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• Apply ice/cold packs for 10-20 minutes every one to two hours while you are awake. • Avoid too much heat. However, if a warm compress prior to breastfeeding or pumping is soothing, you can use it sparingly.
- Apply ice packs 1-2 hourly and after a feed for 10 minutes - If needed and where no contraindication exists, take pain-relief and non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) regularly.
28 gru 2022 · Empiric therapeutic regimens for mastitis are outlined below, including those for nursing mothers, patients with recurrent mastitis, and persons with nonpuerperal mastitis. Nursing mothers...
• Cold packs after and between feeds may help with pain relief and swelling reduction. • It is important to rest and ask for help at home. • Consider short term use of pain relief such as paracetamol or ibuprofen, as directed If the problem does not get better within 12-24 hours or you suddenly feel very ill, contact your doctor.
• Apply ice/cold packs for 10-20 minutes every one to two hours while you are awake. • Avoid too much heat. However, if a warm compress prior to breastfeeding or pumping is soothing, you can use it sparingly.
• Prevent inflammatory mastitis from becoming infectious--breast infection--or an abscess • Use cold packs on your breasts for 20 minutes before pumping (see Suggestions for Making and Using Cold Packs below)
Note higher and more frequent 6-hourly doses of antibiotics are required in mastitis treatment to ensure adequate tissue penetration. Low dose i.e., 250mg or 8-hourly dosing may result in treatment failure. Duration of treatment required can vary from 5 to 10 days.
