For pregnant women, obstruction of milk after giving birth is an obsession because the pain is more painful than during birth. Fear of using antibiotics will lose breast milk, many people find ways.
Clogged milk - postpartum mother's suffering
Dr. Le Thi Kim Dung (Thai Ha Medical Center) said that when the breast is blocked, the breasts are bigger than normal and are getting more and more tense, painful and do not produce milk or little milk. not out. Milk stagnated inside causing fever and pain. When not treated in time, the blockage of the milk will turn into a very dangerous breast abscess.
4 mistakes when correcting obstructive milk many pregnant mothers often make
At the Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, there are also frequent cases of blockage of milk rays after giving birth. Most of them are mothers who give birth for the first time, obstructing colostrum. There are many cases when it is too long to only use tips, especially using leaves to handle leading to an abscess, critical.
Use a brush, thanks to her husband
These are the ways that many people still believe in using. The swollen chest was almost an abscess, the patient's family member squeezed it too soon, or the husband used his mouth to help suck out the curled milk. Spreading the infection causes damage to the surrounding soft tissue, leading to a worse condition.
Using the wrong leaf coverings
The way many women tell each other to use leaves such as dandelion, royal queen ... to reduce swelling, reduce the volume more than unclog milk glands. They can cause burns, causing dermatitis, so should be used with caution. When used, there may be cases that cure all but the main cause is due to the baby's sucking force, not necessarily the leaves.
Drink less water to reduce milk secretion to reduce blockage of milk
This will cause the body to not produce enough milk, reducing the amount of milk of the baby. Also, if you get clogged with a fever, you should add more water.
Delay taking anti-inflammatory drugs
This is also a mistake many mothers make. Remember that sometimes you need to take anti-inflammatory drugs to help relieve pain and prevent infection, because of the severe obstruction. Don't worry because the medicine won't decrease your milk supply.
How to get milk, mom?
Doctors recommend, when detecting acute obstruction, mothers need to calmly perform the following steps:
Clean and examine the chest area
Use a warm washcloth or warm compress to let the follicles relax, dissolving the milk clump. Gently massage along from the breast milk to dark circles, massage around the boundary between pain and pain-free, massage to soften dark circles, wipe nipples and breastfeed.
Massage, milking by hand
After breastfeeding is complete, it is possible to combine using an extra breast pump, if the mother does not breastfeed directly, then pump milk. Best to use electric breast pumps, strong suction power. It is important to remember to massage the areola before suction / milking to stimulate milk loss. When you see the melted milk, you need to cool the breast, apply a cool towel or bag.
In the case of mild blockages, milk can be expressed by hand. Use your hand to massage the clogged milk bulb, the curled milk bags inside will gradually melt and squeeze the milk gently. Use one hand to press the breast against the chest wall or use hands together. Pressing this time will dissolve the frozen milk.
Note, squeezing, not rubbing it will work for the blockage located deep in the breast and dissolve the frozen milk. Apply gentle pressure to tolerable pain. Day slowly in a circle, gradually increasing about 20 times.
Use herbs
In addition, pregnant women can apply a remedy to treat the blockage of milk such as drinking water with clover leaf. Accordingly, taking a handful of lentils leaves washed, yellow stars, then earth, sharp like Chinese medicine will have a quick effect.
Or you can boil a peeled egg or hot rice wrapped in a washcloth on your breasts. Gently rolling in from the outside until the rice is sunny and the egg cools will help the milk sprinkle more quickly.
Infrared light
Where measures have been applied but found no effect. The chest still feels tight and the fever happens when the milk is blocked. Mom needs to go to the hospital early to handle it promptly. Currently all hospitals have physiotherapy using infrared lights, blue light ... Softening breasts, clearing rays to help pregnant women with blocked milk rays, erection. The heat of the lamp has analgesic and antispasmodic effects. Vasodilates, increases metabolism and local nutrition
4. How to prevent clogged milk jets
Want to prevent the blockage of milk, postpartum mothers need to pay close attention to the following issues:
It is best to keep the nipples clean, especially between the nipples.
Before feeding, to wipe clean and squeeze a few drops of the discarded first milk, when finished feeding must be cleaned and dry. If some rays are clogged or flowed intermittently when milking, rub the breasts to soften. Then milking vigorously to clear the tube during feeding will avoid blocking the milk jet.
Breastfeed for the first 24 hours so that your baby can enjoy colostrum.
Mothers often eat dairy foods to help support the functioning of better milk glands, increase milk production.
The mother breastfeeds regularly and properly.
When there are signs of erection, treat immediately and drink fresh dandelion leaves as above for timely treatment. Avoid letting the unfortunate situation occur when the mother has a purulent abscess. Must intervene with surgery, must use antibiotics, the baby has stopped breastfeeding, the risk of the mother losing milk is very high.
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