At 04:59 PM 10/24/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Carla,
>The mom in my practice who had herpes on her nipples was nursing a
>toddler, and only had a few lesion, one on the tip of each nipple that
>looked like drying out chicken pox, and one or two higher on each breast.
>  Usually recurrent herpes simplex is not as severe as you describe.  Is
>the mother immunosupressed?
>Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  NYC  [log in to unmask]

No, she is not immunosupressed.  I do not have the results of the herpes
culture, the baby was discharged on home monitoring the day after I saw the
mom.  I will try to find the results next time I see her OB MD.  I can't
just look them up because they were done in his office.


-- Carla (just north of Washington, DC)