During breastfeeding, many women at least once faced with such a problem as lactostasis - stagnation in the breast milk. How dangerous this disease if treatment lactostasis and there traditional methods?
Lactostasis represents violation outflow milk from the mammary gland, thereby manifested painful seal, characterized instantaneous addition of various complications. That is why the manifestation of the first symptoms of this disease should be as fast and get rid of.
What to do with stagnation of milk / istockphoto.com
Although it happens that a nursing mother may not immediately notice that her breasts that something is wrong, so every hour process will complicated, but the breast become more intense, which can lead to difficulties in feeding, and thus to strengthen lactostasis.
If the stagnation of milk occurred recently, then you can try to express milk while standing under a warm shower. Hardened lumps should also gently massage without pressing hard on the chest, as excessive pressure can aggravate the process and lead to complications.
Just moments in stagnant milk must be heated slightly before each breast feeding, applying thereto, soaked in warm (not hot) water, towel.
All movements should be directed from the outer part of the breast to the nipple. After a warm shower should put the baby to the breast. It should be carried out such activities at least three times a day with milk stasis. If, after feeding in the breast is the voltage, it should once again be under a warm shower jets and decant until the end of the unfinished milk. If a warm shower does not give a positive dynamics and the swelling does not go away, it can be applied to facilitate the cool cloth.
In addition to these manipulations, so there are the same number of folk remedies, and facilitate preventing lactostasis process.
Breastfeeding cabbage leaf
Compress of cabbage at lactostasis / istockphoto.com
In order to facilitate the well-being at a standstill in the chest, you need to put to the breast cabbage leaf, updating it periodically. To do so, wash the cabbage leaf under running water before use and make it a few notches to cabbage juice stood out. This manipulation can help relieve pain in the chest, remove the heat and temperature.
Breastfeeding chamomile decoction
Lactostasis good prevention is breastfeeding wipes moistened with chamomile extract. For this it is necessary to fill in 1 cup boiling water 2 tbsp. l. chamomile and infuse for two hours. Then moisten a soft gauze diaper or cut in the infusion and apply it to his chest in the area of the nipple. This procedure should be carried out up to three times a day, which will help to quickly get rid of lactostasis and prevent the occurrence of mastitis.
Breastfeeding baked onions
Often with the stagnation of milk in the breast, can help relieve the symptoms of baked onions. Not hot, but not quite cooled it should be applied to the inflamed areas on the breast for 5-10 minutes. It is advisable to do this procedure twice a day until the swelling does not go away completely.
At any use of folk remedies, so do not neglect the advice of a doctor, as maternal and child health - are priceless. Be healthy!
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