Using too high a pump vacuum can cause little blisters across the face
of the nipple. I've only seen this rarely. The speed at which the mom's
vesicles resolved makes me think it could have been mechanical.
Other possibilities are any herpes virus.
Catherine Watson Genna, BS, IBCLC NYC
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