Physical Therapy Management in Plugged Ducts
Keywords:
Physical therapy, Plugged ducts, Nursing breast pain, BreastfeedingAbstract
Breastfeeding is useful for both mothers and babies. Therefore, many organizations support breastfeeding for at least 6 months. At present, rate of successful breastfeeding in Thailand could not be achieved goal. There are many factors that affect the success of breastfeeding such as breast pain during nursing. There are many pathologies cause breast pain such as plugged milk duct. The best way to deal with a blockage of the milk duct is to stop the milk stasis by empty breast. If the milk duct is clogged, teaching patients to take care of themselves immediately is the best way. However, sometimes the patient cannot handle the clogged milk duct by themselves therefore they need medical treatment. This condition can be managed by physical therapy which are therapeutic heat and cold, therapeutic ultrasonic therapy, specific massage and lymphatic drainage, therapeutic elastic taping and home program. In addition, the patient should be guided for prevention and management clogged milk ducts by themselves.
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