After giving birth, the body of a woman is more often exposedvarious infections. Because of decreased immunity, overwork or stress, inflammatory diseases occur. The most common of these is cystitis. Infection in the genitourinary tract can penetrate during and after childbirth, with hypothermia or non-compliance with hygiene rules. This is especially dangerous for those women who breastfeed, because together with the mother's milk the child receives all the substances that have penetrated her body. Therefore, the treatment of cystitis in breastfeeding should be prescribed by the doctor, taking into account that the selected drugs do not harm the child.
Inflammation of the walls of the bladder because of fallingin him an infection or at a hypothermia is a cystitis. Pathogens penetrate into the ureters from the intestine, from dirty hands or underwear. This is most often E. coli, but can also be staphylococcus, chlamydia, enterobacteria, mycoplasmas, fungi or parasites. Getting into the bladder, they multiply and cause inflammation of its walls. It can also develop when traumatizing the mucous, with a decrease in immunity and even with an incorrect lifestyle.
After delivery, 70% of women develop cystitis. In addition to the usual causes that cause the disease, nursing mothers have many reasons for the development of inflammation.
At the initial stage, cystitis can be cured fora few days. And serious medicines may not be required. Therefore, in order for the treatment of cystitis in breastfeeding to be safer for the baby and mother, it is necessary to start it on time. For this, a woman should know what symptoms the disease accompanies:
Everyone knows that during breastfeeding withmilk mother's baby receives both useful and harmful substances that could be in the body of women from medicines. No mother will want to harm her child, so many women postpone the treatment of cystitis for later. When breastfeeding features of therapy are that many drugs are contraindicated. Therefore, it is necessary to visit a doctor as soon as possible so that he recommends safe therapy. How often is cystitis treated during breastfeeding? Doctors give such advice:
Since the disease is caused by an infection,antibiotics are prescribed necessarily. A breastfeeding woman should not take many drugs, which most often treat cystitis. Therefore, the doctor should choose the drug. After the urine is analyzed and the pathogen is determined, the specialist prescribes the medicine. Most often, these are antibiotics of the penicillin group. They are the least penetrating into milk and do not harm the child. The most common are "Amoxicillin", "Amoxiclav", "Augmentin".
Antibiotics from the group are also prescribedcephalosporins: "Cefazolinum", "Tsefuroksin" or "Zinnat". If chlamydia or mycoplasma are found in the urine, stronger drugs should be drunk: Nitrofuran, Monural, Erythromycin or Ofloxacin. But in this case, breastfeeding will have to be stopped. Absolutely prohibited during lactation sulfonamides, for example, "Bactrim", and preparations of the group of quinolones, for example, "Nitroxoline".
It is very important to take antibiotics in the correctdosage and the required number of days. Do not stop treatment when symptoms have disappeared. The infection can return. Therefore, the duration of antibiotics should be at least 5 days.
Treatment of cystitis in women with thoracicfeeding should be carried out in a comprehensive manner. Antibiotic therapy should be supplemented with drugs that are of vegetable origin. The most effective and safe are "Phytolysin" and "Kanefron". They do not harm the baby, but can affect the taste of breast milk. The duration of treatment with such drugs is at least 3 weeks. After consultation with a doctor, they can be taken for prophylaxis.
The composition of "Kanefron" includes extractscentaury, rosemary and root lovage. The drug relieves spasms, reduces inflammation, has a diuretic effect. In addition, "Kanefron" improves kidney function and prevents the formation of stones.
"Phytolysin" is based on a large numberplant extracts: goldenrod, horsetail, mountaineer, lover, hernia, parsley and others. Also included in its composition are essential oils of mint, orange, pine. Due to the complex effect of all components, "Phytolysin" effectively removes pain and inflammation, has a diuretic and antibacterial effect.
Treatment of cystitis in breastfeedingmeans drinking a lot of fluid. This is necessary for washing the bladder, and for producing milk. The liquid should be at least 2-3 liters per day. And not only its quantity is important, it is necessary to choose carefully what to drink. First of all, it is necessary to refuse sweet carbonated drinks, tea and coffee. The substances contained in them irritate the mucosa of the bladder.
It is best to drink pure water with cystitis,alkaline mineral water without gas, herbal tea, rose hips or green tea. But the best diuretic and anti-inflammatory effect is possessed by cranberry and cowberry mors. When preparing them, sugar should not be added, since sweet drinks can enhance the reproduction of bacteria. Sometimes to relieve pain, it is recommended to drink a weak saline solution. It is believed that it reduces the acidity of urine.
There are many recipes for pain relief andinflammation in the bladder. But even folk remedies can harm a child. Therefore, they can be used only after consulting a doctor. For example, sage, often recommended to relieve inflammation, reduces lactation. It is recommended such treatment of cystitis by folk methods:
Nursing mother and so should monitor the diet of their food. But if she had cystitis after childbirth, treatment with breastfeeding requires a special diet:
Very often breastfeeding women are recommendedvarious external methods of therapy. Treatment of cystitis with breastfeeding in this way is safer than medications. But they should be used only according to the doctor's prescription.
If you do not take action when the firstsigns of the disease, explaining this by the fact that drugs can harm a child, cystitis can go into a chronic form. And it will then worsen with any decrease in immunity. Such a chronic cystitis is very difficult to treat, as it leads to changes in the structure of the mucosa of the bladder. If improperly treated, the infection can penetrate the kidneys and cause the development of pyelonephritis. This disease is very difficult to treat, but for the body it is very dangerous.
To prevent the inflammation of the bladder, a nursing woman needs to observe several simple rules:
You can get rid of inflammation of the bladderabsolutely safe for the child. Therefore, do not delay treatment of cystitis in breastfeeding. Comments of women who started therapy on time and followed all the recommendations of the doctor, note that the disease was swift and the baby was not affected at all.
