The early symptoms of mastitis mainly include breast fullness and pain, with the most severe pain during breastfeeding. Early symptoms of mastitis can also include loss of appetite and general discomfort, so it's best to seek medical treatment at a hospital in a timely manner. Below, authoritative experts from a well-known women's hospital in Taiyuan will provide a detailed introduction to the early symptoms of mastitis.
Early Symptoms of Mastitis:
1. Initial Stage:
Often begins with nipple fissures, feeling stabbing pain during breastfeeding, accompanied by milk stasis or lumps. Sometimes one or two milk ducts may become blocked. Then localized swelling and pain in the breast occur, with or without lumps, accompanied by tenderness, skin color not red or slightly red, skin not hot or slightly hot. General symptoms are not obvious, or may be accompanied by chills and fever, chest tightness, headache, irritability, mood swings, and loss of appetite.
2. Abscess Formation Stage:
If the lump in the affected breast does not subside or gradually enlarges, local pain worsens, or there is throbbing pain, even continuous severe pain, with significant tenderness. The skin turns red, the skin feels hot, and there is persistent high fever, thirst, nausea, loss of appetite, and enlarged tender lymph nodes in the same-side armpit. Around the 10th day of breast redness, swelling, heat, and pain, the center of the breast lump gradually softens, and when pressed, there is a sensation of fluctuation. Localized diffuse swelling and heat occur, with significant tenderness. Puncture aspiration reveals pus, sometimes pus can flow out from the nipple, and systemic symptoms worsen.
3. Post-Ulceration Stage:
When the acute abscess matures, it may spontaneously rupture and discharge pus, or surgical incision may be needed for drainage. If the pus drains smoothly, then local swelling decreases and pain reduces, fever and chills disappear, and the wound gradually heals. If after ulceration the pus does not drain smoothly, the swelling does not subside, the pain does not reduce, and the fever does not retreat, it may form a bag of pus, or the pus may spread to other milk ducts forming cystic mastitis.
Do you now understand the early symptoms of mastitis? Women who find symptoms of mastitis should promptly seek treatment at a regular hospital.
This article is sourced from Taiyuan Women's Hospital http://www.0351ys.com/