Patient's question:
I got married last year. Recently, I've been experiencing lower abdominal pain, especially during my period. I'm very worried about it affecting my fertility, and I'm also extremely sensitive to cold and coldness. What should I do if my breasts are swollen, red, and pus-filled?Doctor's answer:
The most common symptoms of mastitis are breast swelling, pain, lumps that are tender to the touch, redness, and fever. If it continues to develop, the symptoms worsen, and the breast may experience pulsating pain. Severe cases of mastitis may also be accompanied by high fever, chills, significant breast swelling and pain, localized skin redness and swelling, hard lumps, tenderness, and enlarged, tender lymph nodes in the axilla on the affected side. The inflammation typically softens within a few days, forming a breast abscess with a fluctuating sensation. The skin over a deep abscess may appear red, but the fluctuation may not be apparent. Currently, there are many clinical methods for treating mastitis, and different treatment approaches are often chosen based on the individual circumstances of the patient. Inflammatory lumps often soften and form abscesses within a few days. Superficial abscesses can be detected by palpation, while deep abscesses require needle aspiration to confirm.