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How to solve lactation problems after childbirth?
How to proceed in the period of a food load?
An attack is a physiological period of lactation, in which the amount of food rapidly increases under the influence of prolactin. Its production is not stabilized, therefore the congestion of the breasts increases. The onset of this state is on the second-sixth day after delivery.
To do this, you need to:
How to deal with edema or stagnation of food?
Swelling and stagnation are the result of improper treatment of the attack. The breast is then swollen, hard, hot, red, shiny and painful. As long as the breast milk flows out, we are dealing with edema, if there is a problem with the outflow, we are talking about stagnation. The temperature may be elevated.
What to do?
If the food stagnates, start the flow before feeding.
To do this, you need to:
Remember!
Strong pressure, massaging, and mistreatment of the breasts cause damage to the tense milk alveoli, which usually results in breast inflammation and abscess.
What is a milk duct clog?
Swelling or stagnation of food in one lobe of the mammary gland is caused by blockage in one of the milk or discharge ducts. In one place of the mammary gland there is a thickening, usually tender, less often painful. The skin over the affected area may be red. The whole process is slow, it may even go unnoticed until it becomes inflamed.
What to do?
How to deal with breast inflammation?
In inflammation, the breast is red, swollen, hot, and very painful. You can feel places clearly harder than the rest of the gland and very tender. In addition, malaise is added, and often the symptoms typical for the onset of flu: chills, a feeling of breakdown, bone pain, headache and increased body temperature (above 38.4 degrees C)
How to proceed?
REMEMBER!!!
IF, WITH A SYSTEMATIC, CORRECT PROCEDURE, THE FEVER DOESN'T LOWER AFTER 24 HOURS, YOU SHOULD CONNECT TO THE LACTATION ADVISORY OR TO A GYNECOLOGIST!
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