Breast Engorgement Clinical Trial
Official title:
Acupuncture for Breast Engorgement During Lactation: a Pilot Study.
Breast engorgement which may manifest swell, throb, and cause mild to extreme pain is the
common difficulty for breast feeding woman. It occurs in the mammary glands due to expansion
and pressure exerted by the synthesis and storage of breast milk and it usually happens when
the breasts switch from colostrums to mature milk. However, engorgement can also happen if
lactating women miss several nursing and not enough milk is expressed from the breasts. It
can be exacerbated by insufficient breastfeeding and/or blocked milk ducts. Engorgement may
lead to mastitis and untreated engorgement puts pressure on the milk ducts, often causing a
plugged duct.
According the meridian theory, the investigators propose the acupuncture treatment for
patients of breast engorgement.
The investigators will include 60 patients and measure the acupuncture effect. The inclusion
criteria are women with breast engorgement and 20 years old or older. Exclusion standards are
patients with: 1. diabetes mellitus 2. Psychological disease or mental illness 3. Fever > 38
degrees Celsius 4. Mastitis 5.analgetics or anti - inflammatory agents used 6. ultrasound
therapy applied
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| Status | Clinical Trial | Phase | |
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| Recruiting |
NCT06129344 -
Comparison of Manual Lymphatic Drainage and Therapeutic Ultrasound on Breast Engorgement in Postpartum Women
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