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I was called to see a mom today with pain in her breast. Her 2 month old
baby was admitted with a respiratory problem and she was staying with the baby
to feed him.
Suddenly this morning she developed pain in her left breast. She is from
Somalia and does not speak any English.
When I saw her today, her breast are soft but milk production could be
palpated. There was a soft mass at 11 o'clock about 2 cm from the nipple on the
left breast. She states that it was painful especially to the touch. The
nipples look fine. There was no redness or any signs or symptoms of infection.
She is able to breastfeed on that side by positioning the baby away from the
lump.
I used an interpreter to speak with the mother. This has never happened
before. She has 5 other children.
I called her OB office and talked to the physician. They recommended her to
come into the office on Monday. I had told her that this lump had nothing
to do with the breastfeeding and to continue to nurse. She could try cold or
warm compresses to the lump for comfort and that if the pain increased she
needed to call her doctor.
The mass was 3 cm by 1.5 cm in shape.
Does anyone have any idea what this might be?
Thanks,
Ann Perry, RN IBCLC
Boston, MA
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