Suppurative mastitis of newborn pathogenesis

Newborn breast tissues in fetal stages as a result of maternal hormones during pregnancy (progesterone, prolactin) secretion of, whether girls or the baby, breast tissue swelling occurs after birth may even secrete small amounts of fluids or breast milk, this normal physiological reactions can last 2 weeks or longer periods of time, then spontaneous regression, general problem does not occur. But 1-2 weeks after birth, due to trauma or swelling of the breast tissue is congestive easily breast adjacent parts of Pyogenic infection and other causes of Pyogenic infection occurs, formation of acute suppurative mastitis. However some parents under the influence of traditional practices, fearing in particular baby girl grew up in children cannot breast development and lactation after, take a \' squeezing nipple \' practice of extrusion swelling in children in the future not only of breast development bushel, but breast injury due to a squeeze, fly invading pathogens and secondary infection, caused by unilateral sometimes appears with the double-sided suppurative mastitis. Some newborn breast swelling-free, but there are nipple or papilla will not show, parents will try to squeeze nipple method to correct, as a result, also often cause a purulent inflammation of the breast.

Some newborns, parents does not squeeze the breast, pathogenesis of for the following reasons:

1, newborn swollen breast organization, due to poor tube or other reasons for the mammary glands of the breast or breast milk of cholestasis, secondary Pyogenic infection.

2, suffering from other Pyogenic infection in neonates: like Impetigo, prickly heat Furuncle, sepsis, and mammary gland involvement, suppurative mastitis occurs.

3, a few neonatal, due to malnutrition, diseases such as diabetes, resistance is far less healthy newborns, prone to various suppurative infections, including mastitis.

Common pathogenic bacteria as Staphylococcus aureus, group b, followed by epidermal staphylococci, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus.

In order to reduce the occurrence and prevention of neonatal suppurative mastitis, young parents should get rid of the old unscientific practices – squeezing nipple, and must convince the elderly (often they start operation) scientific parenting. If the newborn breast or nipple anomalies are found, should be a doctor (or advisory) diagnosis and treatment.