Patient's question:
The baby is three days away from one week old. Yesterday at noon, I ate something spicy, and in the afternoon, I noticed some pain and hardness in my breasts! Last night and this morning, after applying warm compresses, the pain went away, but the hardness remained. Yesterday, I vomited some milk that was slightly yellow, but today it's normal! What could be the reason?Doctor's answer:
According to your condition, consider that eating spicy and irritating foods may have caused acute mastitis. Eat less foods that cause stomach upset and consume more high-protein foods, especially high-quality protein. It is generally not recommended to stop breastfeeding, as stopping breastfeeding not only interferes with the baby's feeding but also increases the risk of milk stagnation. However, breastfeeding should be stopped on the affected side, and a breast pump should be used to extract all the milk to promote smooth milk discharge. Local cold compresses should be applied to help reduce early inflammation. Breast patients should eat light and highly nutritious foods, such as tomatoes, green vegetables, loofah, cucumbers, chrysanthemum leaves, edible chrysanthemum, fresh lotus root, water chestnuts, and red bean soup.