Patient's question:
What is the illness, please help me see if it could be a galactoceles? If so, how should I treat it? Because of blocked milk, a lump has formed, and it's also below. There are white blisters on the nipple, so I pierced them with a needle. The milk flowed. But the nipple has been hurting. I thought it might get better gradually. But since the day before yesterday, the areola has swelled, and it's very painful, and the nipple also hurts. In the morning of the day before yesterday, I went to see a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. The doctor told me to bring the milk out at home. He also prescribed some Chinese herbal medicine, which I took. But the lump keeps recurring. Now it has become a small hard lump, like it won't go down. What should I do? The night before yesterday, there was another hard lump in the breast. I used hot water to rub it and expressed the milk, but it was gone in the morning. But yesterday...Doctor's answer:
Medical Analysis: First, it is absolutely essential not to get angry during breastfeeding. What happened to you at night was engorgement, caused by anger leading to liver stagnation and impaired blood and qi circulation. Such milk lacks nutrition and can be harmful to the child. In severe cases, the child may experience diarrhea and abdominal bloating.Advice: It would be best for you to describe the traditional Chinese medicine prescribed by your previous doctor so I can analyze where the issue lies. If applying warm compresses helps alleviate the symptoms, it suggests that the medicine prescribed by the previous doctor was too cooling, leading to a "freezing" effect, along with qi stagnation and blood stasis. As for whether it's a breast milk cyst, there's no need to worry. With early and proper treatment using traditional Chinese medicine, it will improve quickly. It's crucial to maintain a positive mood and think about good things, which will also benefit the child.