Mastitis symptoms are mainly a combination of the following:
- Flu like symptoms
- Sore breasts, swollen breasts and/or redness
- Fever, Chills and/or Sweats
Mastitis often progresses rapidly over hours, and it is common
for breastfeeding mothers to try to fight of the fever. But the
fever can rapidly progress to more severe symptoms such a high
fever, chills, nausea. Early treatment of mastitis is
desirable.
If you feel a lump or some soreness, try to deal with it
immediately by expressing or draining the breast fully at the next
feed.
Short Term Treatments when you first notice the symptoms:
What to Do:
- Continue to feed your baby through the pain
- Don't stop feeding
- If you need to skip or delay a feed, then express.
- If it continues seek medical advice
- If the pain continues you must seek help from your doctor. They
may prescribe a course of antibiotics.