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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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