Patient's question:
Breast duct blockage, forming hard lumps, after the lactation consultant's massage, they reformed within ten minutes. Additionally, recurrent fever for 5 days.Doctor's answer:
Medical Analysis: Your condition is mostly caused by milk stasis, leading to breast lumps. This is due to lymphatic retention in the breast, venous congestion, interstitial edema, and blocked milk ducts. The milk stasis is a result of poor milk drainage from one lobule, causing milk to accumulate within the breast. This is common during the breastfeeding period. Milk stasis is also an early symptom of acute mastitis during lactation, so it should be actively treated. Milk stasis not only easily causes breast lumps but is often accompanied by pain. Prolonged milk stasis can easily block milk ducts.Advice:
Treatment Method: The doctor and patient sit facing each other. The doctor uses their hand to gently pull the nipple outward, making it erect. Using vegetable oil as a lubricant, one hand supports the breast while the other palm gently massages the breast and its surface for 2–3 minutes. The thumb and index finger are placed on either side of the areola, rhythmically squeezing the back of the nipple while repeatedly rotating the fingers. Milk will spray out, and this can also be done by your husband!