Breastfeeding is a special period in the life of a woman when her already born baby is still almost in everything from her depends. Everything that mother eats or drinks affects the child's condition.
But, unfortunately, during lactation, as in any other period of life, there is a risk of disease. And gastritis when feeding - not a very rare phenomenon. How can we treat it so as not to harm the baby?
Features of treatment of gastritis with breastfeeding
There are two options for treatment of gastritis in this period:
- Methods of therapy provide the opportunity to preserve lactation, using a softer action.
- A variant of complete complex therapy, in which it is forbidden to breast-feed a baby. Such measures are indicated if the symptoms are extremely severe.
Treatment of gastritis with preservation of lactation
There are several basic aspects that need to be corrected to improve a woman's condition:
- Diet. It is necessary to make some changes and restrictions in the diet. It is necessary to exclude fatty, fried, salty foods and dishes, sweets. You can eat ragout of vegetables, dairy products, prepare soups from cereals. Such products do not irritate the mucosa, but, on the contrary, help create a protective layer. When you get to improve, you can add to the diet of boiled meat and fish.
- Day mode. A woman needs to regularly get enough sleep and rest every time she feels the need for it. It is desirable to stick to the schedule, that is, it is necessary that sleep, food every day occur at about the same time. In addition, with gastritis during feeding, try to exclude stress factors( negatively colored emotions, physical and neuro-emotional overloads).
- Elimination of pain. Pain with e is usually caused by a spasm, so it is worth taking an antispasmodic. However, you should carefully read the instructions, as not all drugs can be harmless to the child.
- Correction of the acidity level. To this end, they drink special mineral water. If indicated, enzymes are used.
- Use of herbs. You can use vegetable dues. Of course, here, too, should be careful, choose those plants that are not toxic to the baby, and strictly monitor the amount of doses and the timing of the course of therapy.
- To strengthen the general condition of the body, it is advisable to take a course of vitamin therapy.
Treatment of gastritis without preserving the possibility of breastfeeding
If the methods described above do not bring the desired result or the pain is too strong, add more powerful drugs that will surely cope with the problem. But, in that case, the child will need to be transferred to artificial feeding, so that these drugs do not enter his body when fed with breast milk.