Some tips to treat mastitis

Mastitis is a breast infection caused by bacteria, causing inflammation, itching and pain, usually on one breast or a portion thereof, can cause fever and malaise. If you notice you have these symptoms tell your doctor so that the sooner you start treatment with antibiotics.

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Some tips to treat mastitis
Do not forget to remind here that is going to continue breastfeeding child to prescribe medication that does not affect breastfeeding, and do not stop taking the medication even if you feel better, do not stop breast feeding your child, and that this would only get worse mastitis and increase the pain it causes him.

Mastitis can be a sign that your defenses are down, rest in bed, asleep, refueling, also drain the sinuses to prevent spreading the infection to go in terms of feeding your child may be quiet, because mastitis will not affect the milk and therefore there is no reason to stop breastfeeding.

Mastitis will not do any harm to your baby, but can reduce the amount of milk produced in the affected breast. Remember that germs that caused the infection probably came from the mouth of your baby, so do not need to worry that you go for damage.

Should be very painful to the infected breast feeding, it is best to let the milk flow over a diaper or absorbent cloth while nursing on the other breast, and when the child has to eat the infected breast not hurt as much .

Some experts recommend that you position the baby with her chin to the affected area of ​​the breast, to facilitate pumping.

If the baby does not get empty the inflamed breast at each feeding, you empty it ends with a breast pump. And if you can tolerate the pain to breast milk extraerte test and give your baby a bottle. But do it as little as possible and only to relieve the infection.

When in doubt contact your specialist.