Date:    Fri, 26 Sep 1997 09:02:22 -0700
From:    janaken <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: rash from breastfeeding?

Hi Fritzi,
I just had a mom the other day with a rash on her breasts only. She said it
  started  during her third trimester and would come and go.  It only
appeared on her breasts.

Try searching for PUPP in the archives.

Do a

Search PUPP in Lactnet since March 1995

to listserv.

I think that this might be related to PUPP (I cannot even remember what this
stands for. Help me out, you guys.)

Here's one I had on file from a while ago.

From: Alicia Dermer <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      PUPPS/PP rash and prednisone
To: Multiple recipients of list LACTNET <[log in to unmask]>

Hi, all:  No actual experience with such a rash, so I hit the books.  An
excellent dermatology book (Habif) describes Pruritic Urticarial Papules and
Plaques of Pregnancy, a condition most frequent in primips, beginning late
in 3rd trimester, occ early postpartum; rash appears suddenly, abdomen
spreading symmetrically to buttocks, arms and backs of hands, not the face;
very itchy, starts as small papules but can coalesce; most clear before or
within one week postpartum; itch relief with topical steroids, cool wet
compresses, oatmeal baths and benadryl; occ need prednisone if itching
intolerable.  This sounds like the condition described, and if so, will soon
resolve on its own.  Prednisone, however, is on the AAP list of compatible
meds.  If she doesn't improve within a week, she should probably be re-
evaluated.  Alicia.   [log in to unmask]


Kathleen
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