Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International

Breast  Engorgement  is  defined  as  the  physiologic  process  of body  in  postnatal  mothers following birth, having sign and symptoms of painful swelling of the breast combine with sudden increase in milk volume. Resulting in Lymphatic and vascular blockage or obstruction and interstitial oedema, if not treated complications of nipples and  breast arise such sore nipples, blebs, mastitis and plugged milk ducts. Pharmacological and alternative methods are available to manage breast engorgement. Hot and Cold compresses showed overall benefits without having side effects. but seeing the shape and contour of breast, hot water bag being flat does not fit to breast to give comfort to mother and also its rubber material cause irritation and  allergic.  The  objectives  of  this  study  are  to  develop  Breast  Caps  and  study  its effectiveness for  management  of Breast  Engorgement. In this study research approach is Qualitative, Intervention study design, simple random sampling techniques is used to allocate 125 samples  in experimental and  100  in control group. Experimental group will receive application of Breast Caps having temperature 43-460F, 10 -15 minutes, thrice a day for three consecutive days and  control group  will receive application of Hot  Water  Bag.  Primary outcome will be development of Breast Caps and secondary outcome will be to study the effectiveness  of breast  caps  which  will  show  reduction  in  sign  and  symptoms  of  breast engorgement   and   pain   level   assess   by  using   6point   self-rating   breast   engorgement scale(SPES) and visual analogue pain scale (VAS). Ethical approval was obtained from IEC, DMIMS(DU)/IEC/2020-21/8387.The  study  result  and  data  will  be  disseminated  in  peer- review publication. The study result will be concluded that Breast Caps can be comfortably and  effectively  used  for  management  the  condition  of  Breast  Engorgement  in  postnatal mothers in hospitals and also in home settings.