a
medicine without prescription, like paracetamol or metamizol.
Activity
.
Keep bed until the fever and the pain diminish.
It can read or watch the television.
Diet.
There is no special diet.
While the fever lasts, it drinks much
liquid
.
Systems of diagnosticos.
Car taken care of after the diagnosis.
Medical treatment.
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