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Puerperal mastitis is an inflammatory process of infectious origin, which affects the breast during lactation or following its suspension. Although it affects a significant percentage of nurses (up to 10%), mastitis can first be prevented, but also cured without the need to suspend breastfeeding. Causes Puerperal mastitis is caused by the entry of germs into the galactophore ducts, small ducts that drain the milk up to the nipple

When talking about breastfeeds there are no fixed rules; distribution, frequency and duration of the same, in fact, vary from one child to another. In such a context, it is possible to draw up at most some general indications, to make sure that the child takes adequate quantities of milk and prevents unpleasant problems both for the mother and the baby

Related articles: Ingummo Mammario Definition A breast engorgement is a problem that typically occurs during the first stages of lactation, ie in the days following the birth; however, it can occur throughout the entire breastfeeding period. The blockage occurs when the breast passes from the synthesis of the colostrum to that of the mature milk (stage of the milky whipping)

Related articles: Mastitis Definition Mastitis is a painful inflammation that affects the breast. It appears mainly in post-partum, during breast-feeding (puerperal mastitis), often due to an infection favored by the presence of cuts or fissures on the nipples. Staphylococcus aureus is the most common etiologic pathogen

Definition The milky whipping consists in that stage of breastfeeding in which the colostrum gradually transforms, first into "transitional milk" in the 2-7 days after the birth, and subsequently, in the first two or three weeks, in "mature milk". The mechanism underlying this event is the increase in prolactin (pituitary hormone), stimulated by the sucking of the nipple by the newborn

Related articles: Breast crevices Definition Breast fissures are small fissures that form on the nipple or on the surrounding areola. These cuts can appear during breastfeeding (especially in the first few days and in the primiparae) and indicate the wrong posture of the newborn when it attaches to the maternal breast or a too prolonged duration of breastfeeding