The probability of a fever in lactational mastitis is very high, but I have heard of it and do not think that it will happen to me. Today I would like to share with you the experience of mastitis fever and how to deal with it.
It was summer, and the summer in Chongqing was very hot, so I had to turn on the air conditioner to sleep, and then I was woken up in the middle of the night. When I was woken up by the cold, I thought it was because the air conditioner was too low, I turned the air conditioner up a little, after lying down, I found that there was no use, still cold, I went to add a quilt, still cold, this time the consciousness is not right. I quickly took my temperature with a temperature gun, and when I looked, it was over, 37 degrees 3, and I had a fever. By this time, I hadn't realized it was mastitis fever, and I thought it was a common cold, because it was the middle of the night, I was at home with a child, and I couldn't go to the hospital or anything
The next morning, my husband came back and I told him I had a fever and I had to go to the pharmacy outside to get some fever reducer. As a result, I went to the pharmacy to get the medicine, the clerk did not give it, saying that the nursing mother was not suitable for medication, and the baby was only two months old, so I had to go home and stay by myself.
The back body temperature is getting higher and higher, the fever is 38 degrees 3, the chest is also hot, this time I realized that I am mastitis fever, asked a circle of surrounding mothers, there is no experience of mastitis fever, I only have to think of my own way. Added a prolactinator's phone, after explaining the situation, the prolactinist told me that I was acute mastitis fever, the mammary glands were blocked, there were not many hard blocks, let the baby suck more, suck through, if it still does not work, you need to massage and unblock.
In the end, I relied on my own methods to reduce the fever
1. Drink more warm boiled water
When you have a fever, you will consume the water in the body, be sure to replenish it in time, even if you no longer like to drink water, force yourself to drink more to avoid dehydration
2. Physical cooling
Use a medical cold compress from infants and young children to apply to the forehead and back of the neck to dissipate heat
3. Pay attention to rest
When the fever occurs, the whole person is weak and muddy, and more rest helps to restore strength
4. After sweating, dry and change clothes in time, otherwise it is easy to catch a cold
5. Unclog the mammary glands
Massage the chest, when feeding the baby, hold down the hard block and gently rub it, let the baby suck more, massage more, suck it through, otherwise the breast glands will be blocked and will repeat the fever again.
Warm tips: When the balance of supply and demand is not reached in the early stage, the milking baby must be sucked out with a breast pump, otherwise it will easily lead to breast blockage. Don't be lazy! I can't get up in the middle of the night to suck, that's how I got caught.