Mastitis is inflammation breast tissue in women but can also occur in men. It is often caused by infection due to an obstruction in the milk ducts or a bacterial infection. Breast-feeding women are at higher risk. Treatment includes antibiotics and pain relievers. If an abscess occurs it needs to be removed surgically.
Mastitis is inflammation of the mammary gland and often caused by a bacterial infection in one breast. It occurs predominantly after giving birth but can also occur independently of lactation in which case further investigation is needed.
Causes of mastitis include: 1) Blocked milk ducts and 2) Bacterial infection which can occur if there is damage to the skin of the nipple or opening of the milk duct. Women who are breast-feeding, who have sores on their nipples and woman who wear tight bras are at a higher risk of getting mastitis. The common symptoms may be breast tenderness on one side, swelling of the breast, feeling pain during breast-feeding, skin redness, feeling ill and fever.
Treatment for mastitis include antibiotics to treat bacterial infection and pain killers to relieve symptoms. Usually breast-feeding doesn’t need to be stopped. If there has been a formation of an abscess it needs to be removed surgically. If the inflammation occurs without breastfeeding, further investigation is needed to exclude a malignant process.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
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Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
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