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The continuous sore nipples and shooting pains going up into the breast
tissue sound like thrush to me. I am not sure what would cause all the
blood. I would love to hear everyone's ideas. Stacee, RN
----- Original Message -----
From: "cian sawyer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:11 PM
Subject: Blood in Milk, Prickly Pain
> Dear Lactnetters,
>
> I am looking for some experienced advice on a matter please. As a CLC, I
> am just way in over my head here. I searched the archives but found
> nothing that appears to be relevant. So here goes:
>
> I have a friend who has been exclusively nursing her son since his birth
> five months ago. We've worked and worked on the latch but it doesn't
> seem to make a difference because his latch usually looks good on the
> outside: wide gape, outward curl, lots of tissue in the mouth and all
> that, but still she continues to suffer from sore nipples. (Could he
> have a short frenulum? Or a high palette?)
>
> In addition to this, she's had more than a few episodes of pretty heavy
> blood flow from the nipples while nursing, particularly on the right
> side. One night she even thought that her son was bleeding because of
> the large quantity of blood on his face. He also has melina stools after
> these 'episodes' so it's quite a bit of blood that he's ingesting. He
> has even spit up what looked like pure blood. She also experiences sharp
> prickly pains that shoot up her breast. She says it feels like it goes
> from the nipples and up the ducts. It happens during nursing and
> continues even after her baby is finished and has come off her breast.
> Again, primarily on the right side but a little on the left as well. I
> would like to note that the right side produces significantly greater
> quantities of milk when she pumps. I looked and looked at her nipples
> and saw a few tell-tale crescent shaped cracks at the base of her nipple
> which says appear from time to time. To me, the pain and cracks point to
> a poor latch. But what about the blood and pain? I don't see any signs
> of thrush.
>
> I just don't know what to do! Please help!
>
> P.S. the last episode with the blood was well over a month ago.
> Hopefully it is gone for good. But I am still curious to hear what this
> could possibly be. Many thanks!
>
> cian sawyer, CLC
> Nassau, Bahamas
>
>
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