Mastitis during breastfeeding
Introduction
The thought of having to deal with mastitis while breastfeeding is a concern for many pregnant women and new mothers.
If you recognize yourself in this description, the article in the next lines is for you.
In fact, this is content that I have prepared to help you recognize, prevent and solve the problem of mastitis during breastfeeding.
Before starting, I'll leave you some useful information:
- To best start the journey of sweet waiting, I recommend you take a look at the multidisciplinary prenatal video course and the breastfeeding video course , designed for you by Doctor Maria Chiara Alvisi, the midwife at the Yule Center .
- You can also find us on Instagram with the profile @drsilva.com_official
What is mastitis during breastfeeding
To understand what mastitis is during breastfeeding, you need to start from the previous video.
In the content, Doctor Maria Chiara Alvisi specifies that mastitis is a localized infection of the breast that occurs during breastfeeding .
This is a pretty serious situation. The good news, however, is that it is not very frequent.
Cause
There are various causal factors that can lead to the onset of mastitis during breastfeeding .
This condition never comes suddenly: it is in fact favored by several circumstances, including untreated breast cracks .
If you are interested in discovering the best tips for managing them when they arise, I invite you to take a look at the contents of the vertical video course on breastfeeding by Doctor Alvisi.
In general, when you have cracks, it's good to be aware that the less you put pressure on the breast, the better.
In many cases, it is the puppy itself that, through sucking, causes the proliferation of potentially pathogenic bacteria.
Continuing with the list of risk factors that can lead to the onset of mastitis, a dutiful mention must be made of breast engorgement .
These situations, which are characterised by the presence of an area of the breast that is not drained and which remains so for several days, see milk that remains in a state of stasis at 37/38°C as a fertile ground for the proliferation of pathogenic germs .