Should Stop Breasfeeding Patients with Mastitis?
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Should Stop Breastfeeding patients with mastitis - Jakarta, Mastitis is an inflammation of the breast with or without infection. Breast symptoms include redness, heat, tension, and swelling accompanied by fever, chills, and pain all over the body.
Breast Inflammation is fairly common according to the Indonesian pediatric association (IDAI), approximately 3-20 percent of breastfeeding mother have mastitis.
Breastfeeding technique may result in the perfect breast is not empty. Breast milk remaining in the breast milk. Stasis is the discontinuation of the body fluid in a body part. If it continues there will be mastitis.
Mastitis symptoms, especially pain, making some mother are reluctant to breastfeed. Though breastfeeding becomes one of the therapies recommended for treating mastitis.To Stop breastfeeding would lead to further complication, even appeared abscess or pus-filled lump in the breast.
If attacked mastitis, actually the mother and baby will be exposed to the same bacteria. However, Breast milk contains Inflammatory substances that may protect the child, so the child should not be afraid of contracting.
If your child is reluctant to suckle at the breast affected by mastitis, it could be because of breastmilk change. sodium content in the milk the breast by pumping.
If you are attracted by mastitis, Remember keep feeding your child. Breastfeed is not harmful to the baby, the baby can even provide much-needed nuRememberthat stopping breastfeed even worsen your symptoms.[K/d]
