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Mastitis - Coggle Diagram
Mastitis
signs and symptoms
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Skin redness, usually in a wedge shaped pattern
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management
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Express milk from the breast, to keep milk flowing into the ducts
Give analgesic to relieve pain, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories
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Apply warm, moist compressor to the affected breast
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pathophysiology
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Set Up inflammatory process leading to pain, erythemia, pyrexia
If not resolved the area become infected, this is more likely to occur if the mother has cracked nipple
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definition
Inflammation of breast tissue, due to bacterial infections