Patient's question:
The milk I spit out is like thick mucus—could it be inflammation? I've had a fever all day, it's 38 degrees now. What should I do—go to the hospital immediately or wait and see? Is this breast supposed to stop feeding now? Can I focus on feeding the other side?Doctor's answer:
Hello, during breastfeeding, my breasts are painful and inflamed, with a low-grade fever of over 38 degrees Celsius. You can take paracetamol and cephalexin orally. Stop breastfeeding. It is recommended that you can use a warm towel to apply cold compresses to the breasts, massage in a clockwise direction, and take cephalexin, metronidazole, or receive intravenous cefotaxime and irinotecan treatment. First, stop breastfeeding and use a breast pump to extract all the milk. The low-grade fever can be treated with an intramuscular fever-reducing injection.