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> From:         Johnson, Martha (PHMG)
> Sent:         Wednesday, February 03, 1999 10:49 AM
> To:   Johnson, Martha (PHMG)
> Subject:      FW: Shingles and breastfeeding, again
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> From:         Johnson, Martha (PHMG)
> Sent:         Wednesday, February 03, 1999 10:44 AM
> To:   'Nancy E. Wight MD, FAAP, IBCLC'
> Cc:   'lactnet @library.ummed.edu'
> Subject:      RE: Shingles and breastfeeding, again
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> Dear Nancy and other Lactnetters,
> i just got off the phone with a client who has shingles under her arm, and
> has concurrently experienced an episode of very painful plugged ducts in
> the breast on the same side of her body as the shingles.  She went to a
> homeopathic physician and got a remedy, she states "after 3 doses my
> breast came unplugged."  She continues to have pain deep in both breasts
> whch she describes as " a dull ache".  Negative for sx of mastitis, and
> she doesn't want to try treating for thrush at this point.
>   What she and I are both wondering is: can shingles involve tissue deep
> within the breast, and if so, what is the recommended treatment?  If the
> lesions are internal, should the baby continue to nurse?
>   TIA from :
> Martha Johnson RN IBCLC, Eugene, OR
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> From:         Nancy E. Wight MD, FAAP, IBCLC[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:         Tuesday, February 02, 1999 10:12 PM
> Subject:      Re: Shingles and breastfeeding
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> Shingles is not a contraindication to breastfeeding or using the milk.
> Like
> any herpes lesion (varicella zoster is a herpes virus) you want to
> minimize
> any infant exposure:
> cover the lesion and wash your hands.  I know of no research that suggests
> the
> virus gets into breastmilk. Shingles is a local reactivation of virus
> living
> in nerve endings, not a systemic illness.
> Nancy Wight MD, FAAP, IBCLC
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