In a message dated 4/8/03 5:55:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> Also, does anyone know whether it really is true that pus in milk will not
> soak into a piece of cotton, but will sit on the surface, while milk will be
> absorbed, so that this could be used instead of a laboratory test, to check
> for the presence of pus in milk?
>

Rachel, I have never heard of this little test but would question it because
fat will sit on the surface of the cotton and I would hate to think someone
call this pus.
I have read that babies can continue to nurse from the affected breast even
with an abscess.  Are you hearing differently?
Ann Perry RN IBCLC
Boston, MA

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