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Debbie Gillespie <[log in to unmask]>
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This definitely sounds suspicious and may indeed be a case of a rare form of
aggressive inflammatory breast cancer.  Good idea to rule that out before
proceeding!

Debbie Gillespie, IBCLC, LLLL
Slow-roasting in Tempe, AZ


On 8/30/07, Henry, Felicia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I just need to know if I am way off base or not here.  A colleague called
> about a mom who is having some problems - the main one being the baby will
> no longer latch on to one breast because the nipple is now inverted.  The
> doc dx mastitis and gave her antibiotics and a nipple shield.  I was
> telling
> her everything ever written about mastitis never lists nipple inversion
> that
> is a major problem (pathology) and only place you hear about it is in
> directions for breast self exams and she needs to be looked at and
> referred
> to a breast surgeon/specialist.  While getting more info for the mom she
> called a local hospital to ask if there are any breast specialists in the
> area.  When the nurse was asking why she wanted to know she commented on
> the
> now inverted nipple and the nurse assured her this happens all the time.
>
> Now talk about frustration!  Since my understanding was that inversion
> comes
> from how the breast buds form during fetal development they don't become
> inverted for any ole reason.  I could see how with loads of pit and iv
> fluids a mom's nipples becoming flat from edema - but not inverted and not
> weeks after leaving the hospital.  So now I hope this mom keeps pushing
> until she gets real answers - but answer me, am I totally off base?!?  Do
> nipples go from everted to inverted 'all the time' in normal breastfeeding
> moms and I just didn't notice after 15 years of doing this work?
>
> Thanks
>
> Felicia Henry, BCCE, IBCLC
> Oxnard, CA
> Now wondering if it's true nipples become inverted all the time - do young
> children suddenly develop cleft palates also.
>
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