>Hi all,
>I have been talking with a woman 14 weeks pregnant with her second baby.
>With her first child, now 14 months old, she experienced recurrent
mastitis.
>The mastitis was always unilateral and she had it in different areas of
both
>breasts, sometimes only a matter of hours in between one bout clearing up
>and the next one beginning.  She persevered with b/f for 2 months or so
>before switching to formula (presumably a cow's milk formula)  This baby
>subsequently developed excema as well as reflux which have both now cleared
>up.
>This woman tells me that she consumes "a lot" of dairy, particularly cream
>and yoghurt - she lives on a dairy farm!  At present she is craving sour
>cream and eating lots of it.
>She has currently developed a tender lump on one breast just outside the
>areola.  This is one of the areas where she previously experienced
mastitis.
>At present it is not inflamed and there are no other symptoms of mastitis.
>I was wondering if anyone knows of a connection between dairy intake and
>mastitis?  I imagine that the consumption of large amounts of dairy
products
>would increase the fat content of the milk, making it "thicker" and thus
>making the breasts more susceptable to blocked ducts, thereby increasing
the
>likelihood of mastitis.
>The other matters which she mentioned were that she had some sort of
>infection (she thinks blood infection) during her last pregnancy which was
>treated in hospital.  Prior to her first pregnancy she had a bony infection
>in her ankle following an injury, which took 2 years to clear up.
>She is allergic to Penicillin and is unsure what she was treated with for
>her previous bouts of mastitis.  She also said that her first child was not
>a strong "sucker".
>I'm wondering if there is a pathogen in her system, which has never cleared
>completely and is the cause of all these infections.
>I have asked her to find out what the pathogens were in both of these
>previous infections to see if they could be related to the recurrent
>mastitis.
>I have been searching the archives, but haven't found anything that links
>dairy intolerance with mastitis  I've also been frustrated with my computer
>constantly "freezing" then having to start all over again!!
>Any help would be appreciated. I want to gather as much information as I
can
>before I meet with this woman.  Could you please forward responses directly
to
>me as well as to the list?
>Thank you
>Joy
>
>Joy Cocks RN (Div 1) RM IBCLC
>BRIGHT Vic 3741
>Australia
>email:[log in to unmask]
>

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