Can blocked milk ducts be cured?

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Hello doctor! Doctor let me ask, can blocked milk ducts due to old clogged milk ducts be cured? I hope the doctor can help me. I would like to thank you.
Hoang Thi Thanh Tra (1987)
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Hello!
When you have blocked milk ducts, you should continue to breastfeed your baby. Breastfeeding regularly will help reduce this condition a lot. You can also apply warm compresses, gently massage, change many breastfeeding positions, give your baby the right latch, express milk by hand or a breast pump after breastfeeding.
In your case, you didn't say how long or new you have had blocked milk ducts. In a new case, you can apply the above methods, but if after a few days, the blocked milk ducts do not decrease or the milk ducts have been blocked for a long time, you need to go to a medical facility to check. check. Because the case of blocked milk ducts, if handled late, it will form a very dangerous breast abscess.
You can go to hospitals of Vinmec Health System nationwide to be examined and treated by specialist doctors.
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