Avaliação de mama puerperal por imagem de termografia: complicações na amamentação no pós-parto imediato

Abstract

The breast is an attached gland of the skin that constantly undergoes changes in its biological manifestations and the temperature of the breast undergoes changes due to several factors, among which the endogenous, can be studied through a thermogram in this way the present work was performed with the aid of medical infrared thermography technique to assess breast temperature to detect breast engorgement. Objective: To analyze the development of engorged breasts in the puerperal period by carrying out a pilot study of the use of thermography to evaluate engorged breasts. Methods: nineteen lactating volunteers, seven normal and twelve engorged, were evaluated by clinical examination and thermographic images. Two regions of interest per breast form selected in the thermographic images. The average temperature in these regions was statistically compared. Results: The patients had an average age of 27 years, with the level of education mostly completed high school, without a job, married and most patients had between 1 and 2 children, all participants underwent prenatal care and the mean temperature of the normal breast was 34.13 ± 0.71 °C and the abnormal breast was 35.03 ± 0.50 °C. Conclusion: The data obtained made it possible to analyze the thermographic changes of the puerperal breast, thus contributing to more accurate diagnoses, so the results indicated that, with the clinical examination and infrared thermography, it was possible to delineate a differential pattern between the various events that affect the breast. in the lactation process.