In a message dated 11/12/0 10:21:05 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<<   For what it's
worth, the numbers of women admitted to hospital in Norway for breast
infections is on the rise, by about 15% over the last 5 years here,
according to numbers I saw at a conference last week.  I realize that not
all serious infections are abscesses but I am making the assumption that
abscesses would warrant hospital admission as that is the usual practice
here.  Everyone has the same health service coverage, for better or for
worse, so the numbers do give information about what is happening in the
whole populace.   >>

I am curious about whether these cases of abscesses are following cases of
mastitis in other forms. Does anyone know about this?
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA

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