Breast abscesses represent a significant clinical challenge, particularly in lactating women, where they often arise as complications of mastitis. The management of these infections has evolved ...

A lump that is painful and presenting in a lactating women is generally an abscess. The actual lump of the abscess is preceeded by redness and inflammation of the skin and the tissue over the area of ...

Clinical presentation of lactational breast abscess usually includes fever, chills, malaise, and recent or recurrent mastitis. Pain, erythema, and firmness over an area of the breast are typically ...

Women who smoke or pierce their nipples are more likely to develop a breast abscess, according to a new study. Researchers found the odds of developing primary breast abscess were six times higher in ...

While mastitis is a common complication of breastfeeding, many new parents remain unprepared for this painful condition that can develop rapidly and significantly impact the early parenting experience ...

Nipple-piercing and smoking could lead to breast abscess, according to a new study in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Researchers at the University of Iowa found the ...

I am 36 year old woman with normal blood sugar, non lactating, non smoker mother of two with younger on being 7 year old. I got a breast lesion which by itself suppressed, followed by another one ...