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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