Treatment is directed at symptom control and prevention of complications that may arise by failing to treat the injury. Fibrocystic changes generally do not require any treatment and get better over time.
Lifestyle Changes:
These measures are implemented, not only because it could alleviate the symptoms associated with BBD, but also because of the advantages related to the overall health and wellness.
Eating a low-fat diet and the elimination of methylxanthines (coffee, tea, chocolate and carbonated drinks) produce improvement in 60% of cases and can be used to treat fibrocystic change, particularly if the pain is shown.
Although no direct association has established a short, was enacted smoking cessation and exercise regularly. Women who experience fat necrosis, must wear a bra like additional support.
Medications:
The BBD with infectious etiology, such as an abscess or mastitis, is treated with antibiotics, but the duration of therapy depends on the severity of symptoms and response to treatment. Patients usually require at least 1 week of oral antibiotics.
The choice of antibiotic depends on the suspected causative organism, usually gram-positive cocci. Acute mastitis is also treated with warm compresses.
In mastitis related to breastfeeding, breastfeeding should continue while the patient is mastitis.
As drug treatments include:
Diuretics poor results could be considered almost as placebos.
Progestogens: Based on the hypothesis that luteal insufficiency have shown a dubious activity in randomized studies against placebo. Have been implemented:
+ Topically: ointment between 1 and 10% of progesterone.
+ Vía parenteral: Hydroxyprogesterone (second phase of the cycle) and MPA (every 3 months).
+ Oral: norestestirone, Lynestrenol, didrogesterona second phase or throughout the cycle. (more…)
