BREAST ABSCESS
Some women develop a breast abscess while breastfeeding, called a lactational breast abscess. An abscess is a collection of infected fluid within the breast tissue. The aim of treatment is to cure the abscess quickly and effectively, ensuring maximum benefit to the mother with minimal interruption of breastfeeding.
It is relatively common for a lactating mother to develop a breast abscess as a complication of mastitis.
CLINICAL FEATURES
Nursing mothers are most vulnerable to breast abscess at two stages:
During the first month of lactation following the first pregnancy when due to inexperience and inadequate hygiene, the nipples are more likely to be damaged. During the first month after delivery, 85 % of lactational breast abscesses occur.
The signs and symptoms of breast abscesses are the following:
Well-defined fluctuant lump in the affected breast
Pain in the affected breast
Redness, swelling, and tenderness in an area of the breast
Fever and malaise
Enlarged axillary lymph nodes
TREATMENT
General measures are listed as follows:
Analgesics
Breast support
Breast emptying and continuation of breastfeeding
Antistaphylococcal antibiotics
SPECIFIC MEASURED
Aspiration of pus
Ultrasonography (USG) guided
Needle aspiration
Incision and drainage( under local or general anesthesia).
YOU CAN CONTINUE to breastfeed with an abscess. It will not harm your baby. If it is painfull to breastfeed from the affected side expell the milk with the help of a breast pump.
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Some women develop a breast abscess while breastfeeding, called a lactational breast abscess. An abscess is a collection of infected fluid within the breast tissue. The aim of treatment is to cure the abscess quickly and effectively, ensuring maximum benefit to the mother with minimal interruption of breastfeeding.
It is relatively common for a lactating mother to develop a breast abscess as a complication of mastitis.
CLINICAL FEATURES
Nursing mothers are most vulnerable to breast abscess at two stages:
During the first month of lactation following the first pregnancy when due to inexperience and inadequate hygiene, the nipples are more likely to be damaged. During the first month after delivery, 85 % of lactational breast abscesses occur.
The signs and symptoms of breast abscesses are the following:
Well-defined fluctuant lump in the affected breast
Pain in the affected breast
Redness, swelling, and tenderness in an area of the breast
Fever and malaise
Enlarged axillary lymph nodes
TREATMENT
General measures are listed as follows:
Analgesics
Breast support
Breast emptying and continuation of breastfeeding
Antistaphylococcal antibiotics
SPECIFIC MEASURED
Aspiration of pus
Ultrasonography (USG) guided
Needle aspiration
Incision and drainage( under local or general anesthesia).
YOU CAN CONTINUE to breastfeed with an abscess. It will not harm your baby. If it is painfull to breastfeed from the affected side expell the milk with the help of a breast pump.
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