Aloe Vera Gel Compression as Breast Engorgement Pain Relief

Abstract

Background: Breast engorgement is a condition where the breast becomes firm, diffuse, painful overfilling due to infrequent or ineffective removal of milk from the breasts. Engorgement usually begins around days 3 to 7 during the postpartum period when the breast milk starts to come out. Breast engorgement tends to experience by Primiparous patients. Purpose: This study aimed to determine the effects of Aloe vera gel compression on reducing breast engorgement pain on breastfeeding mother Methods: This was an experimental study with one group pretest-posttest. The analysis was performed in a Private midwifery Practice in Sarolangun. The sample of this study was twelve postpartum women who experienced breast engorgement. The intervention of this study was using aloe vera gel, as external usage with 10 mg for every square centimeter. The pain scale was measured twice, before and after the intervention. Pain scale measurement was using NRS ( Numeric Rating Scale) Results: paired T-test results p-value of 0.002 < 0.05 indicates that aloe vera compression brings positive impact on reducing breast engorgement pain scale in postpartum women Conclusion: Aloe vera compression can relieve pain associated with breast engorgement. Therefore, this intervention may be suggested to postnatal mothers for managing breast engorgement.

The Effectiveness of Aloe Vera on Relief of Irritation and Nipple Pain in Lactating Women: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…We used the Cochrane Collaboration recommend tools for assessing the methodological quality of clinical trials. In our study, the quality of the 5 studies was high [4,14,[25][26][27] and that of the two studies were low [23,24] (Figure 5).…”

“…In total, 7 articles with 1670 subjects were included in the meta-analysis [4,14,[23][24][25][26][27]. Te primary outcome was breast pain reported in fve articles, and the secondary outcome was breast irritation in lactating women that included four articles.…”

Ingurgitación mamaria desde la fisioterapia a través de agentes físicos y técnicas manuales: una revisión sistemática con meta-análisis

“…La ingurgitación mamaria, también llamada congestión mamaria, se considera una edematización y distensión de las mamas, en los primeros días de la lactancia, por dilatación vascular (18)(19)(20)(21)(22), la cual comprime los conductos circundantes y, posteriormente, genera presión vascular y linfática (23). A su vez, la madre puede presentar una producción excesiva de leche en relación con el consumo necesario del bebé.…”

“…Bogotá, Colombia, vol. 22(2): 1-12, mayo-agosto de 2024 fisioterapéutico tenemos las técnicas de drenaje linfático manual (dlm), masaje, ultrasonido y vendaje neuromuscular (kt) (35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40).…”

“…Bogotá, Colombia, vol. 22(2): 1-12, mayo-agosto de 2024 com ingurgitamento, geraram benefícios de curto e longo prazo para reduzir a dor e o ingurgitamento mamário.…”