What are the symptoms of mastitis

Breast acute mastitis is the acute suppurative disease, usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus infection. Was particularly prevalent in the early period of breastfeeding mothers. Since bacteria can be damaged or nipple Chapped Nipple Department invasive or directly invasive duct and then spread to the breast in real terms. Generally speaking, the shorter duration of acute mastitis, the prognosis is good, if improperly treated, it will also cause prolonged duration, even with suppurative systemic infection. Acute mastitis Chinese medicine called "milk carbuncle." At the beginning of acute mastitis in the ipsilateral breast Chanman, pain, especially when nursing, lactation impeded, or a breast lump or not, can not obvious systemic symptoms, or with general malaise, poor appetite, irritability symptoms etc.. Then, partial mastectomy, acting like mass is gradually increasing, this may be associated with significant systemic symptoms, such as fever, chills, body weakness, stool drying. Often four to five days abscess formation, there may be breast throb of pain, local skin irritation, translucent. When the mass into septic softened by the fluctuations flu. If the breast deep abscess, the entire breast, there may be swelling, pain, fever, but local skin irritation and not obvious fluctuations, the need to be clear diagnosis puncture. Sometimes abscess can be several months, or has a different periods can be pierced skin, or penetration of milk, wound pus from the nipple overflow. Rupture after the abscess, wound pus drainage patency can be bizhongxiao pain reduction and more. If the treatment of mismanagement, misconduct Shishi, the abscess may be pierced before the pectoralis major muscle fascia loose connective tissue, breast abscess formation or milk created at the site of a spill and leak milk; serious sepsis can occur septic poisoning. Acute mastitis accompanied ipsilateral axillary lymph node swelling, tenderness; the total number of leukocytes and neutrophils increase.