Mastitis - an inflammation of the mammary gland tissue. It is most commonly occurs in women after childbirth, but in some cases it may also occur outside of lactation. Mastitis sometimes begins even in newborn infants, due to the physiological characteristics of their body.

The special status of the newborn - a sexual crisis

In the neonatal period the child has observed the special conditions related to its adaptation to extrauterine life. One of these states is sexual crisis that arises under the influence of sex hormones the mother, entering the body of the fetus during the last weeks of intrauterine development from blood, and during the first days of life with mother's milk.

It manifested in the form of a sexual crisis engorgement in children of both sexes. Cancer increases by 2 - 5 day of life, reaching to the 8 - 10 day value of a walnut. The skin over the enlarged gland is not changed, the overall condition of the child, in most cases, does not suffer. By the end of 2 - 3 weeks of life breasts decrease without treatment.

Why can begin mastitis newborn

Mastitis newborn may occur in the first weeks of life, during a sexual crisis and physiological engorgement when their segments increased by several times. There is infected with the increase in size under the influence of hormones elements breast. The causative agent of the disease is often a staph Staphylococcus , Infection which usually occurs by contact (from the mother or from the medical staff).

With the development of purulent process in the gland lobules are formed in one or more ulcers. Due to the underdevelopment of the capsule gland inflammation are rarely limited to a single slice, and passes to the surrounding tissue, areola, skin and subcutaneous tissue.

Symptoms of mastitis in newborns

Disease begins acutely. The mammary gland is increased, compacted, increases its local temperature, there is a reddening and swelling of the areola, and within 1 - 2 days appears symptom fluctuation or fluctuation when at the push fingers of one hand on the surface of the breast with the other hand you can feel the vibrations in the cavity filled with fluid in this case, with pus.

The general condition of the child is getting worse: he becomes lethargic, is not breastfeeding, the body temperature rises. If untreated, the inflammatory process can be progressively extended.

This mastitis can be complicated by necrosis and loss of breast tissue and the development of suppuration (cellulitis) of the chest.

Treatment of mastitis newborn

Treatment of mastitis Mastitis - what to do with the inflammation of the breast?   Zippers can be conservative and surgical. It is not abscess began (under the infiltration of inflammatory process) is applied topically warming compresses, ointment dressings, dry heat, physical therapy (eg, UHF). Influenced by early treatment inflammatory process may be subjected to reverse development.

When suppuration (abscess) operative treatment. Sections on the site of fluctuations in the breast produce a beam in the direction of the areola. The length of the section should be 1 - 1, 5 cm. After the operation the wound drainage is inserted - a thin strip of rubber, through which flows from the wound a wound fluid. On top of the wound bandage with a hypertonic solution of sodium chloride (salt), and after 2 - 3 hours it was replaced with an ointment bandage.

After the operation carried UHF therapy, prescribe broad-spectrum antibiotics. In uncomplicated cases for 4 - 5 days after surgery improves overall condition, normal temperature, a week later absorbed and infiltrate the wound heals. In the case of mastitis complications phlegmon chest and sepsis (blood infection) Treatment Policy Pay by methods adopted in these diseases.

The prognosis of neonatal mastitis is usually favorable. But with significant melting and necrosis (tissue death) of breast cancer in girls in the future may cause asymmetry in the development of cancer, blocked ducts, which in the future could adversely affect lactation.

Prevention of neonatal mastitis is the identification and treatment of all foci of infection in the mother. Also of great importance early detection and treatment of foci of infection of the staff of maternity hospitals, since they, too, can become a source of infection for infants. No less important is also carefully comply with all health requirements for the facilities where the woman in childbirth and newborns.

Mastitis, like any chronic inflammatory disease that can always prevent, prevent the ingress of infection in the body of a newborn baby.

Galina Romanenko

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