Mastitis - an infection of the breast tissue, which causes pain, swelling, sensation of heat and redness of the breast skin. Mastitis is often accompanied by fever and symptoms similar to flu symptoms. Most often this disease affects breastfeeding women, but in rare cases it does not develop in the period of lactation.

Most cases of mastitis occur during the first three months after childbirth. The woman in this case can experience extreme fatigue, it becomes very difficult to care for a child. Sometimes women because of mastitis take away the child from the breast earlier than planned, but in fact this disease can continue breastfeeding.

Symptoms

The most common symptoms of mastitis are:

• Breast tenderness; the breast becomes hot to the touch
• General malaise
• The increase in breast size
• Pain or burning during feeding
• Redness of the skin
• The body temperature of 38.3 C and above

In most cases, the symptoms resemble flu symptoms appear within a few hours before it will be soreness and redness of the breast skin. Contact your doctor as soon as you learn a combination of these symptoms. Probably, the doctor will ask you to come to the reception to confirm the diagnosis and prescribe treatment. Mastitis usually effectively treated with antibiotics Antibiotics - whether they will help you in the foreseeable future? .

Causes

Mastitis occurs when bacteria enter the breast tissue through cracks and other damage to the nipples. These bacteria may be at the surface of the skin of your mouth or your baby. They begin to multiply in the mammary glands, causing the above symptoms of mastitis. Risk factors for mastitis are cracked nipples, mastitis history, feeding only in one position (because of this chest is always a little milk) and / or too tight bra.

Complications

• Repeated mastitis. If you have ever had mastitis, it is likely that you get sick it again during the feeding of the same, or future children. The risk of recurrent diseases increases due to delayed or inadequate treatment.
• The stagnation of milk occurs when the chest is regularly a certain amount of milk. This may cause an increase in pressure on the mammary glands and ducts, and the flow of milk into the adjacent breast tissue, causing pain and inflammation.
• Abscess. In the absence of adequate treatment of mastitis in breast abscess may form Abscess - why it is so dangerous ulcers?   - A cavity filled with pus. For this case, the pus has to withdraw by resorting to surgical methods. To avoid this and other complications, it is necessary to consult a doctor as soon as you notice signs of mastitis and accurately perform all of his instructions.

Treatment

For the treatment of mastitis is usually required to take antibiotics for 10-14 days. Probably, after 1-2 days you will be much better, but it is important to take the medication for as long as recommended by the doctor - this will help avoid relapses and complications. If the symptoms of mastitis persist after the course of antibiotics, tell your doctor. Redness and swelling of the breasts can be caused by a rare type of cancer - inflammatory breast cancer Breast cancer: what every woman needs to know . Typically, to confirm or refute the diagnosis requires a mammogram Mammography - protection against breast cancer   and / or biopsy.

In addition, there will come a relief, you should try to get plenty of rest and drink plenty of fluids, especially water. Be sure to continue to breastfeed - mastitis no, no antibiotics are not dangerous to the health of your child. If a child refuses to drink milk from the affected breast, express milk alone.

• Completely empty the breast every time during feeding.
• Wear comfortable supportive bra with wide straps.

Women who once suffered from mastitis is likely to face them in the future. Learn more about the typical symptoms of mastitis.

Dostinex (active substance - Cabergoline) is used to prevent lactation immediately after birth, to stop the production of breast milk during breastfeeding, and to prevent lactation, in some cases, necessary - for example, after a miscarriage or abortion. Dostinex inhibits lactation by stopping the production of the hormone prolactin.

Indications

Dostinex - derived dopaminergic ergoline capable of for a long period of time to reduce the levels of the hormone prolactin. Dostinex works on the body, directly stimulating dopamine receptors of the pituitary-2, thereby slowing the production of prolactin.

Dostinex adopted on the first day after birth, effectively suppresses lactation, breast engorgement and breast pain Chest pain is one symptom - a lot of diseases   seventy to ninety percent of all cases. If you continue breastfeeding even more effective action Dostinex - Dostinex one milligram, divided into four doses for admission for two days, stopping lactation, relieves chest pain and breast engorgement in eighty-five percent of all cases.

Dostinex is used to treat different kinds of disorders associated with hyperprolactinemia (increased levels of the hormone prolactin in the blood) - including amenorrhea The absence of menstruation (amenorrhea) - ambiguous symptom , Oligomenorrhea Oligomenorrhea - too short menstruation , Anovulation, galactorrhoea. Admission Dostinex is indicated in patients with pituitary adenoma generating prolactin (prolactinoma), idiopathic hyperprolactinemia, syndrome of "empty sella syndrome" associated with hyperprolactinemia. The efficacy of Dostinex in treating this kind of disorder is confirmed by numerous medical research: for example, studies show that dostineks normalize prolactin levels in the blood in the eighty-four per cent of cases of hyperprolactinemia, normalizes the menstrual cycle in the eighty-three percent of the cases of amenorrhea and restores ovulation Ovulation - How to determine as accurately as possible?   eighty-nine percent of the anovulation. Reducing the size of the tumor with regular admission Dostinex observed in fifty - ninety percent of the micro- or macroprolactinoma women and men.

Use and dosage

Dostinex is used for oral administration. It is best to take the medication at the same time with a meal.

• To suppress lactation single dose (one milligram Dostinex in two tablets of half a milligram) to be taken on the first day after birth.
• To stop lactation the recommended dose is a quarter of a milligram of Dostinex every twelve hours over two days (a total of one milligram).

Dostinex The recommended starting dose for the treatment of any kind of disorders associated with hyperprolactinemia, is half a milligram per week (dose prolonged treatment constantly increases up to two or more milligrams per week). Weekly dose may be taken once only or divided into two or more sub-doses depending on individual tolerability Dostinex. Return of symptoms of hyperprolactinemia is usually observed after a sufficiently long time after you stop taking Dostinex - up to six months or more.