In a message dated 07/16/2001 10:38:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> From:    "cheryl muller, RNC,IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: LACTNET Digest - 13 Jul 2001 to 14 Jul 2001 - Special issue
>          (#2001-546)
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> To Jenny: R/T greeney blue ooze from nipple:
> Sounds like duct ectasio, so-called comedomastitis. Common between ages 35
> -40. Most common in women who have lactated. According to Lawrence it is
> from
> an irritating lipid which forms in the ducts producing an inflammatory
> reaction and nipple discharge. Sometimes associated with burning pain,
> itching, and swelling of the nipple and areola. She states that as the
> disease progresses, a mass may develop that mimics cancer and chronic
> inflammation leads to fibrosis. But surgery is not indicated unless the
> discharge becomes bloody. Treat it with cleaning & then avoidance of nipple
> manipulation.
> I had this phenomenon 9 years after I lactated my fourth child. I stopped
> the
> manipulation of the nipple and the greenish ooze stopped. I did not feel a
> "mass". If I had, I would have had it checked out.
>

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