I have a mom-to-be, 24 weeks pregnant, with a problem that I've never before
encountered.

A few years ago, her right nipple had a discharge and throbbed. She saw a
doctor about it and he diagnosed "some kind of cyst" (mom's words). The
discharge and throbbing subsided.

Now with her pregnancy the right nipple is acting up again. She says that
this nipple is larger than the left; rather than throbbing now it "burns".
Applications of heat and cold are not helping - instead "I pinch it as hard
as I can to calm it down, which takes about a half hour." The bouts seem to
be increasing in frequency as pregnancy progresses, now once a week instead
of every few weeks. She has not noted any changes in color. (I thought about
Raynaud's of some sort.) She also denies any pinching of clothing or lying
funny on that side etc.

My best guess is this is hormonally related at this point - I haven't
palpated the breast over the phone [now wouldn't THAT be a feat!! ;-) ] so
don't know about the cyst theory. She's going to our "breast guy" next week.

Anybody seen anything like this before??
Thanks for your wisdom!

Dawn Kersula in Brattleboro, VT

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