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Mastitis is inflammation of the breast or udder, usually associated with breastfeeding. [1] [5] [6] Symptoms typically include local pain and redness. [1] There is often an associated fever and general soreness. [1] Onset is typically fairly rapid and usually occurs within the first few months of delivery. [1] Complications can include abscess ...
acute mastitis; sub acute mastitis; chronic mastitis : This form includes no pain in the udder but little compositional changes in the milk. [1] Mode of transmission. Contagious mastitis also known as bovine mastitis; Environmental mastitis; Summer mastitis (which occurs in summer months in heifers or unmilked cows) [7]
nonpuerperal mastitis is frequently caused by a similar mechanism in combination with an infection; duct ectasia is similar and overlapping with the above-mentioned; subareolar abscess and squamous metaplasia of lactiferous ducts; most forms of fibrocystic breast changes and cysts are thought to originate from lactiferous ducts
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Treatment of mastitis and/or abscess in nonlactating women is largely the same as that of lactational mastitis, generally involving antibiotics treatment, possibly surgical intervention by means of fine-needle aspiration and/or incision and drainage and/or interventions on the lactiferous ducts (for details, see also the articles on treatment ...
Special forms of granulomatous mastitis occur as complication of diabetes. Some cases are due to silicone injection (Silicone-induced granulomatous inflammation) or other foreign body reactions. [2] [3] Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is defined as granulomatous mastitis without any other attributable cause such as those above mentioned.
Duct ectasia of the breast, mammary duct ectasia or plasma cell mastitis is a condition that occurs when a milk duct beneath the nipple widens, the duct walls thicken, and the duct fills with fluid. This is the most common cause of greenish discharge. [ 1 ]
The act of removal of the witch's milk by exploiting the neonatal's breast and breast tissue can allow bacteria to grow [3] and cause the complications such as mastitis and breast abscesses. [10] On the other hand, breast enlargement can occur due to hormone imbalances that occur before birth, such as mastauxe.