A couple of things come to mind:
1. inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) - I have just done a search and found
some great sites. One said "A surprising portion of young women with IBC had
their first symptoms during pregnancy or lactation." Also that about 50% of
cases were treated first with 2 or 3 courses of antibiotics becoz they were
misdiagnosed as mastitis. I found a site which I can't find again, but it
had great photos and a video clip that was excellent. The bottom line was
that since this mom has been repeatedly treated with symptoms continuing to
recur,
this mom should INSIST ON A BIOPSY.
2. Make sure the milk is cultured (I think this was done and found group B
strep) and a sensitivity done to treat that particular strain.
3. I beleive sometimes the mom is kept on low dose antibiotics and she might
want to take probiotics with that like acidophillus.
4. Culture the baby's nose/throat as well and maybe treat him too.

Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN
New Orleans Louisiana, s.e. USA




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