Dear friends,

When teaching *IBCLC's to be* I try and learn them how to find out for themselves if and how maternal medical conditions may or may not influence lactation. I do this because knowing <everything> about <every> medical condition is way beyond a LCs scope. I basically teach them to know as much as possible about normal anatomy and physiology of lactation and to find out about the specific conditions all parameters that may influence or be influenced by lactation. I tried this technique for myself on this question about PXE, a condition I didn't hear of before. And this is what I deducted:
PXE is a disease that causes connecting tissues to calcificate. It may hinder bloodstream and can prevent other tissues (sitting in between layers of connective tussue) from expanding. Thus it might be possible that the breast is not working as it should (less bloodstream, less room for expanding milkmaking tissues). At the other hand one could also expect problems with milkstream and thus mastitis if lactogenisis did work well. In my search about PXE I did not find any connection with hormonal functioning, so I would not expect lactogenisis to be affected, but it could be hindered by inefficient bloodstream and lack of expandeability.

Warmly,

Gonneke, IBCLC, LLLL in southern Netherlands, in teaching and studying mode


  Met vriendelijke groet, 

Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC 
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