THE EFFECT OF GIVING ALOE VERA COMPRESS ON REDUCING BREAST MILK DAM PAIN IN POSTPARTUM MOTHERS BINJAI ESTATE HEALTH CENTER WORK AREA YEAR 2022

Abstract

Breast milk dams occur due to improper position and way of breastfeeding so that milk will collect in the area. The nipple area is not clean and the use of a tight bra can also be one of the causes of breast milk dam. With the occurrence of breast milk dam, the baby will not get breast milk exclusively. Breast engorgement will cause breast milk dam (ASI), as a result the baby does not get breast milk exclusively. Pain in the breast is caused by increased venous and lymphatic flow due to narrowing of the lactiferous ducts. In addition, breast pain is caused by stretching of the mammary tissue due to swelling that suppresses pain receptors. The general objective of this study was to analyze the effect of giving Aloe vera Compress to Reduction of Breastfeeding Dam Pain in postpartum mothers in the Binjai Estate Community Health Center Working Area in 2022. This type of research uses quantitative research with experimental methods. The research design used was a quasi-experimental design with one group pre-test-post-test design. In this study, to assess the level of pain using the Numeric Rating Scale observation sheet. In this study, no comparison group was used. the frequency distribution of respondent characteristics based on age in respondents who experienced breast milk dams in the Pre-test and Post-test data, it was found that the age of the majority of respondents experienced breast milk dams, namely with an age range of 20-25 years as many as 25 people (78.13%) and minorities at the age of 30-35 years as many as 7 people (21.88%). on the results of the statistical correlation test with Paired samples T Test Correlation, the results of the Pre-test and Post-test values ​​Sig p = 0.00 <0.05, which means that the two variants are the same, and the Pre-test and Post-test groups it means that there is no significant difference in the pre-test and post-test data of the effect of giving aloe vera compresses on reducing breast milk dam pain in postpartum mothers.