Throughout pregnancy, a woman tries to protect herself as much as possible from all dangers, since now she is responsible not only for her life, but also for the life of her future baby. But even after childbirth, she is constantly next to her beloved child, so any infection is immediately transmitted to him with breast milk.
But everything happens in life, and it is very difficult to completely protect yourself and your child from illnesses. For a long time, scientists believed that an elevated temperature in a nursing mother could be the reason for a complete refusal to feed the baby with her milk. However, this fact is being successfully disputed at present.
When a lactating woman develops a temperature, her body begins to produce antibodies, that is, substances that can cope with a harmful bacterium. These antibodies, together with breast milk, pass into the body of the baby, which contributes to the development of immunity to a specific disease. Thus, if you stop lactation in this period, then there is a much greater risk of contracting a baby with a cold infection. After all, the immune system is not able to fight, and by airborne infection, the infection can still penetrate a weak children's body.
Many young mothers suffer from a problem such as lactostasis or mastitis. With this diagnosis, the temperature of a nursing mother rises almost always, and you can get rid of the problem only with the help of frequent lactation. Among other causes of this symptom, poisoning or the presence of back problems after pregnancy can be distinguished.
In order to completely eliminate the elevated temperature, it is necessary to clearly understand the causes of its occurrence. After all, it is only a symptomatic manifestation, indicating the presence of any disturbances in the body. For example, if in addition to a high temperature, a woman feels weak, quickly gets tired, a runny nose and, possibly, a sore throat appear, then it is safe to confirm the presence of an acute respiratory disease.
If the increased temperature in the nursing mother is caused by stagnation of milk or mastitis, then at the same time with palpation you can find a certain tightening in the chest, which aches, redness is observed, and when pressed on the chest, a dent remains. In case of poisoning, in addition to temperature, she observes severe vomiting and nausea, pallor of her face, uncomfortable sensations in her stomach, loose stools, she constantly wants to sleep, sometimes a woman faints.
Any diagnosis that you have made yourself should be confirmed by a specialist and verified by appropriate analyzes, since self-medication can only do harm. In addition, it is important to inform the specialist in time that at the moment the woman is breastfeeding. In this case, a complex of drugs is prescribed that are compatible with feeding.
Only when absolutely necessary can antibiotics be prescribed to a woman and only those that work for several hours. Then breastfeeding does not have to stop, you just need to adhere to several rules. Before taking the pill, express milk, which can be fed to the baby from a syringe without a needle or using a special spoon, but not a bottle. Then, a few hours after taking the antibiotic, decanting another serving of milk, which should be poured, giving the baby it is strictly forbidden. And only a few hours after the last decantation, you can already breastfeed.
How to bring down the temperature of a nursing mother?
This issue should also be approached with all seriousness. If the temperature at the nursing mother has risen above 38 degrees, then you can take an antipyretic. It is worth approaching his choice with all responsibility, since the effect of the drug on the baby through breast milk should be minimal. As a rule, in this case, preference is given to Nurofen or Paracetamol, since they are safer than the currently popular powders such as Coldrex or Fervex.