Saw a mom (4th baby) yesterday morning who reported that she frequently  gets 
something odd on her nipples.  This started happening with her third  
pregnancy, continued through nursing her third baby, and happened 5 times with  this 
pregnancy, though there was nothing to see today.  She says she gets  what 
appears to be "pea" sized cysts or blebs on the end of the nipple that  continue 
to enlarge to the point where she either has to have them lanced by a  
physician or she can pop them herself.  "Blood and pus" come out, and they  are 
excruciatingly painful until she is able to get enough out that the pain is  
relieved.  Happens on both sides.  She was able to find out what it  was -- a very 
unusual condition, but she couldn't remember the name of it.   Her physician 
told her that when she knows it is going to happen she can take  antibiotics, 
but she says she has no warning signs until they begin to grow, and  then she 
just has to wait it out.  Sounds almost like a boil....
 
Has anyone heard of anything like this?  
 
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC

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