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Breast
Milk | Cause of Vitiation
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Management
of Excess Milk | Inadequacy
of Milk
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Breast abscess is usually caused due to indigestion that has
resulted by eating food which is difficult to digest, e.g. grass, husk, insects, bones and hair of animals.
Similarly, eating stale and excess of hot, dry, and pungent food, sleeping in abnormal posture, abnormal activity and injury to breast predisposes breast abscess. Breast abscess occurs much more commonly in
lactating mother's.
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Symptoms of Breast Abscess
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Indigestion, restlessness, drowsiness, anorexia, pain in muscles and bones, headache, burning in eyes, stiffness of body, fever, thirst, diarrhoea and retention of urine are the general symptoms of breast abscess. The local symptoms are hardening of breast, abnormal discharge, bloodstained discharge, inflammation, pain, prominent veins, burning, foreign- body sensation and tenderness of the affected breast.
If vata dosa is dominant, the abscess either subsides or
increases very fast.
If pitta dosa is dominant, the abscess ripens quickly and splits open, discharging pus rapidly.
If kapha dosa dominates, the abscess
develops into a chronic case.
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Diet Contraindicated
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- Udada, tila, cereals less than one year old, leafy vegetables,
jaggery, starchy food, meat, fish, milk, curds,
buttermilk, wine and salt are contraindicated.
- Eating in excess and indigestion should be avoided in breast abscess.
- Exertion, talking loudly, staying awake at night,
intake of betel pan and sexual intercourse should be avoided in cases of breast abscess.
- Leeches should be applied if breast abscess is not ripe. If the abscess is ripe it should be
incised.
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The family
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