> Magda - You have hit on something that has been bothering me (well, one of
> the many things bothering me!) Why is it that a mother can be suffering
> major mastalgia - is tx'd for candidiasis, highly likely to have, but 
> gives
> up finally, weans and ALL the symptoms promptly disappear.  One mom told 
> me
> her sx dropped in direct relationship to the milk supply.  I would have
> thought that sx would continue as long as some inflammatory process at 
> work.


I am not Magda, but here's my theory on this: weaning milk is "saltier" than 
normal milk, and my guess is that the saltiness tends to kill off the yeast.

Teresa Pitman
LLLC 

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