Mastitis is an inflammation of breast tissue that sometimes involves an infection. The inflammation results in breast pain, swelling, warmth and redness. You might also have fever and chills.
Mastitis most commonly affects women who are breastfeeding (lactation mastitis). But mastitis can occur in women who aren’t breastfeeding and in men.
Signs and symptoms of mastitis can appear suddenly. They may include:
- Breast tenderness or warmth to the touch
- Breast swelling
- Thickening of breast tissue, or a breast lump
- Pain or a burning sensation continuously or while breastfeeding
- Skin redness, often in a wedge-shaped pattern
- Generally feeling ill
- Fever of 38.3°C or greater.
How will light therapy help treat mastitis?
Photizo Skincare will help to trigger natural cellular photo-biochemical reactions in the skin and will assist in:
- Cleaning up dead cells
- Increasing microcirculation and formation of new capillaries
- Boosting collagen production
- Reducing inflammation and swelling
- Reducing pain.
