Nelaktatsionny Mastitis often occurs during hormonal disorders. For example, it often occurs in women during menopause and menopause, as well as in adolescents (both girls and boys), which is connected with hormonal changes, and immunocompromised.

What nelaktatsionny mastitis and why it may occur

Nelaktatsionny mastitis - is an inflammatory process in the breast, which began outside the period of feeding the child Feeding your baby - optimal breastfeeding   feeding (lactation). Such mastitis are much less common than lactation. The reasons they may be different, but they are mainly associated with hormonal disorders Hormonal disorders: causes and the most frequent disease   and with reduced immunity. For example, such mastitis often occur with hormonal decline in women. Reduced production of female sex hormones begins after 45 years, but then begins menopause, 50 - 55 years of menopause usually occurs. During this time a woman becomes very sensitive to any infection.

In adolescent girls breast tissue under the influence of estrogen increases, but as a rule, rapid growth and development of the organism lead to decreased immunity, all of which can be a cause of mastitis Mastitis - what to do with the inflammation of the breast? . For the same reason mastitis may occur in boys.

In all these cases, the infection can fall into the breast tissue through small abrasions in the skin or in the nipple, as well as with blood from other infection foci.

Finally, nelaktatsionny often mastitis is the result of surgical interventions on the mammary gland, for example, when making a wound infection after removal of a benign tumor.

Symptoms of mastitis nelaktatsionnogo

Nelaktatsionny mastitis usually occurs not as hard as lactation. However, the process can not be run as it can go into acute purulent and condition sharply deteriorated. Acute process may also subside and become chronic with periodic exacerbations.

Acute nelaktatsionny mastitis begins with the appearance of swelling and pain in the breast. Sometimes almost immediately increase and become painful axillary lymph nodes. Pain can be both minor and very strong, so much so that it is difficult to raise my hand. This condition, if in time to see a doctor, respond well to treatment.

But you can not help but notice how the process will go into purulent, then high fever, aches are pulling and tugging in the field of breast cancer appears redness, swelling, and increased physician during the examination can detect signs of the appearance of liquid at the site of inflammation. All these symptoms indicate the presence of festering and need emergency assistance.

Body temperature in the disease may be normal or slightly elevated. The mammary gland is enlarged in size at the site of inflammation, sometimes in this location may be redness of the skin and retraction. If a chronic process started after the acute, you can see the fistula (channels that connect the cavity with pus from the surface of the skin) with scanty purulent discharge. Axillary lymph nodes are enlarged. In some cases manifestations of chronic mastitis similar to breast cancer.

Diagnosis nelaktatsionnogo mastitis

Nelaktatsionny mastitis has characteristic symptoms, and if in time to see a doctor, it is they, of course, see. Confirm mastitis is possible by means of ultrasound, planting discharge from the nipple or fistulas in the culture medium (microbiological testing) and in some cases even by taking a piece of tissue for laboratory examination (biopsy).

In addition, a complete examination of the patient in order to identify the primary disorder that could disrupt hormonal or reduced immunity.

Treatment of mastitis nelaktatsionnogo

Treatment of acute mastitis nelaktatsionnogo depends on the phase of the disease. In the initial phase, when there began the formation of an abscess, conservative treatment is carried out: an antibiotic is prescribed, taking into account the sensitivity of pathogens to them, mammary gland creates a calm and exalted position. When mastitis abscess surgery is performed the autopsy abscess.

Nelaktatsionnyh mastitis prevention is timely treatment to the doctor for any changes in the breast, as well as in the treatment of all diseases that can lead to decreased immunity and hormonal background.

Galina Romanenko

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