Physiotherapy for lactostasis
Physiotherapy for lactostasis is used quite widely, since it is considered an effective procedure in the treatment of this disease and allows you to quickly get rid of seals, preventing the appearance of an infectious process and, as a result, mastitis. Another advantage of physiotherapy is the absence of pain and complete safety. Most often, women are advised to undergo ultrasound sessions to eliminate congestion, in addition, electrophoresis using medicinal herbs can also be prescribed. Along with the phenomena of inflammation, cracks in the nipple area can also occur. In outpatient treatment, one procedure per day is sufficient; in intensive care, the number of sessions is increased to three procedures per day.
Ultrasound for lactostasis
Ultrasound is used often enough to get rid of seals. With lactostasis, painful seals form in the area of the mammary gland, which is accompanied by the expansion of the venous vessels in the area of milk accumulation. Even after expressing with the disease, pain and discomfort do not disappear. Ultrasound for lactostasis helps break up stagnant milk and allows you to simultaneously massage the mammary glands.
Normalization of the process of milk formation in the amount required by the child does not occur immediately. Milk usually arrives from the mother on the third day after the birth of the baby and is often formed in a large volume, which the newborn simply cannot suck completely. So, the likelihood of the appearance of symptoms of the disease increases significantly during this period. The most susceptible to lactostasis are women who have given birth to their first child, since the ducts of the mammary glands have not yet been developed, tortuous and narrow. With incomplete emptying of the breast, pressure in its ducts increases, as well as inside individual lobes of the organ, as a result of which edema and infiltration of adjacent tissues develops.
With prolonged congestion, milk is reabsorbed, which acquires pyrogenic properties, which leads to an increase in the patient's temperature.
The author of the article: Lapikova Valentina Vladimirovna | Gynecologist, reproductologist
Education: Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynecology received at the Russian State Medical University of the Federal Agency for Healthcare and Social Development (2010). In 2013 completed postgraduate studies at N. N. N. I. Pirogova.
