Sima writes:  "Has anybody heard of a viral or bacterial infection on  the 
tongue that looks like pimples, and causes cracks and bleeding on the  mother's 
breasts?"
 
Posted with permission.  My granddaughter developed the "hand, foot,  and 
mouth disease" (a viral infection from the Coxsackie virus or a similar  
herpatic-like virus, according to her pedi) this past winter and it  infected my 
daughter's nipples and breasts to such an extent that she had to  wean at 16 
months. If anyone is interested in a digital picture of the more  extensively 
involved breast, e-mail me privately and I will send it to  you.  It was 
excruciatingly painful for both, and it was so sad that the  breastfeeding that was 
giving comfort to my granddaughter made things worse, and  had to be ended 
abruptly.  My daughter said that the only positive thing in  the whole experience was 
that my granddaughter began to sleep consistently  through the night when she 
could no longer nurse, and the extra rest may have  helped to heal my 
daughter's breasts and nipples more quickly.
 
Mary-Jane  Sackett, RN, BSN, IBCLC, RLC
Pittsfield, MA (western  Massachusetts-USA)"





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