This week I read an interesting article
"Mastitis: infection or inflamation?"
By Sally Inch and Chloe Fisher
The Practitioner, Aug. 1996
The basic thesis of the article is that sometimes antibiotics seem to
work because of their strong anti-inflamatory effects.  They feel that
the inflamatory problem is due to insufficient drainage of the breast.
Treatment is to correct the poor feeding procedures that cause  blockage
and inflamation.

On another related note- telling a marathoner not to run is sort of like
telling a mother to wean for a minor problem.  As the wife of a
marathoner I know the emotional toll that not running takes.  I would
certainly work on different bras before suggesting no running.

Sarah Friend Barnett   LLLL, IBCLC
Bronx (New York City), NY  -  [log in to unmask]
" You are not obliged to finish the task,
 neither are you free to neglect it."       R. Tarfon