A colleague posed three questions to me regarding mastitis.  Between my
resources (primarily LLL) and hers (Lawrence, Riordan and Auerbach, etc) we
were unable to answer it to our satisfaction.  I was not able to effectively
search for it in the archives (I've been off-line for a week or so - are
they working properly yet?)  So here it is:

1)  Is or can mastitis be an infection in the duct itself?

2)  If so, how doe the milk pass through the infection without being
affected in some way that impacts the baby?  (The BAB talks about one sign
of mastitis being pus or blood in her milk - is this not an issue because
the baby has already gotten antibodies?  Because the baby doesn't get enough
to hurt it?)

3)  If the infection starts in the duct, how does it move into the
interglobular connective tissue?

I think these questions are based on a client my colleague has, and perhaps
interaction she is having with a physician...

Thanks for your responses...

Morgan Kennedy Henderson
LLLL
Wellesley, MA