Breast Infection

The milk-carrying ducts extend from the nipple into the underlying breast tissue like the spokes of a wheel.  Under the areola are lactiferous ducts. When a girl reaches puberty, changing hormones cause the ducts to grow and cause fat deposits in the breast tissue to increase.

Mastitis is an infection of the tissue of the breast that occurs most frequently during the time of breastfeeding, can occur when bacteria, often from the baby's mouth, enter a milk duct through a crack in the nipple.
In healthy women, mastitis is rare. Chronic mastitis occurs in women who are not breastfeeding. In postmenopausal women, breast infections may be associated with chronic inflammation of the ducts below the nipple.

Breast infections may cause pain, redness, and warmth of the breast along with the following symptoms:
1.    Body aches.
2.    Breast engorgement.
3.    Abscess: Sometimes a breast abscess can complicate mastitis.


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