What should I do if there is pus in acute mastitis
Release time : 05/09/2025 09:30:02
In daily life, women are prone to various diseases if they are not careful, and these diseases may cause serious harm to women.
Acute mastitis is one of the diseases among women.
Some women experience suppurative conditions when they develop acute mastitis. What should be done? If a woman has acute mastitis with pus, it indicates that the patient's condition is very serious. At this point, treatment is required.
If the patient does not receive timely treatment, mastitis with pus may potentially progress to more serious breast diseases.
When acute mastitis has pus, what should be done? 1. Acute mastitis generally occurs in primiparous women, primarily due to the failure to completely express milk during sucking, leading to the phenomenon of milk stagnation.
If a patient experiences acute mastitis and has pus, it indicates that the condition is gradually worsening. At this time, symptomatic treatment should be administered firstly. A traditional Chinese medicine can be used for detoxification and permeation of pus.
2. If the therapeutic effects of traditional Chinese medicine are not satisfactory, it is necessary to switch to surgical drainage for treatment to prevent harm to the patient.
In cases where the areola and nipple areas are involved, patients can opt for a method of needle aspiration to drain pus.
3. After drainage, you need to take appropriate amounts of antibiotics to prevent infection.
During this period, local hot compress is also needed to improve the patient's condition and symptoms. During this period, you must take more rest and evacuate the breast in a timely manner. During the treatment period, you must not breastfeed the child to avoid causing negative effects on the child's body., is not conducive to the child's growth and development.
4. Patients need to pay attention to taking more rest in normal times and ensure sufficient rest time and sleep time, which are all important.
During the recuperation period, you need to wear loose and breathable underwear, and try not to wear underwear when you are at home, which is conducive to the recovery of the breast.
What are the causes of acute mastitis in patients? If acute mastitis develops in normal times, it may lead to a series of lesions in the breast, which may have a certain impact on the patient's life and body.
When acute mastitis occurs, there are certain reasons. What are the specific reasons? 1. If milk accumulation occurs in the breast, it will cause bacteria to reproduce and grow.
There are many reasons for milk accumulation. If the patient's nipple is too small or invaginated, it will hinder breastfeeding. Moreover, if the pregnant woman fails to correct the invaginated nipple in time before childbirth, the baby will feel the difficulty while sucking milk. This will lead to milk accumulation.
2. If there is too much milk in the breast and it is incomplete when emptying, and the mother does not empty the excess milk in the breast in time, milk accumulation may occur. There is also a situation where the milk ducts are blocked. At this time, if there is inflammation or tumor in the mammary duct itself, external pressure, and shedding fibers in the bra will also block the mammary duct, which can easily cause milk accumulation.
3. If bacteria invade into the nipple, the baby will have difficulty inhaling it, which can easily cause damage to the skin around the nipple.
In this case, bacteria can invade along the lymphatic vessels and cause infection.
This situation is the main way to cause acute mastitis.
4. If the baby sleeps with the nipple in his mouth in normal times, the inflammation in the baby's mouth will directly invade. If it spreads to the stroma of the breast, it will easily lead to purulent infection.
Under such circumstances, the majority of pathogens are Staphylococcus aureus.
Symptoms of acute mastitis When women develop acute mastitis, they usually have certain symptoms.
When symptoms occur, the patient must go to the hospital in time for examination and treatment, which will help the recovery of the breast.
What are the symptoms of acute mastitis? 1. In the early stage of acute simple mastitis, the main symptoms are breast swelling pain, as well as local skin temperature and tenderness. Indulgence with unclear boundaries may appear in the breast, and there is a touch.
In the early stages of acute mastitis, prompt treatment can quickly cure it.
2. If acute mastitis suppurates, local skin redness, swelling, heat and pain will occur, and there will be obvious induration. When touching, the pain will become more severe. In addition, the patient may experience weakness, headache, high fever, chills, rapid pulse and other systemic symptoms.
At this time, enlarged lymph nodes will also appear under the armpit and feel painful. When passing the test, the number of white blood cells will increase, and in severe cases, sepsis may occur.
3. When an abscess is formed, due to improper treatment measures or the further severity of the condition, local tissue will be liquefied and necrotic. At this time, infection lesions of varying sizes will appear and then fuse with each other, making it easy to appear.
The formation of abscesses can be divided into unicellular or multilocular.
Some superficial abscesses are easy to detect, but some deeper abscesses are not very obvious and are not easy to detect.
4. If a patient with mastitis has obvious systemic symptoms and the effect is not obvious when receiving local and systemic medication, it is necessary to puncture the painful area, then withdraw the pus for smearing, and then check the published cells before making a clear diagnosis.
Nursing methods for acute mastitis When a woman develops acute mastitis, it will have a certain impact on the woman's body and life. Therefore, when mastitis occurs in normal times, more care can be provided, which will help the recovery of the disease.
When acute mastitis occurs, how should care be taken? 1. In the early stages, massage or suction can be used to prevent abscess formation.
Patients or family members can gently massage with their fingers in the direction of the nipple, and then push and knead it with pressure, so that only the flow can flow to the opening, and then use a breast pump to suck the milk, so that the orifice of the breast can be sucked through and blocked. After suction, the milk should be emptied to prevent further blockages.
2. If acute mastitis occurs, traditional Chinese medicine can be applied externally, and traditional Chinese medicine can be applied to the breast on the affected side. This can reduce the pain in the breast. The baby cannot be allowed to sleep with the nipple in his mouth. Moreover, the bra must be used after breastfeeding. Pull the breast up, which has a certain protective effect on the breast.
3. Be sure to keep the nipples clean during the non-milk period. Always use warm water to clean the nipples. It is okay to breastfeed regularly. Be sure to empty the milk when breastfeeding.
If there is too much milk and the baby cannot absorb it all, a breast pump needs to be used to empty the milk.
If the patient has fever, breastfeeding cannot be performed at a temperature of 39℃.
4. Patients must have a light diet in normal times and be easy to digest. Eat less meat food, which can prevent excessive secretion of milk and be detrimental to breast emptying.
Patients should not eat more spicy food, which is not conducive to disease recovery.
In normal times, patients should maintain good emotions, relieve worries, eliminate negative emotions, and pay attention to mental conditioning, otherwise it will easily lead to breast accumulation.
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Under normal circumstances, the course of acute mastitis is relatively short, and once treated effectively and promptly, there is no need for it to progress to a purulent stage. Moreover, with proper adjustments, it can also be prevented.
1. It is important for expectant mothers to rest adequately and maintain a positive mood, avoiding any feelings of sorrow or anger.
Patients with excessive fatigue or adverse psychological stimuli can trigger or exacerbate the onset of acute mastitis.
2. Patients should consume a diet that is light in texture and rich in nutrients. It is advisable to consume more lean meat soup, carp soup, milk, loofah, fresh lotus root, etc., while avoiding foods that are spicy, stimulating, and greasy.
Due to the greasy foods leading to such as snarl, it is easy to cause acute mastitis.
3. Make sure to stay warm and prevent catching a cold.
If there is an external wind cold or too cold, it will cause smooth milk secretion, leading to blockage, and easily induce mastitis.
If the patient's nipple is damaged or cracked, you can use egg yolk oil to rub the affected area.
If there is suppurative inflammation in other parts of the body, treat it promptly to prevent inflammation from involving the breast.
You should also breastfeed regularly and keep your nipples clean while breastfeeding. Every time you are breastfeeding, you should absorb all the milk. If there is a phenomenon of milk accumulation, you need to use a hot towel to apply hot compress, and then empty the milk. If milk accumulation cannot be eliminated, you need to go to the hospital for treatment in time to avoid acute suppurative mastitis.
When women develop acute mastitis, they need timely treatment, which can prevent the suppuration of acute mastitis.
if it has already occur, it is even more necessary to go to that hospital for drainage so that breast disease can be completely treated.
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Should you experience discomfort, it is advisable to seek medical attention immediately. The diagnosis and treatment should be based on a consultation with a medical professional in person.