In a message dated 1/11/01 8:15:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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>
> I imagine that the consumption of large amounts of dairy
> products
> would increase the fat content of the milk, making it "thicker" and thus
> making the breasts more susceptable to blocked ducts, thereby increasing
> the
> likelihood of mastitis.
> The other matters which she mentioned were that she had some sort of
> infection (she thinks blood infection) during her last pregnancy which was
> treated in hospital.  Prior to her first pregnancy she had a bony infection
> in her ankle following an injury, which took 2 years to clear up.
> She is allergic to Penicillin and is unsure what she was treated with for
> her previous bouts of mastitis.  She also said that her first child was not
> a strong "sucker".
>

At The Center for Breastfeeding's 2001 International Conference in Orlando
this morning, the panel of experts were discussing mastitis. Recurrent
mastitis is associated with anemia (study by Henley published in Birth, 1995,
vol 22, issue 2, pp 86-92. Chloe Fisher said they have found 70% of mastitis
occurs in the breast opposite the preferred side for holding. She says it is
related to a latch that is not as good as the one on the preferred side &
thus may not have good milk removal from that breast. Nothing mentioned about
foods.

Laura Hart
Winter Park, Florida

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