Probiotics and Mastitis During Lactation

Probiotics are defined as living microorganisms that confer a benefit for human health and their benefits are promising in lactating women. Recently it is known that human milk is not sterile and the microorganisms that have been isolated are particularly attractive because they perform anti-infective, anti-inflammatory, metabolic and immunomodulatory functions. By these benefits the bacteria of human milk have been considered as a target therapeutic in inflammatory processes associated with dysbiosis as Puerperal mastitis, the latter considered a cause of avoidable abandonment of human breastfeeding. Although the results of studies carried out on the treatment of mastitis during lactation with probiotics have had controversial results, they appear to be more encouraging in the prevention of this condition.